How a 92-Year-Old Cleric Silently Halted Iraq’s Slide Back into War
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A view shows the aftermath of airstrikes, which Turkey’s defence ministry says it carried out, in Derik, Syria, November 20, 2022. Photo: North Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS Turkish warplanes...
View ArticleIsrael Does Not Need Anyone’s Permission to Exist
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View ArticleEven One American in Iraq Is Too Many, Iran Leader Tells Iraqi President
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View ArticleUS Carries Out New Strikes Against Facility Used by Iran in Syria
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a news conference in Riga, Latvia on Aug. 10, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ints Kalnins The United States, for the second time in recent weeks, carried out strikes on...
View ArticleUS Hints at More Strikes Unless Iran-Linked Groups Halt Attacks
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a welcome ceremony before an annual security meeting with South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea on Nov....
View ArticleArmed Drone Shot Down Near US Base in Northern Iraq
Illustrative. Smoke rises over the Erbil, after reports of mortar shells landing near Erbil airport, Iraq February 15, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani Defense systems shot down an armed drone on...
View ArticleAmerica Turns the Tables on Iran
US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the Hamas onslaught against Israel. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst JNS.org – In a decisive move that marks a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, the...
View ArticleIslamic State Still a Threat in Iraq, US Ambassador Says
United States Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski speaks during an interview with Reuters at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq March 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani The Islamic State still...
View ArticleIran Didn’t Hear, ‘Don’t’
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein JNS.org – The words you are looking for are, “Thank...
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