Iraq’s military confirmed Sunday that a rocket was fired into Baghdad’s Green Zone in the first such attack since September 2018, when three mortar shells landed in an abandoned lot inside the heavily fortified government district. Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasoul told The Associated Press that the rocket was...

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Britain and the United States are on the same page regarding “the heightened threat” from Iran, the country’s Foreign Minister, Jeremy Hunt, said Thursday. Hunt wrote on social media that he had discussed Iran with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week in London and again in Brussels on...

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The U.S. Department of State released a video on Tuesday of what it said is an Iranian military training base in Lebanon, located near the border with Syria, amid concerns that Tehran is preparing for a two-front war with Israel. Washington believes that the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) –...

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The Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced an employee of the British Council to ten years in prison on fabricated spying charges, the country’s judiciary confirmed Monday. The woman, an Iranian citizen, was not identified by authorities. But the Times reports that the woman fits the profile of 33-year-old Aras...

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Iran has officially ended its compliance with several commitments under the 2015 nuclear accord, an informed official in the country’s atomic energy body told local media channels on Wednesday. The source from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran told the semi-official ISNA news agency that the country has stopped “programs...

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Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed an “armed drones” attack on vital oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, underscoring rising tensions in the Middle East. The kingdom said drones attacked one of its oil pipelines as another armed vehicle targeted energy infrastructure elsewhere in the country on Tuesday. The targets...

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The initial findings of a team of U.S. military experts have revealed that Iran or Iranian-sponsored proxies were likely behind a sabotage attack on two Saudi oil tankers and two other vessels in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday. The exact details of the attack remain unclear, but investigators believe...

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The U.S. is sending a Patriot missile defense system and another warship to the Middle East amid escalating tension with Iran, the Pentagon said Friday. The Patriot system can counter advanced aircraft, drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. The B-52 bombers ordered by the White House arrived at Al Udeid...

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Britain and other European allies to stand with Washington in reining in Iran’s “bloodletting and lawlessness,” after talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street on Wednesday. Pompeo had arrived in London to deliver the annual Margaret Thatcher lecture, after...

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Israeli intelligence services reportedly tipped off the United States on an impending Iranian attack on “U.S. interests in the Gulf,” senior Israeli officials told Channel 13. Israel shared the information with the White House prior to National Security Adviser John Bolton warning Iran on Sunday night that the U.S. would...

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