The US military struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. “The precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly
ebanon’s caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian attend a joint press conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBAI, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Iran warned Israel of escalation if
Five Americans jailed for years in Iran and widely regarded as hostages are on their way home to the United States. The last pieces in a controversial swap mediated by Qatar fell into place when $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian funds
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Iran arrived Tuesday in the Islamic Republic, and his counterpart landed in Riyadh, cementing a restoration of ties between the Gulf rivals after a seven-year rupture in ties.File photo of diplomatic delegations attending the official reopening
A woman stands in front of a burning house in the town of Irpin, outside Kyiv, in March 2022 Russia and Belarus have been invited back to Stockholm’s Nobel Prize banquet after being left out last year because of the
DUBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Friday in the highest-level talks since the countries reconciled in March after years of bitter rivalry that destabilised the region. After
Iran and Afghanistan exchanged gunfire on May 27 amid rising tensions over water supplies in the region. The countries are engaged in a decades-long dispute over rights to the Helmand River, on which Iran depends to irrigate land in its arid
People take part in an opposition rally in solidarity with Iranian people on the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Paris, on February 11, 2023. © Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP Thousands of Europe-based Iranians, including relatives of victims of
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on February 2, 2023. © Michel Euler, AP French President Emmanuel Macron denounced on Thursday the “headlong rush” of Iran’s
Iran’s Defense Ministry said one of its factories was attacked by drones in the city of Isfahan. It did not say who was suspected of carrying out the attack. Iran and Israel have been engaged in a shadow war for