How close was US to attack Iran?
News Analysis | In September 2018, White House asked Pentagon to come up with a plan for striking Iran after an Iran backed Shiite militia...
Syria’s Kurds: The new front line in confronting Iran and Turkey – Dr. James M Dorsey
Dr. James M Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s threat to devastate Turkey’s economy if Turkish troops attack Syrian Kurds allied with the United...
Erdogan, Trump consider creating security zone in Syria
AFP | Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US counterpart Donald Trump mooted Monday the creation of a "security zone" in northern Syria as tensions...
Cargo plane crashes in Iran, killing 15: Army
AFP | A military cargo plane overshot a runway, crashed and caught fire during a botched landing near the Iranian capital Tehran, killing 15 people,...
Qatar rejects normalising ties with ‘criminal’ Assad
AFP| Qatar's foreign minister ruled out on Monday the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian...
Iran to launch two satellites in ‘coming days’
AFP| Iran's president said Monday the Islamic republic plans to launch two domestically made satellites into orbit in the "coming days" to gather information on...
Trump threatens to ‘devastate’ Turkish economy over Syrian Kurds
News Desk | US President Donald Trump has threatened to "devastate Turkey economically" if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of...
Turkey can’t leverage US-Russia tensions in Syria forever
M K Bhadrakumar | Turkey has so far played Washington and Moscow off against each other over the Syrian situation by leveraging its importance as...
Pompeo ‘optimistic’ on deal to protect Syrian Kurds
News Desk | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is optimistic an agreement can be reached with Turkey to protect Kurdish fighters in...
Pompeo to press Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi’s murder
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday arrived in Riyadh, where he is set to press Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
Pompeo vows ‘every last Iranian boot’ will be expelled from Syria
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Thursday the United States and its allies would work diplomatically to expel all Iranian troops from...
US begins withdrawing gear from Syria, but not troops
AFP | The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said Friday amid...