Iran Touts ‘Max Failure’ of US’s ‘Max Pressure’ Strategy as Trump Triples Down on Sanctions

Washington imposed a new round of sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, targeting multiple persons and dozens of entities including a charity linked to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged to slap more sanctions on Iran “in the coming weeks and months.” … Read More >Iran Touts ‘Max Failure’ of US’s ‘Max Pressure’ Strategy as Trump Triples Down on Sanctions

Iran’s IAEA Envoy Slams Saudis as ‘Demagogues’ After Riyadh Considers Going Nuclear

Earlier in the week, the Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, told the DPA news agency in an interview that Riyadh is considering arming itself with nuclear weapons in the event that Tehran becomes a nuclear power. … Read More >Iran’s IAEA Envoy Slams Saudis as ‘Demagogues’ After Riyadh Considers Going Nuclear

Bahrain Expects ‘Biden Administration’ to Consult With Gulf States on Possible New Deal With Iran

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran deal, was agreed upon in 2015 to settle the issue of the Iran nuclear program and the economic sanctions tied to it. In 2018, Donald Trump left the deal and resumed the sanctions toward Iran. Several Gulf states strongly supported the decision, and Trump reportedly consulted with them. … Read More >Bahrain Expects ‘Biden Administration’ to Consult With Gulf States on Possible New Deal With Iran

The Credibles

Following more than three years of extensive engagement with US military officials, Airwars has secured the precise locations of all but four of the 344 publicly confirmed (‘Credible’) Coalition civilian harm events in the war against ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, which between them represent the great majority of at least 1,410 conceded civilian deaths according to CJTFOIR – and at least 2,024 fatalities according to Airwars. … Read More >The Credibles

Watchdog Group Releases Map of Every ‘Credible’ Civilian Death From US Airstrikes in Anti-Daesh War

The report is being hailed as a triumph for military transparency, but the watchdog group that published the data catalogued 30% more civilian deaths than the anti-Daesh coalition has admitted to causing. … Read More >Watchdog Group Releases Map of Every ‘Credible’ Civilian Death From US Airstrikes in Anti-Daesh War

Netanyahu Pressured by Lawmakers to Legalise ‘Wildcat’ Outposts in West Bank

Earlier, the Israeli prime minister put his long-promised plans to extend the country’s sovereignty over some settlements in the West Bank on hold. The bill that would help legalise the outposts, erected without the approval of Tel Aviv, also wound up in limbo prior to the 2019 general election in Israel. … Read More >Netanyahu Pressured by Lawmakers to Legalise ‘Wildcat’ Outposts in West Bank

US to mark settlement goods as ‘Made in Israel,’ Pompeo says as he visits occupied West Bank

During the first visit by a US secretary of state to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that imports from such territories will be labeled as Israeli-made goods. … Read More >US to mark settlement goods as ‘Made in Israel,’ Pompeo says as he visits occupied West Bank

Syria condemns US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s ‘provocative’ visit to Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s historic visit to the disputed Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has been condemned by Syria in the “strongest language,” state media reported on Thursday. … Read More >Syria condemns US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s ‘provocative’ visit to Israeli-occupied Golan Heights