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Trump’s Iran-centric Syria Policy Takes Shape

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Trump’s Iran-centric Syria Policy Takes Shape
Trump’s Iran-centric Syria Policy Takes Shape
This fall, U.S.-led coalition forces escalated attacks in Syria once more, launching more than 1,000 air and artillery strikes, nearly all of them close to the border with Iraq, as Washington seeks to crush the Islamic State’s presence in the country before the end of the year.

 

Cracks in Iran deal coalition? Europeans fume over Tehran missile test

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Cracks in Iran deal coalition? Europeans fume over Tehran missile test
 Cracks in Iran deal coalition? Europeans fume over Tehran missile test
Diplomats from European countries on Tuesday blasted a recent Iranian missile test as “inconsistent” with a key U.N. Security Council resolution, as they struggle to keep the Iran deal intact amid U.S. pressure to get tough on the Islamic regime.

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatens to close Strait of Hormuz if US blocks oil exports

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatens to close Strait of Hormuz if US blocks oil exports

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatens to close Strait of Hormuz if US blocks oil exports

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened on Tuesday to close the strait of Hormuz, the world’s busiest sea lane for oil shipments, if the United States moves to block the Islamic Republic’s oil exports.

 

Netanyahu’s Meeting With Pompeo Is a Warning to Iran and Lebanon – Before Israel Takes Military Action

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Netanyahu’s Meeting With Pompeo Is a Warning to Iran and Lebanon – Before Israel Takes Military Action

Netanyahu’s Meeting With Pompeo Is a Warning to Iran and Lebanon – Before Israel Takes Military Action

Israel is worried about Hezbollah’s improved missile arsenal as well as its shift in focus from Syria to Lebanon, and it can count on Trump’s uncontested support

 

US calls on Europe to implement its own sanctions against Iran

US calls on Europe to implement its own sanctions against Iran
 US calls on Europe to implement its own sanctions against Iran
The United States is calling on the European Union to enact its own set of sanctions targeting Iran following Tehran’s test of a missile this past weekend.

 

Families of Americans held in Iran ask Trump to pull visas for kids of top Iran officials

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Families of Americans held in Iran ask Trump to pull visas for kids of top Iran officials

Families of Americans held in Iran ask Trump to pull visas for kids of top Iran officials

Families of Americans detained in Iran have urged the Trump administration to deny U.S. visas to the children of top-ranking officials in the Iranian government, but the White House has yet to take action, two sources close to the families told NBC News.

 

Iran must be held accountable for cyberattacks

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Iran must be held accountable for cyberattacks
Iran must be held accountable for cyberattacks
Iran’s expansionist policies have attracted significant attention from some media outlets, politicians and scholars. The regime’s military adventurism in the region has been mainly carried out by the senior cadre of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its elite branch the Quds Force and Tehran’s proxies, militias and terrors groups across the Middle East.

 

Is the Trump Administration Pivoting the Fight in Syria Toward a War with Iran?

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Is the Trump Administration Pivoting the Fight in Syria Toward a War with Iran?
Is the Trump Administration Pivoting the Fight in Syria Toward a War with Iran?
The largest American military base in Syria covers more than five hundred acres, but it can’t be seen from the road. When I visited in mid-October, on the condition that I not reveal the exact location, I thought my taxi-driver had brought me to the wrong place.

Iran’s nuclear chief warns EU patience is running thin

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Iran’s nuclear chief warns EU patience is running thin
 
 Iran’s nuclear chief warns EU patience is running thin
 
Iran’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday he was warning the European Union’s top diplomat that Iranian patience was running out on the bloc’s pledges to keep up oil trade despite U.S. sanctions.

Officials showcase more weapons they say link Iran to terror across the region

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Officials showcase more weapons they say link Iran to terror across the region
 Officials showcase more weapons they say link Iran to terror across the region
In a cordoned-off section of a nondescript hangar at a sliver of a military base that overlooks the Potomac River sits a growing mountain of physical evidence of the scale and reach of Iranian-supplied weapons used to further proxy wars against the United States and its allies in the Middle East.