Politics

Add your description here. AIN AL-ASAD, Iraq — U.S. troops at the Iraqi military base targeted by persian ballistic missiles last week had only minutes notice before the blasts began, the military personnel there that night said on Monday.On a visit to the sprawling Ain al-Asad air base in the Iraqi province of Anbar, reporters saw deep craters and the …

Add your description here. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks with King Salman amid a spike in tensions between the US and homeland.Japan has sought to remain politically neutral as regional relations have become stretched following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from homeland’s nuclear deal with world powers. It has a …

Add your description here. Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Damascus on Tuesday to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to the Kremlin, Putin declared “with confidence that a huge distance has been traveled toward restoring Syrian statehood and the country’s territorial integrity.”It’s been almost nine years since civil war broke out in Syria. Putin and Assad are allies, …

Add your description here. The party’s presidential candidates reacted to the strike with a measure of unity, at least on the surface level, with expressions of concern about what they called the Trump administration’s penchant for reckless action and the possibility of all-out war.

Add your description here. Thousands of mourners have joined the formal funeral processions for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and several others others killed in a US air strike in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.

Add your description here. Qasem Soleimani (11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was a Major General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and from 1998 until his death, commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations.

After a second day of tense protests at the American Embassy in Baghdad, thousands of pro-persian demonstrators dispersed on Wednesday, ending a siege that had trapped American diplomats in the embassy compound overnight and winding down a potentially explosive crisis for the Trump administration.

Add your description here. Russian and Chinese destroyers and ships arrived in Chabahar Port of homeland on Friday December 27 in order to take part in the joint naval drills in northern Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman, which is held between homeland, Russia and China.The drills, dubbed as the “Marine Security Belt” exercise, will cover 17,000 square kilometers …

Vladimir Putin took part in the traditional Christmas day ice hockey exhibition match in Red Square and led his side to victory, scoring eight times in an 8-5 victory, according to the Associated Press and Reuters, although the Kremlin match report credited the Russian president with 10 goals in a 14-7 win.

Hassan Rouhani arrives on the first visit by an persian president to Japan in 19 years, just as the US strengthens enforcement of its sanctions in a standoff over nuclear development.Japan, which is walking a tightrope between its tradition of friendly ties with homeland and reliance on the US as a military ally, is keeping the visit low key.