Egypt and Iran vie for influence in Gaza
The clash of interests between these two regional Middle Eastern powers seems clear; Egypt wishes to see Gaza calm and ...
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Saudi Arabia beheads 37, mostly Shiites, for terrorist crimes
Saudi dissident Ali Al-Ahmed says Tuesday's mass execution of Shiites was the largest in the kingdom's history. Meanwhile, Amnesty International ...
Iranian parliament labels entire US military a terrorist force
Legislation also demands Iranian government take unspecified action against other governments that formally back U.S. designation of Revolutionary Guards as ...
Trump is using the weapon he knows best: Economic sanctions
The U.S. president is a businessman who views the world through an economic prism. Preferring to avoid the military option, ...
Islamist terror is alive and kicking
Israelis spending their Passover vacation in the Sinai Peninsula, be warned: The Sri Lanka bombings are proof you are not ...
Iran, Pakistan to establish joint security force on shared border
Both Pakistan and Iran say militant groups operate from bases on the other country's soil, sometimes carrying out deadly cross-border ...
Oil prices rise after US oil sanctions decision
U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations will "more than make up the difference" in ...
Iran says it is prepared for end to US oil wavers
As Revolutionary Guards threaten to close Strait of Hormuz, Iran arch-rival Saudi Arabia announces it will coordinate with other oil ...
Iran's supreme leader picks new Revolutionary Guard chief
Days after U.S. designates elite group a foreign terrorist organization, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appoints Hossein Salami to replace Mohammad Ali ...
Netanyahu welcomes US decision ending exemptions for Iranian oil imports
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says move by Trump administration is intended to bring Iran's oil exports "to zero, ...