Tag: Iran

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A320 takes off Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla.

Delta teams with Airbus to trim operating costs as jet fuel prices spike

Joe Williams · October 15, 2018 4:53 pm

Ali Mohammed, 48, builds an oud, an Arabic instrument related to the lute, at his workshop in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Mohammed says "the demand for Oud has risen after the defeating of IS in Iraq" he, makes around 400 U.S. dollars by selling one handmade oud every month.

Beltway Confidential

Iraq has moved on. Will our foreign policy debate?

Michael Rubin · October 15, 2018 4:32 pm

Saudi King Salman speaks during a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council.

Energy and Environment

Khashoggi crisis threatens Trump’s oil pact with Saudis

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel · October 12, 2018 11:36 pm

President Trump speaks to Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

On Iran and Saudi Arabia, it shouldn’t be either/or

Michael Rubin · October 12, 2018 4:42 pm

Memo Pushes for White House to Bar Iran From International Financial System

Jenna Lifhits · October 11, 2018 4:37 pm

Syrian army soldier stands guard as Russian military police vehicle passes by near the town of Alhureyeh, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. The Russian military said Tuesday that its forces in Syria will help U.N. peacekeepers fully restore patrols along the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, reflecting Moscow's deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes.

Beltway Confidential

Be worried: Russia just escalated conflict against America in Syria

Tom Rogan · October 10, 2018 1:57 pm

Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons, hold a poster of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, and chant slogans against the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents in 2014.

Beltway Confidential

Iraq proves the US should stop demonizing Shi’ism and understand it

Michael Rubin · October 9, 2018 5:39 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, a gas flare burns at a gas refinery in the South Pars gas field, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asalouyeh, Iran. Iran likely will further embrace Beijing as an alternative market for its crude oil and financial transactions amid uncertainty over the nuclear deal. That doesnât mean China offers a safe haven to Iran without conditions. Analysts say Beijing will try to extract the maximum benefit, and there is growing concern that China may take advantage of Iran.

Beltway Confidential

Sanctioning Iraq over gas imports from Iran is a mistake

Michael Rubin · October 9, 2018 12:16 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

Europe’s unfounded optimism over Iran

Alan Mendoza · October 9, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., arrives to view the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 in Washington.

Top senator warns Saudi Arabia about disappearance of journalist

Joel Gehrke · October 8, 2018 8:35 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Is an Arab version of NATO wise? Not if the US does the heavy lifting

Daniel DePetris · October 8, 2018 8:23 pm

Jim Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, center, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with Baltic leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Trump says the U.S. will expand exports of LNG to Baltic region and will hold a summit with the Baltic presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to discuss ways to expand economic opportunities.

Beltway Confidential

Trump has a new counterterrorism strategy. It’s better than Obama’s, but it could go further

Tom Rogan · October 6, 2018 4:00 pm