Tag: U.S. Military
Iranian parliament approves bill labeling US military, Pentagon as terror groups
The Iranian parliament approved a bill on Tuesday to designate the entire U.S. military and Pentagon as terrorist entities following last week’s U.S. elimination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force Maj. Gen. Qassem...
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah threatens US forces in the Middle East
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that the U.S. military “will pay a price” for the assassination in Iraq on Friday of Iranian Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the AP reported.
In a speech broadcast...
Is now the right time for a US-Israel mutual defense pact?
In September, U.S President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promoted the idea of a Mutual Defense Treaty between their countries with Netanyahu branding such a pact as being “historic” should it...
Report: Trump weighs sending 14,000 more troops to Mideast amid Iran threat
The Trump administration is considering deploying as many as 14,000 additional troops, along with dozens more ships and other military capabilities, to the Middle East in the face of continuing threats from Tehran.
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Trump declares al-Baghdadi’s ‘No. 1 replacement’ also dead
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s replacement has also been killed by U.S. troops.
“Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated...
Islamic State leader believed killed in US operation in Syria
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the 48-year-old leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), was targeted by the U.S. military in Syria last week, according to unnamed U.S. defense sources, and is believed to have been killed.
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Trump on the Kurds in Syria: ‘They’re no angels’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria even as criticism points to the United States having betrayed its Kurdish allies in the region.
In talking about...
How black and white thinking clouds realpolitik
Black and white thinking, which divides the world into absolute camps of good and evil, is associated with religious fanaticism from medieval Christianity to the Islamic world.
There are now troubling signs that a secular...
Jewish and pro-Israel groups react to Trump’s decision on Syria and the Kurds
Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted unfavorably to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision on Sunday evening to withdraw U.S. forces from northeast Syria, ahead of an expected invasion by Turkey against Kurdish forces.
The White House announced the...
Pompeo: ‘US stands with Saudi Arabia and supports its right to defend itself’
Saudi Arabia has the right to defend itself, and Iranian aggression won’t be tolerated, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on Thursday after a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“The U.S....