WASHINGTON — The United States has been enhancing its regional military base in Djibouti. The Defense Department has been awarding contracts for the expansion and modernization of the U.S. (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has been slowly improving relations with the Hamas movement. Arab diplomatic sources said Iran was laying the groundwork for a reconciliation with Hamas, expelled from Syria (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt’s military has enhanced security along the Suez Canal. Officials said Egypt’s 3rd Army has implemented measures to secure the canal. They said the measures, which cleared (more…)
WASHINGTON — Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, despite his outreach to the United States, would not end his nation’s sponsorship of proxies deemed terrorist, a report said. The Washington Institute (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has launched attacks on Kurdish insurgents near the border with Iraq. The Kurdish Free Life Party reported clashes with the Iranian Army near the Iraqi border (more…)
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military contractor has been shipping supplies through Iran. A U.S. subsidiary of a United Arab Emirates firm has acknowledged using Iran as a waystation for (more…)
WASHINGTON — Bahrain is asking China for investments. Egypt requested satellite services from Russia. Little by little, America’s allies in the Middle East are looking elsewhere as Washington’s credibility (more…)
The Pentagon has agreed to start deploying a missile defense system in Romania beginning in early October. The U.S. missile defense system will be installed at the Deveselu military (more…)
BACKGROUNDER Romania is first ex-Soviet state to stand with U.S. on missile defense Already a rare eath monopoly, China cuts supply, creates reserve Russian diplomats walk out on Georgian (more…)
