Iran
Pro-Iran militias’ success in Iraq could undermine US
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Iran
Iran denies that Khamenei replied to Obama letter on Islamic State
Iran
I saw the US hand Iraq over to the Iranians. Is the whole region next?
Influential AQAP ideologue killed in US drone strike
Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, a senior sharia official in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 31. Al Qaeda had consistently elevated Nadhari’s media profile, meaning he was considered a key ideologue for the global organization.
Iran
Iran’s militias are taking over Iraq’s army
Argentina
Argentina prosecutor Nisman ‘planned warrant’ for President Fernandez
Iran
Survivors say Iraqi forces watched as Shi’ite militias executed 72 Sunnis
Hezbollah
Israel, Hezbollah signal their flare-up is over
Video shows Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting American M1 tank
A video posted online shows the Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades, a designated terrorist organization, transporting an American-made M1 Abrams tank and other US military equipment in Iraq.
Hezbollah kills 2 Israeli soldiers in anti-tank missile attack
Hezbollah fired five anti-tank missiles at an IDF unit patrolling near Mt Dov.
Hezbollah
Two Israeli soldiers, UN peacekeeper killed in Israel-Hezbollah violence
Video shows Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting American M1 tank
A video posted online shows the Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades, a designated terrorist organization, transporting an American-made M1 Abrams tank and other US military equipment in Iraq.
Argentina
Argentina’s Fernandez says death of prosecutor was not suicide
Iranian political and military leaders laud Qods Force general killed in Syria
Political and Military elites of the Islamic Republic weigh-in on the death of Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Allah-Dadi, the IRGC-QF member killed in Syria by an Israeli helicopter attack.Their commentary indicates a desire to establish deterrence, at least rhetorically, and tout their globalist message pertaining to the Islamic Revolution.
Argentina
Argentina says dead prosecutor tricked into accusing Fernandez
Senior Qods Force general killed in suspected Israeli airstrike
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps confirmed that Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allah-Dadi was killed in an airstrike in Syria. He was assigned to help Hezbollah and Syria battle jihadist groups.
Hezbollah commanders killed in suspected Israeli airstrike
Jihad Imad Mughniyah, the son of the notorious founder and military and intelligence commander of Hezbollah up until his assassination in 2008, was among six Hezbollah operatives killed in a suspected airstrike in Quneitra, Syria.
Egypt
Shiite leaders forbid insults against Sunnis
IRGC
Iran eclipses US as Iraq’s ally in fight against militants
Hamas
PLO faces US civil trial over terror attacks in Israel
CIA
Reaching Outside CIA, Obama Picks Treasury Official to Become Agency’s No. 2
Al Qaeda
Extremists Harming Islam, Leader of Hezbollah Says
Afghanistan
Limited options leave Afghan refugees reluctant to return home
Islamic State kills Qods Force general in central Iraq
Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi served as an “adviser to the [Iraqi] Army and the popular mobilization of the Iraqi people,” a reference to the Shiite militias.
Iran
Iran’s army testing suicide drone to be used as ‘mobile bomb’
Leader of Iranian-backed militia killed in eastern Iraq
The leader of the Mukhtar Army, who was also the secretary-general of Hezbollah in Iraq, was killed in Diyala province. Supporters of the Islamic State claimed the group is responsible for his death.
Afghanistan
US Seeks to Use Letters Found in Bin Laden Raid in Terrorism Trial
Afghanistan
From Florida to al Qaeda: terror group’s external operations chief spent last years at Iran-Pakistan-Afghan border
Houthis
Houthis take control of Sana’a air defenses: military sources
Islamic State overruns Badr Brigade position near Samarra
The jihadist group also launched suicide attacks and assaults in towns around the central Iraqi city.