Category: 3. Middle East

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has been accused of altering her Senate testimony on Iran, omitting details that contradict President Trump’s claim that the country posed an imminent threat.

Israel has struck facilities belonging to the world’s largest natural gas field in Iran, marking a sharp escalation in the war. Iran has threatened to strike energy facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation. Here’s what we know.

NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) – Syria on Wednesday launched a plan supported by Washington to rid the Middle Eastern country of legacy chemical weapons that were used against its people by forces under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad.

For decades,…

Washington, DC – Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US National Intelligence, said that the United States intelligence community had assessed that Iran was not rebuilding its nuclear enrichment capabilities following US and Israeli attacks last…

Qatar has said Iranian missile attacks on the Ras Laffan Industrial City, the country’s main gas facility, have caused “significant damage”.

“The State of Qatar expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Iranian…

By Daren Butler

ISTANBUL, March 18 (Reuters) – Thousands of Turks gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday in support of jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu at an opposition rally, one year after President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival was arrested on…

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) – Britain said it was working to provide more support for its partners in the Gulf who are under attack from Iran, as it announced plans to buy extra missiles to protect the region.

Britain’s fighter jets and other…

Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has taken steps to ensure it is not reliant on a single security force but rather multiple structures to defend the Islamic republic against external and internal threats.

All these forces have been mobilised since…

All eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz.

The longer it remains closed, the greater the damage to the global economy.

Iran continues to block tankers…