Russia must choose between partnering with the United States or the Iranian axis, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said at a meeting of the G7 nations in Italy on Tuesday. “We want to relieve the suffering of the Syrian people. Russia can be a part of that future and...

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Officials from Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia hailed the United States’ decision on Thursday to strike a Syrian airfield that was used to launch a lethal chemical attack against civilians earlier this week. Iran, a chief ally and backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, condemned the operation, The Wall Street Journal...

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The United States launched 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield Thursday night in response to a recent chemical attack in Idlib province that killed at least 70 people, including many children, U.S. officials told NBC News. .@NBCNews – US Military strikes al-Shayrat airfield with 50+ Tomahawk missiles near Homs, #Syria in...

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President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the United Nations suggested on Wednesday that a reported chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria’s Idlib Province may prompt a more forceful American approach to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. At a joint press conference with King Abdullah of Jordan, Trump said that Tuesday’s...

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The Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah has emerged as the “one clear winner” from the destruction of the Syrian civil war, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. “Hezbollah,” the Journal observed, “is today stronger, more independent and in command of a new Syrian militia that its officials say is ready to...

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The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah recently raided drug houses in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Beirut, underlining its increasing entanglement with the Lebanese government. “This is what a country that has given up its authority in favor of the ‘tiny state’ looks like,” said Ashraf Rifi, a Hezbollah critic...

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Iran’s parliament voted for a massive increase in funding for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the nation’s missile development program, Saeed Ghasseminejad, an associate fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), wrote in a policy brief Monday. The move was recently approved in two parliamentary bills, Iranian...

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Iran has barred members of its women’s pool team from participating in billiard sports competitions for one year for violating Islamic codes of conduct, its Disciplinary Committee of Bowling, Billiard and Boxing Federation announced Thursday. “Women sent to China Open (billiard) competitions will be banned from all domestic and foreign...

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Despite boasting in the past that it controls four Arab capitals, Iran objected on Thursday to accusations of meddling in the internal affairs of Arab nations. Responding to the final declaration from this week’s Arab League summit, Bahram Qassemi, a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, said, “We reject any intervention in the...

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Iran’s presence in Syria is a greater threat to Israel than that of the Islamic State, an Israeli minister told The Jerusalem Post Thursday, noting recent gains made by the Shiite axis in the Syrian civil war. “It’s very easy and convenient to focus on ISIS,” said Yuval Steinitz, the...

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