Syrian Rebels Advance Close to Hama City, Piling Pressure on Assad and His Allies
By Maya Gebeily and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
BEIRUT/AMMAN, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, rebels and a war monitor said, after their sudden capture...
US Deepens Sanctions on Iran’s ‘Shadow’ Oil Fleet
By Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey and Florence Tan
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday ramped up sanctions on Iran, targeting 35 entities and vessels it said carried illicit Iranian petroleum to foreign markets as part of what...
UN Mission Meets Victims, Survivors of Iran’s 2022 National Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Members of the United Nations’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran have met with survivors and victims of the protests that erupted in Iran in 2022 and...
Israel and Iran-Backed Hezbollah Exchange Strikes as Ceasefire Violations Mount
By Maya Gebeily and Adam Makary
BEIRUT, Dec 2 (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and three injured on Monday from Israeli strikes on two southern Lebanese towns, Talousa and Haris, as the Israeli military...
Fuel Oil Smuggling Network Rakes in $1 Billion for Iran and Its Proxies
By Maha El Dahan and Yousef Saba
DUBAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A sophisticated fuel oil smuggling network that some experts believe generates at least $1 billion a year for Iran and its proxies has flourished in...
ANALYSIS: Why Iran Is Negotiating With the European Union
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic — represented by Majid Takht Ravanchi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s under-secretary for European and American Affairs — has resumed negotiations with the European Union. Ravanchi recently met with his...
Pro-Iranian Militias Enter Syria From Iraq to Aid Beleaguered Syrian Army
AMMAN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iranian-backed militias entered Syria overnight from Iraq and were heading to northern Syria to beef up beleaguered Syrian army forces battling insurgents, according to two Syrian army sources.
Dozens of Iran-aligned Iraqi...
Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Released After Death Sentence Overturned
DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison on Dec. 1 after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against the Iranian regime, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency reported early...
Trump Warns BRICS Members, Including Iran, Not to Create New Currency
By Ismail Shakil and Tim Reid
OTTAWA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he discussed the border, trade and energy in a "very productive" meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid fears of...
Iran, Russia Foreign Ministers Say They Support Syria in Confronting Rebels, Iran State Media...
Nov 30 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia voiced support for Syria on Saturday during a major attack by rebel groups, Iranian state media reported.
Iran's Abbas Araqchi told Russia's Sergei Lavrov in a phone call...
