PHOTO PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to reporters following a meeting with UN Security Council members on Iran’s proven failure to comply with a nuclear deal and calls for the restoration of sanctions against Iran at UN headquarters in New York , FS, August 20, 2020. REUTERS …
Read More »Maduro says Venezuela buys Iranian missiles ‘a good idea’
PHILO PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a youth event of Venezuela’s United Socialist Party in Caracas, Venezuela June 22, 2020. Miraflores Palace / Handout via REUTERS CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday it would be a “good idea” to buy missiles from Iran, a …
Read More »US-led troops are withdrawing from Iraq’s Taji base
CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Reuters) – Leading international coalition troops withdrew from the Taji military base in Iraq on Sunday, handing it over to Iraqi security forces, Reuters witnesses and the coalition said. The base, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, was the site of frequent Iranian-backed rocket attacks by …
Read More »UN nuclear watchdog to make first trip to Iran | News
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will travel to Tehran on Monday for meetings with senior Iranian officials aimed at improving cooperation on Iran’s nuclear activities. The visit announced on Saturday comes in the afternoon of tensions between the United States and its European allies over Washington’s bid …
Read More »Hezbollah lowers Israeli drone over Lebanon | News
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement said it underwent and captured an Israeli drone on Saturday that flew over the Blue Line disrupting Israel’s withdrawal from the country. Hezbollah said its fighters dropped the drone at the city of Aita al-Shaab. The Israeli army said one of its drones “fell into Lebanese …
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