President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon vetoed a resolution that would curb his administration’s war powers after the White House earlier this year authorized an airstrike that killed a top Iranian commander, Qassem Soleimani. The Senate first passed the resolution in February before the bill was taken up by the House and was passed. In […]

The Senate passed a bipartisan resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran in the wake of the airstrike that killed a top commander last month. Eight Republicans voted in favor of the measure, including Sens. Mike Lee (Utah), Rand Paul (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine), Todd Young (Ind.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wants other senators to join him in voting against a resolution that would make President Donald Trump end any military efforts against Iran within 30 days. The binding resolution, sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who was the vice president candidate on Hillary Clinton’s ticket in 2016, is expected […]

The U.S. Department of Defense announced 109 U.S. service members suffered mild traumatic brain injuries when Iran fired a barrage of missiles at two airbases in Iraq last month. The Pentagon said in a statement that 45 new cases had been confirmed since the agency issued its previous report about a week ago. Of the […]

The final Democratic presidential debate before the Feb. 11 first-in-the-nation primary began at 8 p.m. Friday night at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. The seven candidates are former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, 38; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 78; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), 70; former Vice President Joe Biden, 78; former tech executive Andrew […]

The U.S. special representative for Iran warned that the successor to Iran’s Quds Force, Gen. Esmail Ghaani, will suffer the same fate as his predecessor if he directs attacks that kill Americans. Following the U.S. airstrike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on Jan. 3, Iran appointed Ghaani as the new chief of the […]

The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, who replaced General Qassem Soleimani after a U.S. airstrike killed him, said that revenge for Soleimani’s killing would be taken “in a manly fashion.” In the latest threat by Iran, Esmail Qaani told the force during the ceremony introducing him as Soleimani’s replacement that America […]

The United States treated 11 of its troops for symptoms of concussion after an Iranian missile attack earlier this month that hit an Iraqi base where U.S. forces were stationed, the U.S. military said on Thursday. “While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attacks on Al Asad airbase, several were treated […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he opposes the war powers resolution that was introduced into the Senate by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) earlier this month. “I expect the Senate will soon debate Senator Kaine’s war powers resolution.” McConnell said from Senate floor in Washington on Monday. “I’ll strongly oppose the resolution and I […]

President Donald Trump said Iran had targeted four American embassies before the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani a week ago—the clearest details yet on the intelligence U.S. officials had gathered ahead of the airstrike in Baghdad. “We will tell you, probably it was going to be the embassy in Baghdad,” Trump said in an […]

Three Republicans and eight Democrats voted against the bulk of their party on Thursday when the House approved a non-binding war powers resolution. President Donald Trump ally Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) and two other GOP members, Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Francis Rooney (Fla.) voted for the resolution while eight Democrats—Reps. Ben McAdams (Utah), Anthony […]

U.S. officials don’t know “precisely” when or where Iranian General Qassem Soleimani’s “imminent attacks” were going to take place, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said early Friday. “There is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by Qasem Soleimani, and we don’t know precisely when and we don’t […]

Hours after Iran fired missiles at U.S. soldiers in Iraqi military bases, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a de-escalation between both parties. “In light of the ballistic missile attacks by Iran against coalition military bases in Iraq on [Tuesday], we believe that exchange of attacks and use of […]

President Donald Trump addressed reports alleging the United States would pull several thousand soldiers out of Iraq, saying it’s not going to happen in the near future while stressing that the country would suffer following the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. “It’s the worst thing that could happen to Iraq” for the U.S. to […]

Top Democrats in the Senate have asked President Donald Trump to declassify the war powers notification that he submitted to Congress after the United States killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week. In a letter submitted on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who is the ranking Democrat […]

U.S. stock index futures fell from their record highs on Jan. 6 as growing tensions between the United States and Iran sparked a pivot to safer assets, with safe-haven gold hitting six-year highs. After ending 2019 on a strong note, Wall Street’s main indexes have dipped after the killing of a top Iranian general by […]

President Donald Trump has threatened harsh sanctions against Iraq on Jan. 5 if U.S. troops are expelled from the country, according to White House media pool reports. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the president said that if troops were made to leave, Baghdad would have have to pay Washington for the cost of […]

Stocks in the Persian Gulf plunged in trading on Jan. 5, as tensions between the United States and Iran roiled markets following the killing of a top Iranian military commander. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Tehran’s overseas military operations, was killed early on Jan. 3 in a U.S. drone strike on his convoy at […]

President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter saying that the United States has “targeted 52 Iranian sites” after threats from the Iranian regime. Trump warned Iran not to attack “any Americans or American assets” on Saturday night. Earlier in the day, senior Revolutionary Guards commander General Gholamali Abuhamzeh threatened that 35 U.S. targets were within reach for […]

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation on Jan. 3 “to prohibit any funding for offensive military force in or against Iran without prior congressional authorization.” “Today, we are seeing a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to another disastrous war in the Middle East. A war with Iran could cost […]

The United States is sending additional troops to the Middle East, the Department of Defense confirmed on Jan. 3. “As previously announced, the Immediate Response Force (IRF) brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division was alerted to prepare for deployment, and are now being deployed,” a Department of Defense spokesman said in an emailed statement to […]

OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Francois−Philippe Champagne says the safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government’s “paramount concern” after an American airstrike killed a top Iranian general. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and was killed on Jan. 2 in Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. President Donald Trump accused Soleimani of “plotting to kill” […]

Brigadier General Esmail Qaani was appointed the new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Qaani less than 12 hours after Soleimani was killed, reported Radio Farda. Khamenei said in a decree that the new commander is “one […]

The State Department urged Americans to leave Iraq on Jan. 3 after the killing of the Iranian regime’s top military official, Qassem Soleimani, near Baghdad International Airport. “Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, we urge U.S. citizens to depart Iraq immediately. Due to Iranian-backed militia attacks at the U.S. Embassy compound, all consular […]

Russian President Putin visited Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian leaders that focused on the Syrian crisis and an international peace plan intended to end the conflict.

The tide of global rage against ISIS lends greater urgency to ending the jihadis' ability to operate at will from a base in war-torn Syria.

After years without any progress on solving the Syrian conflict, a major international summit has been convened in Vienna to try and reach an agreement.

In a speech on July 26, Assad's mask slipped completely. Later, the state-run media SANA tried to downplay what had been said, but there was no mistaking it.

Abdel Mowgood Hassan climbs over toppled bricks and a torn-away front door to enter his uncle's house in Tikrit.

TIKRIT, Iraq—Abdel Mowgood Hassan climbs over toppled bricks and a torn-away front door to enter his uncle’s house in Tikrit, the first of his relatives to make a cautious return home since Islamic State militants were driven out. “It’s safe,” Hassan calmly says. “I checked for booby traps.” He is one in a trickle of […]