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The White House Tuesday announced US President Donald Trump will meet with Abu Dhabi crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Washington, a week before the US President departs for his first foreign trip since he took power. Read more
The office of the UN mediator in the Syrian intra-talks indicated Monday that the mediator would meet with protagonists in Geneva for a new round of talks, few days after Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to create “de-escalation zones”. “Special Read more
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Friday laid into rival candidates arguing that they plotted against 2015 nuclear negotiations with the West. Rouhani, during a presidential debate ahead of May 19 election, picked on conservative candidates accusing him of making empty promises Read more
Iranian and U.S naval forces had another encounter this week in the Strait of Hormuz; a strategic international passage especially for oil from the region to the global market. The USS Mahan, a guided-missile destroyer of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, Read more
Ahmadinejad’s application to be a candidate is Iran’s May presidential election has been rejected by the Guardian Council, the body that vets applicants, according to the Interior Ministry. The decision does not seem to come as a surprise after Supreme Read more
The Iranian armed forces held a military parade on Tuesday to mark the country’s National Army Day. The celebrations were dominated with a display of military power and the resurfacing of the ‘Death to Israel’ banners. During his address at Read more
Registration for the presidential elections in Iran began this week and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was at the Interior ministry to register as a candidate. He had ruled Iran from 2005 to 2013 but his reelection in 2009 was marred Read more
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry summoned Iran’s Ambassador to protest against what government spokesman Mohammed Momani said was Tehran’s interference in the “internal affairs of neighboring countries, especially Gulf States.” The ministry said Ambassador Mojtaba Ferdosipour was summoned to protest against Read more
The US military has intentionally targeted the Shayrat air base of the Syrian military with 59 tomahawk missiles launched from its USS Porter and USS Ross warships stationed in the Mediterranean Sea. President Donald Trump said he ordered the attack Read more
President Erdogan of turkey has voiced concern over the developments in neighboring Iraq before warning that the future military operations will have “not (only) a Syrian dimension, (but) also an Iraqi dimension” due to the “situations” in Tal Afar and Read more