The Iraqi government on Sunday said that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities in the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region where US troops remain. Iraq’s defense ministry said the final contingent of US advisers had left Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq’s western Anbar province, which has hosted … Read more
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran’s bazaar merchants, the merchant class that was the financial backbone of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have turned against the clerics who helped bring them to power, raising concerns about an economy that has turned into anti-government protests. Frustration among bazaar traders, from small-scale shopkeepers to large … Read more
As Venezuelans try to regain a semblance of normalcy following the US capture of President Nicolás Maduro, authorities in the country are cracking down on any show of support for the impeached leader’s ouster. As Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting leader on Monday, the rights group warned of an escalating crackdown, with … Read more
Iran came to a near standstill on Wednesday as businesses, universities and government offices closed under a government-ordered shutdown amid protests sparked by a deepening political and economic crisis. Video footage circulating online and shared by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) shows intense clashes between protesters and security forces in cities, including Shiraz, … Read more
Credit: X / @abdolah_abdi Mass protests broke out across Iran calling for the “death of the dictator” due to the regime’s economic crisis. Tear gas was used to disperse protesters as shops shuttered in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and main markets. University students called their friends to join the demonstrations, while chants rang out from rooftops … Read more
LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Clashes broke out on the coast of Syria on Sunday between demonstrators from the Alawite religious minority and counter-demonstrators, two days after a bombing in an Alawite mosque in the city of Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 others during prayers. Thousands of protesters gathered in the coastal cities of … Read more
On December 13, a joint US-Syrian patrol was ambushed by a member of Syria’s own security forces near Palmyra, a city in central Syria once controlled by the ISIL (ISIS) group. Two American soldiers and an interpreter they were shot dead, and four people were wounded, before Syrian forces killed the gunman. After the attack, … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Sunday that he had declared a state of emergency in two municipalities in western Guatemala a day after armed men attacked a military post and a police station, cut off roads and hijacked buses, killing at least five people. The criminal groups are trying to … Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three American citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions he may be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. Saturday’s … Read more