Perched on the corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman is easy to overlook. It rarely makes the news and tends not to get involved in squabbles among neighbors like Saudi Arabia and Iran. The country’s …
Possible War Crimes in Yemen Fueled by Arms Flows From West, Iran: U.N.
Weapons provided by Western powers and Iran to the warring sides in Yemen are fuelling the six-year-old conflict, marked by deadly Saudi-led coalition air strikes and Houthi shelling, U.N.
Iran court brings new charges against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, sparking UK outrage
The British government has condemned an Iranian court’s decision to bring new charges against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker jailed on espionage charges four years ago.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘held hostage’ by Iran, says husband
Who Wants Iran to Have More Weapons?
That deal—which even under the Obama administration’s analysis wasn’t a binding legal agreement but simply an unsigned “political commitment”—provided for the lifting of the arms embargo on Iran in …
How Trump can enforce the snapback of UN sanctions on Iran
President Trump recently demanded the indefinite restoration of the United Nations’s sanctions on Iran that were terminated by the Obama-Biden nuclear deal — including an arms embargo that was …
‘Horrific act’: Iran threatens to execute wrestler, world reacts
“The horrific act of executing an athlete can only be regarded as a repudiation of the humanitarian values that underpin sport,” said World Players Association (WPA) director Brendan Schwab in a …
Saudi-Led coalition destroys explosive-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early on Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis towards Saudi Arabia’s southern area, …
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Iran’s COVID-19 cases exceed 390,000; Iraq’s tally near 270,000
People wearing face masks sit on a bench at a park in Rasht, Iran, on Sept. 2, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua) –Iran’s COVID-19 cases surpass 390,000; –Iraq’s tally approaches 270,000; …
The Kurdistan Region in Iraq tries to Balance Turkey, Iran and the United States
The autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq sits at a crossroads. To its south is Baghdad, where Iranian-backed rogue militias have fired dozens of rockets at facilities housing U.S. troops. To its north …