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Iran Seizes a Ship off the Coast of Oman

Iran's navy announced on Thursday, January 11, that it had seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. This ship had been previously seized by the United States for transporting Iranian oil under sanctions. Iran's navy has seized an oil tanker in Gulf of Oman waters following "a court order" authorizing the move, state media reported on ...

Iraq Summons Iranian Envoy, Recalls Ambassador from Tehran

Iraq delivered a strong rebuke to its ally on Tuesday, by summoning Iran's representative in Baghdad and withdrawing its ambassador from Tehran. This action was in response to the lethal missile attacks on Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq summoned Iran's envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke ...

Iran Strikes Baluchi Militant Group in Pakistan

Iran carried out missile and drone strikes on Tuesday, targeting the headquarters of a Pakistani militant group, as reported by Iran's Tasnim news agency. Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Tuesday, on the headquarters of a Pakistani militant group, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. Two “important headquarters” of Jaish al-Adl ...

Houthi Attacks Raise Tensions, Gaza Hostage Talks Offer Hope

The United States conducted new strikes in Yemen on Tuesday, according to a US official. Concurrently, the Iran-backed Houthis asserted responsibility for a missile attack on a Greek-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea. The White House expressed optimism, over discussions facilitated by Qatar which could result in a new agreement between Israel and ...

Syria-Jordan Border Attack Caused by 'Confusion?'

According to US officials, the pro-Iranian drone strike that killed three people on the Syrian-Jordanian border on Sunday, January 29, was the result of a mix-up. The unmanned aircraft may have been mistaken for an American. US forces may have mistaken the drone that killed three of their soldiers and wounded around thirty others on Sunday for an ...

Is the Iranian Axis on the Defensive?

In the days following the drone attack on the Syrian-Jordanian border, two key players within the Iranian axis announced the suspension of their attacks on American positions in Iraq and Syria. Amid fears of retaliation and a wish to negotiate from a position of strength, let's revisit this unexpected turn of events. On Tuesday, January 30, the ...

US Sanctions Target Entities Financing Hezbollah and the IRGC

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), part of the US Treasury, announced on Tuesday that it had imposed sanctions against three entities and one individual in Lebanon and Turkey, accused of "providing significant financial support" to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Two new Lebanese companies ...

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Withdraws Officers From Syria

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Tehran's ideological army, decided to withdraw its officers deployed in Syria on Thursday February 1, in reaction to the recent Israeli strikes, according to information reported by several security sources close to the matter. The withdrawal of Iranian officers from Syria is not complete, however, ...

Israel Hits Hezbollah Arms Depots in Syria Near Damascus

Israeli air strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons warehouses on the outskirts of Damascus at dawn on Tuesday, March 19, for the second time in 48 hours. Israeli raids hit warehouses storing weapons for Hezbollah in Syria on Tuesday, the war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said, as a Syrian military source said air defenses had ...

Strikes in Eastern Syria Target Pro-Iran Base

Night-time air strikes targeted positions of pro-Iranian armed groups in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reported on Tuesday. At least nine pro-Tehran fighters, including an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, were among 13 people killed in air strikes in eastern Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor said. "Nine ...

IRGC Commander in Syria and Lebanon Assassinated in Damascus

Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus on Monday, Syrian and Iranian officials said, with a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members the force said were killed. Israel said it would not comment on the attack, but Iranian officials vowed a stiff response, with fears of even further violence ...

Who Was Mohammad Reza Zahedi?

Mohammad Reza Zahedi, an Iranian Brigadier General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, was killed on Monday, as a result of a reported Israeli airstrike near the Iranian Embassy in Damascus. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/israel-hamaswar/240669"] According to the Syrian Observatory for ...