Since American troops withdrew from Iraq, Iran has come to “dominate” its western neighbor in “military, political, economic and cultural affairs,” The New York Times reported Sunday. Tim Arango, the paper’s Baghdad bureau chief, detailed Iran’s history of working to subvert Iraq when it was ruled by Saddam Hussein, and then...

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Friday marks the second anniversary since Iran signed a landmark nuclear agreement with six major world powers led by the United States. Over the past two years, the Islamic Republic has violated the nuclear terms of the deal at the margins and pursued a much more aggressive military campaign across the...

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After a brutal nine-month war, the Iraqi Army has liberated Mosul from ISIS. The city, Iraq’s second largest, is all but destroyed. The butcher’s bill tallies 30,000 people dead and counting. Another 600,000, roughly a third of the population, have been displaced. Roughly three-fourths of Mosul’s buildings are in ruins,...

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New details have emerged about underground weapons factories that Iran is building for its proxy group Hezbollah in Lebanon, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The existence of the factories was first reported in March by a Kuwaiti newspaper quoting an unnamed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general. Last...

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Reports from German intelligence agencies show that Iran is still attempt to procure illicit technology, including parts for the operation of its heavy water reactor, which was shuttered under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, Benjamin Weinthal reported for The Weekly Standard on Friday. A report from the state of Hamburg...

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A Syrian opposition website claimed on Wednesday that President Bashar al-Assad recently visited an Iranian-run chemical weapons and missile production facility, The Times of Israel reported. The website, Zaman al-Wasl, cited a source reportedly with close ties to the White House who said that the U.S. administration is aware of plans...

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Iran is not shy about its aim of spreading influence abroad, nor its apparent success with establishing a “visible presence … just a stone’s throw from Israel,” The Jerusalem Post’s Seth J. Frantzman reported Wednesday. Just meters from the fence that separates Israel and Lebanon, where the Israeli community of...

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The White House is considering convening a summit with traditional Arab allies who recently severed relations with Qatar over its support of terrorism and ties to Iran, Fox News reported Friday. The White House is reportedly seeking to settle the dispute between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and five other Arab nations by hosting...

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Iran is a major state sponsor of terrorism that gives anti-Israel groups hundreds of millions of dollars each year, the intelligence chief of the Israel Defense Forces said during the IDC Herzliya Conference on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi detailed how Iran contributes $50 million to Hamas’ annual budget, while...

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Israel and Jordan have intensified diplomatic relations over the last weeks as a response to the changing situation on the ground in Syria and Iraq, Haaretz reported Wednesday. The two countries have noted with growing concern the renewed strength of the Assad regime in southern Syria, particularly in regards to the...

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