Iran's navy commander said Friday that Tehran was working to form a naval alliance with several Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iraq. "The countries of the region have today realized that only cooperation with each other brings...
Brett McGurk, the top Middle East official on the National Security Council, recently made an unannounced trip to Oman to discuss potential diplomatic outreach with Iran over its nuclear program, Axios reported Tuesday. Tensions have been soaring between the US and...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Ukraine's parliament to approve a bill that would put sanctions on Iran for 50 years over its alleged military support for Russia. According to the Kyiv Independent, the bill would completely ban trade with Iran, block...
The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) threatened Tuesday that Israel could soon take action against Iran over its nuclear program and said the IDF has "the ability to hit Iran." Iran is currently enriching some uranium at 60%, a step the country took in...
The US military posted pictures online this month of a powerful bunker-busting bomb that could destroy Iran's nuclear facilities it has built deep underground. The publication of the pictures is seen as a veiled threat as it came amid soaring tensions between the US...
The Middle East-based naval commanders from the US, British, and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on a US warship on Friday in an unusual show of force aimed at Iran. The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said its commander, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, made the transit...
The US has proposed to Israel to conduct joint military planning on potential attacks on Iran, Axios reported Wednesday. The report cited US and Israeli officials who said the idea was proposed a few weeks ago during recent visits to Israel by Chairman of the Joint...
According to a report from The New Arab, the leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has slammed Saudi Arabia for its normalization deal with Iran. In a video released earlier this week, AQAP head Khalid Batarfi said Riyadh was conceding...
Iranian forces seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, marking the second such incident within a week. According to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, the ship, the Niovi, was seized after leaving Dubai and heading towards Fujairah, another...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and the Senate on Monday introduced a bill that would make a law authorizing sanctions on Iran permanent. The 1996 Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) gives the president the authority to impose sanctions on Iran and needs to be...
