Trump Pick Rubio Could Harden Oil Sanctions on Iran
By Timothy Gardner and Vivian Sequera
WASHINGTON/CARACAS Nov 13 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state could signal stricter enforcement of oil sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, but concerns about retaliation...
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Areas in Beirut, Southern Lebanon for Third Day
BEIRUT, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled areas in Beirut for a third consecutive day on Thursday, hitting locations in the capital's southern suburbs early in the morning after a night of...
Lebanon Awaits Truce Proposals Between Iran-Backed Hezbollah and Israel
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Lebanon is awaiting concrete ceasefire proposals, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was quoted as saying on Wednesday, after a senior U.S. official said he saw "a shot" at a truce soon in...
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Meets With Trump, Axios Reports
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Axios reported on Monday, citing two Israeli officials and two U.S. officials.
The Sunday meeting at Trump's Florida...
US Carried Out Strikes Against Iranian Linked Targets in Syria
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it had carried out strikes against nine targets associated with Iranian groups in Syria.
In a statement, the U.S. military said the strikes were against two locations in Syria...
Saudi Armed Forces Chief of Staff in Iran for Talks With Officials
DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The chief of staff of Saudi Arabia's armed forces, Fayyad al-Ruwaili, visited Tehran on Sunday to meet with his Iranian counterpart and discuss defence ties, state media reported the Iranian Armed...
Netanyahu Approved Pager Attacks Against Hezbollah, Spokesman Says
JERUSALEM, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved pager attacks that dealt a deadly blow to the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in September, Omer Dostri, spokesperson for his office, said on Monday.
The Israeli military, which has...
Israeli Strike Injures Syrian Soldiers Near Aleppo, State Media Says
CAIRO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Several Syrian soldiers were injured in an Israeli air "aggression" in the vicinity of the city of Al-Safira near Aleppo and Idlib, state media reported early on Saturday.
The air "aggression" targeted...
After Hamas Rejection of Hostage Deal, US Asked Qatar to Expel the Group
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Andrew Mills and Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON/DOHA, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. has told Qatar that the presence of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the Palestinian militant group rejected the latest proposal to achieve a ceasefire...
Iran’s Pezeshkian Says Tehran Indifferent to US Election Result
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the result of the U.S. election did not matter to his country, state media reported on Thursday, amid heightened tensions with Washington over its...
