Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said he "didn't see" specific evidence that top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani wasplanning attacks on four U.S. embassies, but said he believed such attacks would have occurred. "The president didn't cite a specific piece ...
While the US does not anticipate direct attacks on its forces by Iran or its proxies as part of their retaliation, precautionary measures are being taken by moving assets in anticipation of any eventuality. “It would be imprudent if we didn’t take a look at our posture in the region to...
The rationale took a new turn on January 10 evening when President Donald Trump gave Fox News’s Laura Ingraham what has been perhaps the most definitive answer so far on what the threat was; according to the president, Soleimani was planning attacks on “four US embassies,” including the ...
We cannot discount the possibility that Hamas or another foreign terrorist organization may exploit the current conflict to conduct attacks here, on our own soil….” In his testimony at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Wray highlighted the central role of Iran’s Ayatollahs in the ...
In 2016, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in response to the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the Kingdom executed a Shiite cleric. To help the two countries achieve detente, China assumed the role of a mediator, leveraging its amicable relations with them to facili...
In 2016, Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Iran following Saudi Arabia's decision to cut ties with Tehran. The move came in response to attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, which occurred after the execution of a Shiite cleric by Saudi Arabia. ...
The establishment of the no-fly zone over southern Iraq was originally aimed at Iraq's air force, and the United States has not previously taken a strong stand on Iranian attacks on the Mujahideen. But Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon Tuesday said the United States had told Iran it could sh...
In early 2016, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in response to attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed a Shiite cleric. Before they clinched the deal in Beijing, the two countries had held five rounds of talks in Iraq to improve bilateral relations si...
In early 2016, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in response to attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed a Shiite cleric. Before they clinched the deal in Beijing, the two countries had held five rounds of talks in Iraq to improve bilateral relations si...
The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran was one of the major sources of tension in the Middle East. In 2016, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in response to the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the Kingdom executed a Shiite cleric.■...