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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, have agreed to meet soon and pave the way for ...

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Diplomatic relations were severed in January 2016 after pro-regime mobs attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran following the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi ...

Years of hostility followed that had threatened stability and security in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East. Iran denied those allegations. Iran’s and Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministers have agreed to meet soon to discuss the reopening of embassies under a deal earlier this month to restore ties.

The Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers spoke by phone to mark the beginning of Ramadan, vowing to meet "soon" to implement a landmark bilateral ...

"The two ministers agreed to hold a bilateral meeting soon in order to pave the way for the reopening of embassies and consulates between the two countries," the statement said. The Saudi minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, called Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the pair "exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan", which begins Thursday in both countries, the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement posted on Twitter. The Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers spoke by phone to mark the beginning of Ramadan, vowing to meet "soon" to implement a landmark bilateral reconciliation deal, Riyadh said on Thursday.

The families of the Camp Chapman bombing victims won a $268 million default judgment against Iran for its role providing safe harbor and resources to ...

According to an expert produced by the plaintiffs, Iran’s support was a crucial ingredient of the Camp Chapman ... An al-Qaeda suicide bomber killed 9 CIA personnel at the camp in 2009 in the deadliest attack on the agency since September 11. The families of the Camp Chapman bombing victims won a $268 million default judgment against Iran for its role providing safe harbor and resources to al-Qaeda.

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan called his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian and the two agreed to hold a bilateral.

Prince Faisal had said in an interview with Saudi-owned Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper on March 12 he was looking forward to meeting his Iranian counterpart soon as per the agreement. [Saudi FM: Agreement with Iran doesn’t translate to resolving all differences](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2023/03/12/Saudi-FM-Agreement-with-Iran-doesn-t-translate-to-resolving-all-differences) [Iran: Saudi Arabia detente to positively affect our ties with Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/03/13/Iran-Saudi-Arabia-detente-to-positively-affect-our-ties-with-Egypt-Jordan-Bahrain) [Iran wants progress in Bahrain normalization, addressing security concerns with UAE](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/03/19/Iran-wants-progress-in-Bahrain-normalization-addressing-security-concerns-with-UAE-) [Iran says normalization with Saudi Arabia will help end war in Yemen](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/03/12/Iran-says-normalization-with-Saudi-Arabia-will-help-end-war-in-Yemen) [AlArabiya](/) [Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2023/03/12/Saudi-FM-Agreement-with-Iran-doesn-t-translate-to-resolving-all-differences) Prince Faisal bin Farhan called his [Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/03/19/Iran-wants-progress-in-Bahrain-normalization-addressing-security-concerns-with-UAE-) and the two agreed to hold a bilateral meeting “soon”, the Saudi ministry said.

Saudi top diplomat Faisal bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian talked by phone late Tuesday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said. "At the ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Iran, Saudi top diplomats agree to meet ahead of reopening embassies The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to meet soon in preparation to reopen embassies and consulates between the two countries.

The Iranians totally internalized our position and they know what our [red] line is," the official said.

- The officials said Austin told Netanyahu and Gallant that the U.S. will try to deliver the planes earlier but stressed it will be difficult due to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during his recent visit to Israel to expedite the delivery of the four KC-46 tankers that Israel had purchased from the U.S. Israel wants to get at least some of them by the end of 2024. and European countries that any Iranian progress above 60% enrichment would be a step that could trigger military action against Tehran's nuclear program, the Israeli official said. Experts [say](https://isis-online.org/uploads/iaea-reports/documents/Analysis_of_Feb_2023_IAEA_Iran_Verification_Report_March_3_2023_Final.pdf) that if that uranium is enriched to 90% weapons grade, it would be a sufficient quantity to produce at least one nuclear bomb.

Several developments could change Iran's calculus regarding Israel, notably more Arabs' acceptance of the state of Israel and normalization of relations ...

Momentum has stalled in part because of the advent of Israel’s most right-wing government to date and a rise in unrest in the occupied West Bank. With a vibrant economy and expanding military, Iran was emerging as an important commercial and security partner for the US in the Persian Gulf and a potential rival and competitor to Israel. Iran’s value for Israel and America declined in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution. An improvement in Iran’s relations with the West could also induce Iran to reconsider its hostility toward Israel, especially if accompanied by the reemergence of more moderate trends in Iran, perhaps following the death of current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As the US geared up to attack Iraq in 2003 over what turned out to be bogus claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, some Israeli leaders favored a US military attack on Iran. Thus, it chose to perpetuate Iran’s isolation and seek to undermine its position in the regional power equation. US irritation at the Shah over his support for high oil prices in the aftermath of the 1973 Arab Israeli war was seen by some in Tehran as stoked by Israeli lobbying. (The CIA also walked away from the Kurds at the time at the Shah’s insistence.) Israel, then as now a supporter of the Iraqi Kurds, felt betrayed by this act and lost faith in the Shah as an ally. Over the years, however, more and more Arab countries have normalized relations with Israel even as the country has failed to conclude an agreement with Palestinians for a two-state solution. In this world view, Israel was seen as a Western colonial outpost and Zionism as a version of imperialism. In 1974, believing that the unresolved Palestinian problem was radicalizing Arabs and increasing Soviet influence in the Middle East, the Shah reached out to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and to Syria. They believe Israel should be replaced by a non-denominational state in which Muslims and Jews live as equals.

An Israeli official warned Axios that Israel may conduct a military strike against Iran if the country's nuclear program enriches uranium above the 60% ...

"The two ministers agreed to hold a bilateral meeting soon in order to pave the way for the reopening of embassies," says statement.

“The two ministers agreed to hold a bilateral meeting soon in order to pave the way for the reopening of embassies and consulates between the two countries,” the statement said. [attacked](https://www.dawn.com/news/1234218) Saudi diplomatic missions in 2016 following the Saudi [execution](https://www.dawn.com/news/1230406) of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr — just one in a series of flashpoints between the two longstanding regional rivals. The Saudi minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, called Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the pair “exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan”, which begins Thursday in both countries, the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Jerusalem reportedly warned the U.S. and European allies that Tehran's stockpiling of the product beyond this level could trigger military action.

That is not merely an Israeli interest; it’s an American interest; it’s in the interest of the entire world,” he said. “The longer you wait, the harder that becomes [to prevent]. Austin reportedly told Netanyahu and Gallant that the U.S. Israel reportedly needs the aerial refueling tankers, set for delivery at the end of 2024, for a possible military strike in Iran. 12 at some 3,760 kilograms (8,289 pounds)—an increase of 87.1 kilograms (192 pounds) since its last quarterly report, in November. Of that, 87.5 kilograms (192 pounds) is enriched up to 60%, just a short technical step away from 90%, or weapons-grade.

The Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers have agreed to meet 'soon' during a phone call to mark the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Riyadh...

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A federal judge in New York ordered Iran's central bank and a European intermediary to pay out $1.68 billion to family members of troops killed in the 1983 ...

Clearstream has appealed that decision. Clearstream parent company Deutsche Boerse AG DB1Gn.DE said on Wednesday that it is considering appealing against the decision. A Luxembourg court in 2021 ordered Clearstream not to move the funds until a court in that country recognizes the US ruling.

While Israel has vowed to prevent the Iranian regime from attaining the world's deadliest weapon through diplomacy and sanctions, reports indicate it has also ...

[15 attempted kidnappings and assassinations](https://www.iranintl.com/en/202302173674) in recent years of British citizens determined by Tehran to be threats. And so should the US government. [erusalem Post revealed](https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-733382) that Hezbollah, a US-designated terrorist group and Iranian proxy, created a “kill list” of Israeli embassies, consulates, companies, local synagogues, and Jewish NGOs operating in Germany. The findings in our new in-depth report about the Mapping Project should serve as a wake-up call for the FBI, Department of Justice, and other American security agencies regarding the threat of Iranian plots targeting the American homeland. Aware of Israel’s determination to stymie its nuclear ambitions, Iran has prepared for the day after such a strike. For years, Iran’s leaders have been open about their desire to wipe Israel off the map, and they may soon have the means to do it.

Israeli official says Israel is telling US and European countries that any Iranian progress above 60% enrichment could trigger military action.

Long-simmering tensions between Azerbaijan and Iran have risen to a boil in recent months, with military drills on the border and escalating accusations. In the ...

Speaking at a conference of Turkic states, Aliyev announced that Azerbaijan would ‘do everything’ to protect the rights, freedoms, and security of Azerbaijanis living abroad, ‘including Azerbaijanis in Iran’. ‘For the Iranian side to initiate military action would be an entirely irrational action. ‘Azerbaijan wants to present Iran as a new enemy. Long-simmering tensions between Azerbaijan and Iran have risen to a boil in recent months, with military drills on the border and escalating accusations. In all these years, a situation similar to today’s has never arisen’, said Aliyev. [presidents](https://president.az/az/articles/view/57968) of Iran — Khatami, Ahmadinejad, and Rouhani. Iran and Azerbaijan have long been at odds. If Azerbaijan got its way, the route could run along Armenia’s southern border with Iran. While Iran’s police chief and media described the incident as a rogue escalation of a family conflict, Azerbaijani outlets immediately disputed those accounts. [ran into](https://oc-media.org/one-dead-in-attack-on-azerbaijani-embassy-in-iran/) Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and opened fire. But [Aliyev] was announcing his position by describing the incident in such a way without investigating its cause’, says Shikhi. For an event to be classed as terrorism, it must have an ideological, political, or religious basis.

Tabriz, Ardebil, Zendjan, Qazvin, Julfa became centres of the unrest. Students and teachers are taking to the streets to protest serial mass poisoning of ...

The positions taken in these articles are not necessarily those of EU Reporter. Although the subject of secession has come up before, this is the first time that local organisations have joined forces. “The March of Freedom and Justice”, as it is called, will mark the beginning of a campaign to gain support for an independent Southern Azerbaijan. Strangely enough, the Iranian regime does not consider an option of warming up its relations with Southern Azerbaijanis. Iranian officials have pointed out that in July 2021, Israel’s ambassador to Baku, George Deek, tweeted a photo of himself reading a book called “Mysterious Tales of Tabriz”. Up till now none of the activists of the independence movement ha been arrested, although Tabriz is flooded with police and IRGC patrols. Then came the turn of a flash mob: a large number of Iranian Azerbaijanis started snapping pictures in front of well-known structures in Tabriz while using leaflets to hide their faces – not to be apprehended by the Iranian security services. All the organisations joined forces in Tabriz, the historical and cultural centre of Southern Azerbaijanis. If previously the protest movement of the Iranian Azerbaijanis suffered from a total lack of coordination, recently everything has changed ( The social assistance programs for the provinces where Southern Azerbaijanis live are much scarcer than in any other region. For example, Alireza Farshi, a prominent activist from South Azerbaijan ( The very fact that it is not known how many Southern Azerbaijanis live in Iran, 18 or 30 million, is evidence of discrimination in itself.

Pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to take harsher action on Iran as senators claim Iran's oil wealth is helping fund Russia's war on Ukraine.

“The Europeans have not joined us in multilateralizing our sanctions which at this time to Iran would have a huge consequence,” Menendez said. He said the US is “actively and aggressively working to break up” the alliance between Russia and Iran, claiming there are moves underway to reimpose the oil sanctions. Russia’s support for Iran’s nuclear program was also a major point of contention, Cruz citing President Vladimir Zolensky’s claims that Russia is compensating Iran for weapons through nuclear cooperation. “This administration has shown weakness on Iran since day one, and continues to do so. This comes despite headwinds such as a stall in those talks and competition from discounted Russian crude. The outspoken Senator went on to discuss the oil revenues which Iran is capitalizing on in addition to claiming that Russia’s use of Iranian oil tankers violates US energy sanctions.

US cyber team spent three months in Tirana tracking down Tehran's malicious behavior following attacks that shut down Albanian government websites, ...

“The cooperation with U.S. “These hunts bring us closer to adversary activity to better understand and then defend ourselves,” the commander of U.S. “We can then impose costs on our adversaries by exposing their tools, tactics and procedures, and improve the cybersecurity posture of our partners and allies.” Albanian officials have indicated they hope to continue working with U.S. This past September, the U.S. “The hunt forward operation resulted in incredibly valuable insights for both our allied partner and U.S.

The U.S. military sent a team of cyber operators to Albania last year to help defend government networks there after a pair of digital attacks that were ...

“And it is, for us, being able to work with a partner to understand their requirements and then also build a higher bar of cybersecurity.” Martin Matishak is a senior cybersecurity reporter for The Record. “The cooperation with U.S. “These hunts bring us closer to adversary activity to better understand and then defend ourselves, but they also bring the U.S. A CNMF spokesperson declined to comment on the specific number, or kinds of networks, that were examined. Since 2018, teams have deployed 44 times to 22 countries and conducted operations on nearly 70 networks around the globe, most notably [in Ukraine](https://therecord.media/cyber-command-chief-u-s-has-stepped-up-to-protect-ukraines-networks) months before Russia’s invasion.

Iran's deputy foreign minister and lead nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri on Wednesday night confirmed reports about his meeting with senior European diplomats in ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Germany’s Foreign Ministry, in a tweet, also confirmed that the meeting took place. Iran, however, denies the “accusations”. According to sources, Oslo has also previously hosted a meeting between the officials of Iran and the three European countries to end the stalemate in efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. The issue has been one of the key sticking points in Vienna talks with the US and its European allies repeatedly urging Tehran to cooperate with the agency. The recent countrywide protests in Iran as well as accusations of Tehran supplying drones to Moscow for use in the Ukraine war have complicated efforts to revive the nuclear deal, with both the US and European countries imposing a slew of fresh sanctions on Iran over the two issues.

Iran targeted Albanian networks in July and September, forcing offline key government services including the Total Information Management System.

remains committed “to working with Albania on securing its digital future, and ensuring that connectivity is a force for innovation, productivity, and empowerment.” He also called on other countries to hold Iran accountable for “its destructive cyberattacks.” Colin previously covered the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration — namely Cold War cleanup and nuclear weapons development — for a daily newspaper in South Carolina. Colin is also an award-winning photographer. Nathaniel Fick, the U.S. “When we are invited to hunt on a partner nations’ networks, we are able to find an adversary’s insidious activity in cyberspace and share with our partner to take action on,” [ahead of Russia’s invasion](https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2023/03/07/russia-remains-a-very-capable-cyber-adversary-nakasone-says/) — to bolster faraway networks and return with information that can be applied stateside.

Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, agreed to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, soon in order to pave the ...

Last April, they held their fifth round of talks in Iraq. Abdollahian confirmed that Tehran and Riyadh agreed to restore relations to their normal course, noting that the two sides exchanged messages via Switzerland, which manages Saudi interests in Iran, and said that there is an agreement with Saudi Arabia for technical delegations from the two countries to inspect the two embassies to prepare for their reopening. Abdollahian had said earlier that he would meet with the Saudi foreign minister soon, adding that Iran had proposed three countries to host the meeting.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a call with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, to exchange greetings for the start of the ...

Iraq also helped Saudi Arabia and Iran repair relations by hosting reconciliation talks starting in 2021. Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran in 2016 after its embassy in Tehran was attacked. They also agreed to hold a meeting “soon,” the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to expand and strengthen ties with Saudi Arabia,” Amir-Abdollahian said. The mob was angry about the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia. Iran said last week that its President Ibrahim Raisi received an invite from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to visit the Kingdom.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday the United States was looking at ways to strengthen its sanctions against Iran, but acknowledged the ...

also imposed sanctions recently on Iran over the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody on Sept. Ties between Iran and the United States have become increasingly strained as efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled. "Our sanctions on Iran have created real economic crisis in the country, and Iran is greatly suffering economically because of the sanctions ...

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifies before a U.S. House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing on President Joe Biden's ...

While National Guard elements are in Taiwan, the self-ruled island democracy is not connected with a U.S. has increased the number of military trainers in Taiwan, deploying more than 100 troops to the island, up from roughly 30 one year ago, according to officials. The U.S. military operations in the Middle East, warned lawmakers in separate hearings Thursday that Iran continues to destabilize the Middle East through its support of terrorist groups and proxy forces. At that time, it was estimated that Iran would need about a year to produce the weapons-grade fuel needed for one nuclear bomb. Kahl told lawmakers it would take Iran “about 12 days” to make enough fuel for a nuclear weapon should it decide to do so.

Daughter of retired FBI agent Robert 'Bob' Levinson says the agency is advertising reward for information in Mideast region.

I would like the Iranian regime to own up to what they did to my father. I'd like to see sanctions amplified, and I'd like to see the Iranian regime stop doing this. I think that a lot of it sits with the FBI, and they're trying to reinvigorate interest in the reward because of the unrest in Iran right now. I have to be honest — with my dad, I don't think there's a lot of movement. Maybe somebody will want to come forward to help us, or will want to come forward because it is a life-changing amount of money. I think the Iranian regime just refuses to acknowledge anything. I think he's a great person, and I really believe that he is doing everything that he can. special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, Roger Carstens, was in Qatar this month for a security forum, and he said that resolving hostage cases is a team sport that requires everyone to get involved. “The FBI uses various methods, including public social media ads, to reach a specific audience and gather information from the public and sources. And the State Department, from my understanding, keeps trying to push. So far, Mohammad Baseri and Ahmad Khazai are the only Iranians to be sanctioned by the United States in connection with the case. has accused of direct responsibility for Levinson’s abduction and probable death were sanctioned in December 2020 by the Trump administration.

The top US military general for the Middle East revealed Thursday that his forces had come under Iranian attack an eye-watering 78 times since January 2021.

This comes as the administration has made clear its intention to shift focus from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific while grappling with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We have responded kinetically to three of those strikes. “What Iran does to hide its hand is they use Iranian proxies - that’s either UAVs or rockets to be able to attack our forces in Iraq or Syria,” he said. For the first time, the military publicly disclosed the frequency of these attacks. As Iran cultivates its ties and forms proxy groups across the Middle East, US interests continue to be threatened. He pointed to Iran as having the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East, with thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles.

"The United States remains committed, as a matter of policy, that Iran will not have a fielded nuclear weapon," Milley told House lawmakers.

"The United States remains committed, as a matter of policy, that Iran will not have a fielded nuclear weapon," Milley told House lawmakers.

"Back in 2018, when the previous administration decided to leave the JCPOA, it would have taken Iran about 12 months to produce one bomb's worth of fissile material," Kahl said. ["not on our agenda." Restoring the JCPOA deal was a top foreign policy priority for President Joe Biden when he first entered the White House. [the 2015 Iran nuclear deal](https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-nuclear-deal-explained) — formally known as the JCPOA — in May 2018, Iran's breakout time to a nuclear weapon was [roughly a year.](https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-quickly-iran-could-build-a-nuclear-weapon-2018-5) That timeline has been drastically shortened in the period since, and tensions between Tehran and Washington have reached historic heights in the process. Mark Milley on Thursday told congressional lawmakers that Iran could produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon within two weeks and it would then only take "several more months" for Tehran to produce an "actual nuclear weapon." - The top US general said that the US military has "developed multiple options" for a potential response.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Iran could produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks.

Iran has openly been enriching uranium to 60% purity in breach of the landmark nuclear deal that President Joe Biden came into office hoping to restore. The United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last month that its inspectors had detected particles of uranium enriched to 83.7% purity at Iran’s underground Fordow site. The Biden administration has shifted its focus away from reviving the nuclear deal, citing Iran’s continued crackdown on protesters and its continued supply of armed drones to Russia.

The Pentagon has developed multiple military options ready for President Biden if or when Iran begins to build nuclear weapons, America's top general told ...

[Iran](/topics/iran/)‘s leaders have repeatedly denied they are seeking a nuclear weapon, saying it is against the regime’s Islamic principles. [Iran](/topics/iran/) that had been rolled back by the accord. United Nations inspectors earlier this month reported that uranium enriched up to 83.7% was discovered at [Iran](/topics/iran/)‘s underground Fordo nuclear site. [Iran](/topics/iran/) can now produce enough enriched uranium for a bomb within about 12 days. [Iran](/topics/iran/) could produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks and it would only take several more months to produce an actual nuclear weapon,” Gen. “But the United States remains committed, as a matter of policy, that [Iran](/topics/iran/) will not have a fielded nuclear weapon.”

Iran would need only several months to build a nuclear weapon if Tehran opted to produce a bomb, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ...

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A US contractor was killed when a suspected Iranian-made drone struck base in Syria's north-east.

The US still maintains a base near Hasakah in north-east Syria, where Thursday’s drone strike happened. Two of the wounded service members were treated on site, while three others and the injured contractor were transported to medical facilities in Iraq. US forces entered Syria in 2015, backing local forces in their fight against the Islamic State group.

The drone strike also wounded five American service members and a second U.S. contractor, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, adding that Iran is thought ...

The U.S. U.S. Doha has been an interlocutor between Iran and the U.S. The United Nations estimates over 300,000 civilians have been killed in the war. Qatar's state-run news agency reported a call between its foreign minister and Jake Sullivan, the U.S. There was no immediate reaction from Iran to the strikes, which come during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. service members and one other U.S. The kingdom also acknowledged efforts to reopen its embassy in Syria, whose embattled President Bashar Assad has been backed by Iran in his country's long war. "We are postured for scalable options in the face of any additional Iranian attacks," Kurilla said in a statement. [a statement released late Thursday](https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3339691/us-conducts-airstrikes-in-syria-in-response-to-deadly-uav-attack/), Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said U.S. A U.S. carries out airstrikes in Syria after suspected Iranian drone kills American contractor and wounds 5 U.S.

A US contractor was killed Thursday after a suspected Iranian-affiliated drone struck a facility housing US personnel in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said ...

And in August, the US struck a group of bunkers used for ammunition storage and logistics support [by Iranian proxies in Syria](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/23/politics/syria-airstrikes-iranian-backed-groups-biden/index.html), after rockets landed near another US facility. Milley visited troops in northeast Syria who are there as part of the ongoing campaign to defeat ISIS, a mission the US carries out with its partners in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Two weeks before Milley’s visit, US and coalition forces at Green Village in Syria came under rocket attack. “What Iran does to hide its hand is they use Iranian proxies,” Kurilla told a House Armed Services Committee hearing earlier in the day. The commander of US Central Command, Gen. The contractor was an American citizen, a spokesman for US Central Command confirmed.

Hello and welcome to the Rachman Review. I'm Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator, the Financial Times. This week's podcast is about Iran. Our ...

So there is a conservative segment of society, a religious segment of society that still does support the regime. Now at this stage, nobody is saying that Iran is in the process of developing the capacity for a nuclear weapon, but it is enriching uranium at levels so close to what would be required for a nuclear weapon that the concerns in the west have been raised dramatically. I mean, there were hopes, if you go back to August and September, there were hopes that in a month of indirect talks between Iran and the US to revive the accord, the 2015 nuclear accord, you know, might actually pay off. So all of that suggests that Iran may be finding a kind of new place in the region. And then, of course, you had the allegations that Tehran was selling armed drones to Russia, which it used in its war in Ukraine. And a lot of people think that the economy could be that spark for the next bout of unrest if these economic pressures continue. We’ve tended to see in the west a bit through the lens of this effort to isolate Iran. What the regime did pretty quickly — and this is a leadership that’s dealt with many bouts of civil unrest that came to power through revolution, knows and understands the power of the street. Once the hardliners came in and sort of took over all branches of the state, those hopes seemed to be quashed. That all changed when Donald Trump, the former US president, pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2018 and then imposed waves of sanctions on the republic. It’s one of the core tenets of the Islamic republic. Because it was a violation of the hijab rules that sparked all this off the killing of Mahsa Amini and all of that.

6 wounded in attack, including 5 troops; US intelligence says attack drone was 'of Iranian origin'

Mark Milley, the top U.S. contractor were medically evacuated to coalition medical facilities in Iraq, according to the U.S. Two of the wounded service members were treated onsite, while three others and the U.S. Six other Americans were wounded in the attack, including five U.S. The U.S. military says it has carried out multiple “precision” airstrikes against targets in eastern Syria in response to a drone attack Thursday that killed a U.S.