Tag: Iran

A plane from the Iranian private airline, Mahan Air lands at an international airport in Yemen. An Iranian airline backed by the countryâs notorious Revolutionary Guard has acquired rights to fly commercial routes in more than a dozen European and Asian countries in spite of U.S. terror-related sanctions.

US sanctions company that helped Iran’s ‘terrorist-affiliated airline’

Joel Gehrke · September 14, 2018 3:22 pm

"I think I only had the first discussion come to my desk in terms of a legal interpretation a couple of weeks ago, and that's when I immediately initiated some re-evaluation, which I'm looking at," Kerry said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump accuses John Kerry of undercutting administration’s ‘great work’

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · September 14, 2018 2:26 am

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a conference in Cairo, Egypt.

Beltway Confidential

Washington’s misplaced human rights advocacy on Egypt will backfire

Michael Rubin · September 14, 2018 2:20 am

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2014, file photo, oil pump jacks work in unison in Williston, N.D. In the heart of North Dakota's oil patch, there are hundreds of more jobs than takers. No longer is it easy to find a hotel room or a table at a restaurant. More than two years after the state's unprecedented oil bonanza fizzled, North Dakota is experiencing a sort of boomlet with an increase in drilling that has brought oil production back up to more than 1 million barrels daily.

Energy Department raises oil price projections, citing anticipation of Iran sanctions

John Siciliano · September 13, 2018 8:26 pm

Ed Royce sought an explanation of why the State and Treasury Departments have allowed Mahan Air to continue ferrying its weapons and personnel into Syria.

Top Republican: Trump letting Russia help Iran weapons trafficker

Joel Gehrke · September 13, 2018 6:05 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to members of the media during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey.

Beltway Confidential

How Turkey is trying to obstruct Russia and Assad in Idlib

Tom Rogan · September 13, 2018 4:57 pm

John Kerry

State Department warns John Kerry against undermining Trump’s Iran policy

Joel Gehrke · September 13, 2018 4:53 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a conference on climate change and innovation in clean energy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

John Kerry deserves jail for secret Iran diplomacy

Michael Rubin · September 13, 2018 3:31 pm

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker blows his nose as he delivers his State of the Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Sept.12, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Jean-Claude Juncker takes another step toward European Union self-destruction

Tom Rogan · September 12, 2018 7:39 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a news conference in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Nov. 22, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

In Syria, Erdogan wakes up to Putin’s bloody smile

Tom Rogan · September 11, 2018 6:55 pm

Smoke rises after a TNT bomb was thrown from a helicopter, hitting a rebel position during heavy fighting between troops loyal to President Bashar Assad and opposition fighters in the Idlib province countryside, Syria, Sept. 19, 2013.

Attacks increase on rebel-held Idlib in Syria

Naomi Lim · September 8, 2018 3:31 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, flanked by Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Tehran, Iran, ahead of their summit to discuss Syria. The three leaders began a meeting to discuss the war in Syria.

Putin: Russian spies should work with Turkey, Iran

Joel Gehrke · September 7, 2018 6:53 pm