The United States has flown B-52 long-range strategic bombers over the Middle East in a mission aimed at deterring potential aggression in the region, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Wednesday. CENTCOM said the “defensive” mission
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – U.S. Senator (Kentucky) Rand Paul recently challenged the new Secretary of State nominee Anthony Blinken on his history of pushing regime change in the Middle East and North Africa. Sen. Paul began his argument by
BEIRUT, LEBANON 4:10 P.M.) – The annual rankings of military strength of the countries of the world, issued by the Global Fire Power website, were released recently, along with the regional rankings. In the Middle East region, Turkey was considered
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 A.M.) – At the start of 2013, the Syrian War was looking unfavorable for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), as a militant offensive in Aleppo cutoff the city from all government supply lines and the strategic East
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – As if the Syrian Conflict couldn’t get any more complicated, a new proxy war is brewing between several foreign powers in the northern part of the country. Speaking from Damascus on the condition of anonymity,
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – The battle against the Islamic State in the Euphrates River Valley region might be nearing its end, but the U.S. military still remains deployed across the territories controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in
Iran signaled on Wednesday it would take a tough line in talks among oil producers on restraining production, saying it would continue increasing its output until it reached levels seen before international sanctions were imposed. “Asking Iran to freeze its
Iran is poised to export its first oil shipments to Europe since international economic sanctions were lifted in mid-January, the oil ministry’s SHANA news service reported on Monday. It said two million barrels of oil were being pumped aboard a
The Economy and Trade Minister Alain Hakim said on Tuesday that lifting the economic sanctions on Iran made the country a magnet for investments as for developmental and reform projects. Hakim concluded today the seventh tour of the Lebanese-Iranian Economic
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – The ex-Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi revealed the contents of the call he received from US President Donald Trump two days before the assassination of the late Quds Force commander, Major General Qassem Soleimani. In
