At least 28 people have reportedly been shot dead by security forces across Iraq as protesters torched the Iranian embassy in the southern city of Najaf. A curfew was imposed in the city following the [ More … ]
Iran’s interior minister says hundreds of banks and government sites were torched by protesters, estimated at up to 200,000 people who have taken part in nationwide disturbances sparked by a hike in petrol prices while [ More … ]
Tel Aviv said it carried out dozens of strikes against the Iranian elite Quds’ Force and the Syrian military near Damascus, allegedly in response to four rockets fired at Israel on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli defense [ More … ]
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed ‘Iran’s enemies’ and ‘hooligans’ for the unrest as officer reported killed in western Iran. He said ‘all the centres of the world’s wickedness against us have cheered’ the unrest. Iran’s Supreme [ More … ]
Suspected rocket attack damages Iranian vessel causing an oil leak off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah. An Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea was hit by two suspected rockets on Friday off the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has sent messages to Iran’s president, according to Tehran. Iranian government spokesman said messages were presented to Rouhani from leaders of some countries. Also, an official in Iraqi PM’s office confirms Baghdad has [ More … ]
The US will send reinforcements to the Middle East following the attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The Pentagon said on Friday that the US will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab [ More … ]
An attack on Saudi Arabia that shut 5% of global crude output triggered the biggest surge in oil prices since 1991, after U.S. officials blamed Iran and President Donald Trump said Washington was “locked and [ More … ]
Close to half of the kingdom’s daily oil output has been impacted by Saturday’s drone attacks, sources say. Yemen‘s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia‘s oil industry, including the world’s [ More … ]
As Iranian officials begin probe into the seized tanker, London tells UK ships to avoid Strait of Hormuz. US to launch plan for ‘free passage’ of ships in Iran’s waterway. The United Kingdom has told all British [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities detained a Ukrainian tanker carrying Iranian oil as it passed through the Suez Canal ten days ago. News of the seizure came a day after Egypt’s Supreme State Security Criminal Court sentenced six [ More … ]
Major General Mohammad Bagheri says Thursday’s seizure near Gibraltar was based on ‘fabricated excuses’ The UK’s decision to seize an Iranian oil tanker on the coast of Gibraltar will not go “unanswered” warned one of [ More … ]
Iranian forces downed US drone, raising fears of major military confrontation between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a [ More … ]
Iran says it “categorically rejects” US claims that it is behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had blamed Iran for the “unprovoked attacks” on [ More … ]
Gulf rulers would have Arabs believe Iran – and not Israel – is their enemy. Palestinians are being asked to pay the price to preserve the thrones of the oil families. Who is the main [ More … ]
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