An Iranian-flagged vessel targeted a United States Navy destroyer and helicopter in the Gulf of Aden with a laser device multiple times this week, CNN reported Thursday. According to a U.S. defense official, the USS Forrest Sherman was “conducting routine maritime operations” in international waters when its bridge area and the...

After Turkey received a massive influx of refugees last month fleeing Syria’s civil war, the United Nations has now put the total number of refugees from that conflict at more than four million, The New York Times reported Thursday. More than 24,000 people crossed into Turkey to escape fighting in northern Syria...

The Obama administration’s decision to target the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) but not the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad was a “half-measure” that has led to the “latest U.S. failure in Syria,” a staff editorial appearing Wednesday in The Washington Post argued. The latest U.S. failure in Syria is particularly...

Following ongoing criticism from newspapers and human rights organizations about systemic abuse within the Qatari labor system, the Persian Gulf monarchy is ramping up its public relations efforts. The scrutiny has been fueled in large part by the publicity surrounding the construction for the 2022 World Cup. The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Wednesday that last month...

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, often described as a moderate, said that Friday’s observance of Qods Day is a time for Iran to “shout its hatred” of Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday. “People will tell the world on the Quds Day that the Muslim nations will never forget Palestine and occupation...

In a brief statement today in Vienna, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the nuclear negotiations with Iran will be extended once again, though they are “not open-ended” and that the United States was “absolutely prepared to call an end to this process.” The Times of Israel reported: “Some tough...

It would be a mistake from a number of perspectives for the United States to ally with Iran in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Iranian human rights activist Amri Basiri wrote in an article published on Tuesday in The Hill. Basiri argued that it...

The ongoing nuclear talks have sparked an outpouring of hatred towards the United States in Iran, The New York Times reported today. The chants of “Death to America” and the burning of American flags in the streets are as familiar a part of life here as air pollution and traffic...

Ahead of Friday’s commemoration of Qods Day, an Iranian holiday calling for the destruction of Israel, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a release stating that the annihilation of the Jewish state “is Muslims’ first priority,” Iran’s Tasnim New Agency reported today. The statement, issued on Wednesday, has called on the people of Iran...

An Obama administration official has expressed concern that the billions of dollars in sanctions relief that will be awarded Iran after a nuclear deal could be used to promote terrorism, The Daily Beast reported today. “We are of course aware and concerned that, despite the massive domestic spending needs facing Iran, some...