Killed Hezbollah Commander Aqil Was Wanted for Deadly 1983 US Embassy, Marine Blasts
BEIRUT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than...
ANALYSIS: What Is Islamic State, the Group Implicated in Germany Stabbing?
By Michael Georgy
DUBAI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Islamic State has described the 26-year-old Syrian man taken into custody after a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen as a "soldier" of the group.
Though largely crushed by...
Third Man Arrested Over Attack on Iran International Journalist in London
LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday they had arrested a third man over the stabbing of a journalist working for a Persian language media organisation in London in March last year.
Pouria Zeraati,...
Iranian Abedini Arrested in Italy Returns Home
By Angelo Amante and Emilio Parodi
ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who had been detained in Italy on a U.S. warrant, on Sunday left jail and returned to Iran after Rome's justice minister filed to...
US Imposes Sanctions Targeting Houthi, Hezbollah Trade
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday issued more sanctions targeting Houthi and Hezbollah trade networks, the U.S. Treasury Department said, as Washington increases pressure on Tehran and the Iranian-backed groups.
The U.S. Treasury...
Iran Confirms Arrest of Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala
DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the laws of the Islamic Republic", Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Sala, 29, who works for the newspaper...
Israeli Military Says to Hit Targets Connected to Hezbollah’s Financial Arm in Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Israel will carry out targeted strikes on sites belonging to Hezbollah's financial arm in Lebanon in coming hours and Lebanese residents should evacuate areas close to those facilities, an Israeli military...
US Charges IRGC Official, Others in Iran-Backed Plot to Assassinate Journalist
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The United States issued fresh charges over the attempted Tehran plot to kidnap and assassinate an Iranian-American journalist in New York, indicting an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) official among others in the...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Extend Control Over Tehran’s Oil Exports, Sources Say
By Jonathan Saul and Parisa Hafezi
LONDON/DUBAI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on the country's oil industry and control up to half the exports that generate most of Tehran's revenue and...
Rubio, Witkoff Head to Paris to Discuss Iran with Europeans
By Steve Holland and Elizabeth Pineau
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - Two of President Donald Trump's top national security aides plan to hold talks in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday as the United States...
