Biden sets up joint US-Israel, US-Gulf teams for Iranian nuclear talks
US President Joe Biden has launched meticulous, wide-ranging preparations as the groundwork for renewed nuclear talks with Iran. Tehran is
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Iran-backed Houthis treat Biden’s peace feelers as an opening for extortion
The Biden administration’s offer to remove the Yemeni Houthis’ designation as terrorists quickly boomeranged: the Iran-backed insurgents saw it as
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US and Israel on top military alert for Iran to exploit DC political mayhem
US military chief Gen. Mark Milley distanced the Pentagon from the demand made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Jan.
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Rocket attack near US Baghdad embassy had Iran’s signature. Trump spurns Saudi bid for US strike on Yemeni Houthis
Both sides said they don’t seek war, yet US-Iranian war tensions were notched up again on Sunday, May 19, by
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Behind apparent military escalation, US and Iran buy 2-3 months’ grace for reassessment
While the US and Iran seem to be on the knife edge of an armed clash, both have taken time-out
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Pompeo: Iran is a world threat, is in for the strongest US sanctions in history
US Secretary Mike Pompeo on May 21 threatened Iran that unless it meets 12 US conditions, the Islamic Republic faces
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US may preempt an Assad chemical strike in Syria
Signs were gathering in Washington and the Middle East Tuesday, June 26 that the Trump administration was preparing a substantial
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Can Trump rescue his Syria deal with Putin?
Su-24 warplanes buzzed the USS Porter destroyer in the Black Sea. Overlaying US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary, hour-long skirmish with reporters Thursday,
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Iran’s revolving door for American hostages
The latest DEBKA Weekly out Friday reveals the last-minute nuclear concessions Iran, with sanctions relief in its pocket, squeezed from Washington on
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Iran Tops up Stock of US Hostages to Squeeze Washington
Tehran has another trick up its sleeve for holding America to ransom for further nuclear concessions. In Vienna, Secretary of
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