Tag: Iran

Fury at Pompeo’s West Bank trip as he arrives in Israel to celebrate Abraham Accords

Joel Gehrke · November 19, 2020 10:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Why Israel won’t bomb Iran’s nuclear sites before Trump leaves office

Tom Rogan · November 18, 2020 4:41 pm

Four rockets strike Baghdad’s Green Zone following US troop pullout announcement, Iraqi military says

Tyler Van Dyke · November 17, 2020 11:06 pm

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAFTF-CR-CC) 19.2, prepare to deploy from Kuwait in support of a crisis response mission, Dec. 31, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s self-destructive withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq

Tom Rogan · November 17, 2020 10:08 pm

Sgt. Alexander Villafane, an Indirect Fire Infantryman assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team monitors the radio for fire commands as part of mortar qualification at Fort Carson, Colorado, November 16, 2020.

More troops and stable spending needed to avoid future defeat in war, Heritage military report card finds

Abraham Mahshie · November 17, 2020 4:50 pm

A fighter jet flies over Iranian flags during the army parade commemorating National Army Day in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.

Israeli assassins kill al Qaeda’s second-in-command in Iran for US: Report

Mike Brest · November 14, 2020 3:09 pm

Beltway Confidential

US shouldn’t humor the tyrants adjudicating human rights at the UN

Zachary Faria · November 13, 2020 8:17 pm

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony.

It would be madness for Joe Biden to return to the Iran nuclear deal

Washington Examiner · November 13, 2020 5:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

The Biden doctrine: ‘Goodbye, America First. Hello, multilateralism’

Jamie McIntyre · November 13, 2020 4:00 am

Pompeo team urges Biden to use Trump sanctions as ‘leverage’ in expected Iran talks

Joel Gehrke · November 13, 2020 12:28 am

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran's heavy water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak, Iran. A senior Iranian official said Monday, March 17, 2014, that an alleged attempt to sabotage one of Tehran's nuclear facilities, the nuclear reactor at Arak in the center of the country, involved foreign intelligence agencies who tampered with imported pumps. Tehran has accused the Israel, the U.S. and their allies of undermining Iran's nuclear program through covert operations. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Beltway Confidential

Biden faces Iran’s nuclear fastball

Tom Rogan · November 11, 2020 8:20 pm

Australian actress and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Cate Blanchett,left, next to Italian Filippo Grandi, third left, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks at a High-Level Segment on Statelessness during the 70th annual meeting of the UNHCR Executive Committee at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019.

US gets scolded by China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran on human rights at UN

Haley Victory Smith · November 11, 2020 12:10 am