Pressured Iran might strike in U.S.
(CBS News) Top United States intelligence officials had a dire warning for Congress on Tuesday; that Iran would likely launch terrorist attacks on U.S. soil as pressure mounts against the regime in Tehran. The...
Category: The Middle East
Assad may start regional war if UN tells him to step down
In confidential conversations with his advisers, Syrian President Bashar Assad is reported by Persian Gulf sources Tuesday, Jan. 31 to have threatened to start up armed hostilities in the region if the UN Security...
War of attrition brewing with Iran over Gulf oil routes
Military tensions in the Persian Gulf shot up again Thursday, Jan. 26, after Dubai police commander Gen. Dhahi Khalfan said on Al Arabiya television that an imminent Gulf war cannot be ruled out and...
IMF warns over risk of Iran oil price shock
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of a 20-30% oil price spike if Iranian exports are disrupted. The IMF warned that if the West imposed financial sanctions on Iran, it would be tantamount...
Iran’s Ahmadinejad ups rates to stem money crisis
(Reuters) – Iran increased bank interest rates on Wednesday and indicated it would further restrict sales of foreign currency, hoping to halt a spiraling currency crisis after new Western sanctions accelerated a dash for...
Iraq violence surges
(AP) BAGHDAD – Two separate car bombs exploded in a Shiite district in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, police officials said, killing 11 people as violence surges in Iraq amid an escalating political crisis a...
India to pay gold instead of dollars for Iranian oil
India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dollar, DEBKAfile’s intelligence and Iranian sources report exclusively. Those sources expect China to...
Iran threatens to close Strait of Hormuz over EU oil sanctions
A senior member of Iran’s parliament said on Monday the Islamic Republic would close the entry point to the Gulf if new sanctions block its oil exports, reiterating a threat made by officials a...
EU formally adopts Iran oil embargo
BRUSSELS – The European Union formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran on Monday and froze the assets of Iran’s central bank, part of sanctions to pressure Tehran into resuming talks on its controversial...
Jewish newspaper column discussed Obama assassination
The Secret Service said it is looking into a recent op-ed from an Atlanta publisher that floated the idea of green-lighting Israeli Mossad agents to assassinate President Obama in order to improve Israel’s security...
