US commander vows to keep two aircraft carriers in Persian Gulf to deter Iran
Press TV – The US military plans to keep two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf region, the commander of US Central…
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3 Americans killed in attack on Kenyan airfield by Al-Shabab militants
NPR – A U.S. service member and two Defense Department contractors were killed Sunday when the terrorist organization al-Shabab attacked a Kenyan…
Don’t tell Trump: In 2002, Iran beat the US military in a simulated war
The National Interest | David Axe: The problem is that Washington hasn’t learned from its past mistakes and Iran could still sink…
US military presence brings nothing but insecurity to Persian Gulf: Iranian experts
Press TV – Iranian experts say the US military buildup has brought nothing but instability and insecurity to the Persian Gulf region,…
US arms ban to be lifted if JCPOA survives by next year: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that “the country’s nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, is not dead yet and…
US military took defensive action against second Iranian drone last week
Reuters – A U.S. Navy ship took defensive action against a second Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz last week, but…
Trump announces US military buildup in Middle East
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has announced he would deploy about 1,500 American troops to the Middle East region for…
US military deployments nothing to intimidate Iran: IRGC
Press TV – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States’ deployment of military assets to the Middle East does…
Iran cleric warns US’ expensive fleet ‘can be destroyed by one missile’ – Report
Sputnik – Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed that a carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear-powered aircraft carrier had arrived…
Iran marks historic US failure in Tabas Desert
Press TV – Iran has marked the 39th anniversary of a failed US military operation in the central Tabas Desert that was…
US administration, military symbol of terrorism: Larijani
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani strongly condemned Washington’s decision to designate IRGC as a terrorist organization saying that US administration…
MPs sign triple-urgency bill on designating US military as terrorist group
MNA – Iranian lawmakers on Tue. signed a ‘triple-urgency’ bill, the highest designation of importance, on labeling the US Central Command as…
Iran designates US military a terrorist organization
MNA – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has decided to designate the US Central Command-the CENTCOM-and the related forces as a…
Iran FM calls for labeling US forces terrorist
IRNA – Iranian foreign minister on Monday called for labeling the US military forces terrorist after Washington’s announcment to declare the Islamic…
Retired US Army colonel: US military wary of war against Iran
FNA – A prominent American anti-war activist and a member of Codepink peace group underlined that the US army commanders are aware…
Venezuelan envoy to UN says US preparing for ‘military invasion’ of Venezuela
Press TV – Venezuela’s envoy to the United Nations says the United States is preparing for a “military invasion” of his country,…
IRGC general: US military power, political savvy in decline
Tasnim – The Iranian nation has dealt so many blows to the US that not only its military strength, but also its…
Iran’s mailitry spending insignificant compared to US, regional states
FNA – Figures show that Iran’s total government spending on defense seems insignificant compared to the huge military budget of the US…
Fresh US-led airstrikes leave 17 Syrian civilians dead in Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – More than a dozen civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed after the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri…
US erects ‘observation posts’ on Syria-Turkey border despite Ankara’s dissent
Press TV – The US military says it has established “observation posts” in northern Syria with the purported aim of preventing clashes…
IRGC spokesman terms US threats against Iran psychological warfare
FNA – Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Public Relations Department and Spokesman General Ramezan Sharif dismissed the US military…
MP says ‘American spies’ visited Iran as civilian experts
Radio Farda – Members of a “US military group” who visited Iran were “presumably” spies, the chairman of the Public Works Commission…
US-led coalition strikes in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr kill 206 civilians in November: Monitor
Press TV – A so-called monitoring group says more than two hundred civilians lost their lives as the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the…
US actions in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr ‘illegitimate’: Russia’s FM
Press TV – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says actions taken by the United States in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr are…
US-led coalition attacks Syrian Army in Homs province
Press TV – Syria says the United States-led coalition alleging to be fighting Takfiri terrorists in the Arab country has attacked the…
Afghanistan becoming ‘graveyard’ of US troops: Analyst
Press TV – The US military strategy in Afghanistan has failed to achieve any victories and has made the war-torn country the…
Iraq lawmakers call for end to US military presence
Press TV – Members of the Iraqi parliament have called for the withdrawal of US troops from the country, stressing that they…
US-led coalition strikes kill 11 Syrian civilians in Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – At least 11 civilians, mostly women and children, have lost their lives and dozens more have been wounded when…
US suspends refueling Saudi jets in deadly bombing campaign on Yemen
Press TV – The US and Saudi Arabia say they have agreed to end US refueling of Saudi aircraft bombing Yemen but several officials…
US military reportedly concerned it won’t be able to ‘repel Iran’s missiles’
Sputnik – Unnamed military sources, quoted by The Washington Post, have expressed alarm over Iran’s unpredictable reaction to US economic and diplomatic…
IRGC general: Iran could manage US forces in Mideast quickly
Tasnim – Deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Iran has gained such a high level of influential power…
US-led airstrikes killed 3,222 civilians in Syria since 2014: Monitoring group
Press TV – A so-called monitoring group says more than 3,200 civilians have lost their lives ever since the US-led coalition purportedly…
US military masks killing of innocent civilians: analyst
Press TV – The US military “masks” the killing of innocent civilians by American forces as legitimate operations against militants ,says an…
US-led warplanes drop white phosphorus bombs on eastern Syria: Report
Press TV – The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has reportedly dropped internationally-banned white phosphorus bombs on Syria’s troubled…
US military is against starting war with Iran: US foreign policy expert
Press TV – American foreign policy expert James Jatras believes the US military is against starting war with Iran because it does not…
US copters evacuate Daesh militants from Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – American helicopters have reportedly airlifted foreign and wounded members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from Syria’s oil-rich eastern…
On Iran, White House criticism grows, but U.S. military posture recedes
The Wall Street Journal |Nancy A. Youssef and Gordon Lubold: The Trump administration has been steadily ramping up its rhetoric on the threat posed…
US airstrikes have killed 3,300 civilians in Syria: Observatory
Press TV – A pro-opposition monitoring group says US airstrikes have killed 3,331 civilians in Syria since they began four years ago. “Among…
US warplanes use phosphorus bomb to deliver airstrikes in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
TASS – Phosphorous bombs were used by the US air force warplanes to deliver a strike on the settlement of Hajin in…
US official visits Syria’s Kurdish-held territory, says American forces will remain
Press TV – A senior US official has paid a visit to northern Syria without the permission of Damascus, saying Washington will keep troops in…