by Tyler | Nov 19, 2019 | Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Israel / Middle East, National Security, Oil, protests, Sanctions, Trending, White House
Protests in towns and cities across Iran continued Monday despite the use of lethal force against demonstrators by the regime plus a nationwide Internet blackout. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated terrorist organization, threatened “decisive”...
by Tyler | Nov 12, 2019 | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, barrel bombs, bashar assad, chemical weapons, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Israel / Middle East, National Security, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, Syria, Trending, Turkey, White Helmets
Syrian dictator Bashar Assad said during an interview with Russian television on Monday that accusations of him using chemical weapons were a frame-up concocted by his opponents and hostile governments like Saudi Arabia, who allegedly “staged a play” with fake victims...
by Tyler | Nov 5, 2019 | Ali Khamenei, centrifuges, European Union, Germany, Iran, Iran hostages, Iran Nuclear Deal, Israel / Middle East, National Security, Trending, White House
Iran on Monday held an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy, and also announced fresh violations of the 2015 nuclear deal it arranged with former U.S. President Barack Obama, including plans to deploy a new uranium...
by Tyler | Nov 5, 2019 | Bob Levinson, hostages, Iran, Israel / Middle East, Mike Pompeo, National Security, Sanctions, Trending, U.S. State Department, u.s. treasury department
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday – the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis – that the reward for information leading to the recovery of missing American Robert Levinson has been increased to $20 million. Levinson disappeared in...
by Tyler | Oct 24, 2019 | Asia, China, election interference, Facebook, Iran, Mark Zuckerberg, National Security, Russia, Trending
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday lashed out at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for stating that technicians caught China, along with Russia and Iran, while attempting to interfere in foreign elections. The Chinese derided Zuckerberg’s claims as “absurd and...
by Tyler | Oct 21, 2019 | Hezbollah, Iran, Israel / Middle East, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Lebanon, National Security, Politics, Trending
With anti-establishment protests rocking his country, Walid Jumblatt, the longtime leader of Lebanon’s Druze community, said he supports dialogue with the protesters and the enactment of “appropriate economic reform.”