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James Mattis listens during his confirmation hearing July 27, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Priorities of Gen. Mattis: ‘Number One Iran. Number Two Iran. Number Three Iran’

by Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous | Jan 10, 2017 | Features

Washington- The Iranian-supplied rockets were raining down on Gen. James N. Mattis’ troops throughout the spring and summer of 2011 with greater and greater intensity. Six American soldiers were killed by a volley in eastern Baghdad in early June. A few weeks later,...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chairs the Cabinet’s session at Al-Yamama Palace in Riyadh on Monday afternoon. — SPA

Saudi Arabia Reiterates its Support to Bahrain

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 10, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- The Council of Ministers reiterated the state’s support to Bahrain against terrorism and extremism, denouncing the attack against a Bahraini prison, which has left one soldier dead. Chairing the Cabinet session at Al-Yamama Palace in Riyadh, Custodian of the...

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Turkish police providing security patrol in central Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping road of Istanbul, on New Year’s Day Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. Associated Press/Emrah Gurel

ISIS’ Confusing Religious and Political Messages

by Nidaa Abou Ali | Jan 10, 2017 | Features

Riyadh- The terrorist attack that targeted a night club in Istanbul on New Year’s Eve was part of ISIS’ strategy to hit religious events and celebrations. But carrying it on New Year’s Eve was a sort of warning that the organization’s future plan includes a constant...

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Rebel fighters ride on a pick-up truck in the northern Syrian rebel-held town of al-Rai, Syria January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Erdogan: We Prepared Ground for Astana Talks with Moscow, Tehran

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 10, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Ankara has prepared the ground for the Astana talks during the trilateral meeting of Turkish, Russian and Iranian foreign and defense ministers in Moscow last December, adding that the ceasefire...

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USS Mahan, pictured in 2008, fired warning shots in the Strait of Hormuz (AFP Photo/Class Jason R. Zalasky)

U.S.-Iranian Skirmishes in Strait of Hormuz

by Heba El Koudsy and Jordan Dakamseh | Jan 10, 2017 | World

New York, Washington, Riyadh- The Strait of Hormuz witnessed on Sunday a skirmish between a U.S. Navy destroyer and Iranian vessels linked to the “Revolutionary Guards” after they closed in at high speed, officials at the U.S. Pentagon uncovered on Monday. According...