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gatestoneinstitute.org – Far from retreating in the face of alleged Russian expansionism, the US has increased the number of its troops in Europe and released military aid to Ukraine, frozen under President Barack Obama. The same caricature is used to censure President Donald Trump for his refusal to enact he so-called Paris Climate Agreement. However, the fact is that none …

Radiofarda – The targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani presents Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with perhaps the biggest test of his career. How will he respond? Will it be just be a demonstrative response and would that be sufficient? In his first official reaction Khamenei promised a harsh revenge. We can take his threat seriously, but will be the consequences? …

Radiofarda – — The United States has designated Asaib Ahl Al-Haq as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), saying the Iraqi militia is a proxy for Iran. Qais al-Khazali, leader of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, during an interview with Reuters in November 2018. The U.S. State Department statement on January 3 said that it was also sanctioning two of the group’s leaders. Secretary of …

Radiofarda – Iraq’s pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi militia claimed early Saturday that an air attack hit one of its convoys north of Baghdad near Taji military base. The news came as Iran and its allies were preparing a show-funeral of Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian general killed late on January 2 by a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad airport. Following the targeted …

Radiofarda – Iran’s authoritarian regime is using the extensive funeral ceremonies it has planned for General Soleimani as an opportunity to overshadow the deep wounds its harsh crackdown on protests in November inflicted on the Iranian people and to cast an image of a unified people against “enemies”. The funeral ceremonies planned for General Qassem Soleimani who was killed in …