Anti-war groups are expressing disbelief that NATO defense ministers have agreed to actually increase military personnel numbers in Iraq.
Thousands of people have staged nationwide demonstrations across Bahrain on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the popular uprising against the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty.
The Israeli military has set up a new "Iran command" amid Tel Aviv's anti-Tehran confrontational rhetoric, according to Israeli media.
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Deputy Commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Hashem al-Haidari said that the US triggered annihilation of Israel by assassinating IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and former Deputy Commander of Iraq's PMF Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
A high-ranking Israeli delegation from an umbrella US Jewish group has visited Saudi Arabia this week, a sign of increasing warmness between Tel Aviv and Riyadh as the two sides look to forge closer informal ties and expedite normalization efforts.
A senior Iraqi legislator said that foreign companies operating at Baghdad airport could have collaborated with the US in the assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Deputy Commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Syrian air defenses have responded to fresh attacks targeting areas around the capital Damascus, local media have reported.
The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says Washington “passed red lines” with its assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and his companions in Iraq last month, emphasizing that the incident changed all regional equations.
A rocket attack has hit an air base north of the capital Baghdad, which houses the US-led coalition forces that purportedly fight Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.