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A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran is in possession of missiles with a range enough to reach Israel. “We do not need missiles with a range of over 2,000 kilometers. The longest range required for [Iran’s] missiles is the […]

Syrian government troops have managed to liberate a central neighborhood in the divided city of Aleppo in their latest push against foreign-backed militants who are wreaking havoc in the war-stricken country. Syrian state TV reported on Tuesday the recapture by government forces of Farafra neighborhood, […]

US soldiers along with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants entered the Syrian towns of Marea and Azaz in the North of Aleppo. Lebanese Al Mayadeen channel reported, citing its sources, the US military have arrived to launch military operation against the ISIL group in […]

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — The U.S. is sending 615 more troops to Iraq as the stage is set for an Iraqi-led battle to reclaim Mosul, the northern city that has been the Islamic State group’s main stronghold for more than two years. The offensive, […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia and its allies are warning that U.S. legislation allowing the kingdom to be sued for the 9/11 attacks will have negative repercussions. The kingdom maintains an arsenal of tools to retaliate with, including curtailing official contacts, pulling […]

BEIRUT, LEBANON — As bombs tear apart the buildings and families within the decimated Syrian city of Aleppo following another broken cease-fire, a few hundred kilometers away in Lebanon, one refugee contemplated the idea of returning to Syria. “At this point there is no chance […]

ISTANBUL — Turkish media reported diplomatic tensions dogged the now-concluded two-day visit to Ankara of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter Islamic State. McGurk was reprimanded for accepting a medal from the […]

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO / PENTAGON — The United States and Iraq have agreed on a plan that will send about 600 additional American troops to Iraq to help retake Mosul from Islamic State, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in New […]

Shimon Peres, an Israeli statesman who helped build his country into a nuclear-armed regional military power, shared a Nobel Peace Prize for laying out a short-lived framework for peace with the Palestinians and more recently defended Israel’s controversial military actions in the Gaza Strip and […]