Geostrategy-Direct Iran in January tested a medium-range ballistic missile – and the resolve of U.S. President Donald Trump. In the first such test since Trump took office, the Islamic (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Donald Trump has asked an Obama administration Treasury Department official who helped create of the Iran nuclear agreement to stay on. Adam Szubin, acting undersecretary for (more…)
A cache of what appear to be Iranian-made weapons seized off the coast of Yemen is evidence of a “weapons pipeline” that extends from Iran to Somalia and Yemen, (more…)
The United States has acknowledged it trained some 500 Iran-backed fighters for the battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), some of whom belonged to Shi’ite militias (more…)
Buoyed by the July 2015 nuclear deal which opened opportunities for commercial collaboration with Iran, the U.S. Boeing Company and Europe’s Airbus, the world’s two largest aircraft manufacturers, are (more…)
The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Teheran will turn its attention to Bahrain and Yemen after its “victory in Aleppo,” Syria. “The victory in Aleppo will pave (more…)
Iran is close to reaching its goal of establishing a Shi’ite corridor in the Middle East as Syria, Lebanon and Iraq are seen within the full grasp of the (more…)
A drone that killed four Turkish soldiers in Syria last month may have been deployed by Iran, according to the Pentagon. There are four actors who might have conducted (more…)
Shi’ite militias have played a prominent role in Iraq’s effort to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of the country. With that role, however, comes increased (more…)
