Tuesday, March 19, 2024

ANALYSIS: Why the U.S. Is Avoiding Direct Military Confrontation With Iran

By Ahmad Rafat The U.S. has launched a series of retaliatory strikes on the military bases of Iran-backed groups in the Middle East. The U.S. military has used its supersonic strategic heavy B1 bombers to...

ANALYSIS: What Are US Troops Doing in the Middle East and Where Are They?

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The United States launched airstrikes on Iraqi and Syrian targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the militias Tehran backs, following an attack on one of the many sites across the Middle East where the...

ANALYSIS: What Is Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ and Why Are These Groups Uniting to...

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION Days after a drone attack killed three US soldiers at a military outpost in Jordan – an attack blamed on a shadowy Iranian-linked militia group – it appears a wider regional conflict...

ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Steps Up Executions In Its Battle for Survival

By Ahmad Rafat The Islamic Republic’s execution machinery shows no signs of slowing down. Iran executed at least 70 people in January alone. The number of those killed by the regime in 2023 exceeded 700. In recent...

ANALYSIS: Why the West Seeks to Avoid Ukraine-Like Conflict in Mideast

By Hamed Mohammadi It has been nearly four months since the Oct. 7 deadly attack by Hamas on Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza. During the same period, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have...

ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic’s Strikes Against Pakistan Are Strategic Blunder

By Ahmad Rafat The Islamic Republic’s recent missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries are part of its broader plan to establish itself as a regional power. These missile strikes and other operations conducted by...

ANALYSIS: Was ISIS the True Perpetrator of the Deadly Kerman Attacks?

By Ahmad Rafat Iranian intelligence agencies have blamed Daesh (ISIS) and even Israel for the two bomb attacks on Jan. 3, which killed 90 people and injured 200 in the southeastern province of Kerman. Yet...

ANALYSIS: Iran and Its Proxies and Widening Violence in the Middle East

By John Davison Jan 18 (Reuters) - Iran launched missile strikes on three different countries this week - Iraq, Syria and Pakistan - while proxy militant groups it backs continue to target U.S. and Western interests and fight Israel, stoking...

ANALYSIS: Iran-Pakistan Flare-up Rooted in Restive Borderlands, Not Mideast Strife

By Parisa Hafezi, Charlotte Greenfield and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (Reuters) - An Iranian strike on Pakistan this week that drew a rapid military riposte and raised fears of greater regional turmoil was driven by Iran's efforts to reinforce...

ANALYSIS: Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah, Hamas Leaders Won’t Reduce Threat

By Hamed Mohammadi Four months into the military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military and security organizations have launched an unprecedented operation to assassinate senior officials of Hamas and Hezbollah. Except for Salah al-Arouri --...