The sanctions block access to US property and bank accounts and prevent the targeted people and companies from doing business with Americans. A spate of drone attacks hit US bases in Iraq as recently …
Former defense chief says to eradicate Hamas, Iran must be confronted ‘once and for all’
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said to defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas fully, Iran must be confronted “once and for all” Thursday. “[T]o ultimately defeat Hamas, in the extent that we understand it [in] military terms,
Iran’s top diplomat says Hamas, other groups “make their own decisions”
Iran says it doesn’t want the Israel-Hamas war to expand, but it has long backed Hamas – and other groups that are targeting U.S. forces in the region. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tells CBS News’ Holly Williams that it’s the U.
Biden keeps billions for oil flowing to Iran
You’d think the Biden administration would have realized by now that enriching the Iranian regime is a dangerous mistake. You’d be wrong. Relaxed U.S. enforcement of oil sanctions continued through October,
US sanctions Iran-backed militia members in Iraq conducting strikes against American forces
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on six people affiliated with the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Kataeb Hezbollah, which is accused of being behind a spate of recent attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq …
Iran told US it did not want Israel-Hamas war to escalate, foreign minister says
Mr Amirabdollahian said the US had not threatened that Iran could be hit if Hizbullah launched an all-out assault on Israel. However, he accused Washington of inviting Tehran “to exercise restraint” …
U.S. sanctions individuals affiliated with Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq
The U.S. Treasury Department Friday sanctioned individuals it said are tied to Iran-backed militia groups Kata’ib Hizballah and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada in Iraq.
US issues sanctions targeting group in Iraq it says is behind recent attacks
The United States on Friday issued sanctions targeting Iran-aligned militia group Kata’ib Hizballah in Iraq, accusing the group of being behind recent attacks against the United States and its partners in Iraq and Syria.
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Defeating Hamas means dealing with Iran “once and for all”
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the Israel-Hamas war and President Biden’s high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Hezbollah, Houthis are only paying lip service to Palestine
In theory, Iran can rally Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria to launch a multi-front war on Israel. But Iran does not want such a war to happen because the consequ …