Middle East Experience

US President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, contending Soleimani posed an impending threat to the United States. “The Fake News Media
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: US President Trump defends decision to kill Iran’s Soleimani

“Palestinian terrorists did this to me while hacking up my Christian friend in front of me,” tweeted Kay Wilson.;
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Twitter suspends terror victim’s page: Photo of wounds ‘gratuitous gore’

More rain is expected across the country in the coming days..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Here’s the reason behind UAE’s record-breaking rainfall

A Ukrainian airliner crashed soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s state television and Ukraine’s leaders said
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: 176 people killed after Ukrainian passenger plane crashes in Iran

The Iraqi Kurdish authority has issued a scathing response to claims by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah that former Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani panicked when IS took control of northern Iraq..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Iraqi Kurds blast Hezbollah chief, Nasrallah, over IS comments

Iran fired 15 ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing US and coalition troops on Tuesday night, a US Central Command spokesperson confirmed to Al-Monitor, in a possible escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran after a Pentagon drone strike killed a top Iranian military leader last week.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iranian missiles strike coalition installations in Iraq

Caretaker Energy Minister Nada Boustani Monday extended the deadline for the submission of applications in the second licensing round for oil and gas exploration..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Second round of oil and gas exploration licensing deadline extended

The attack against US military and coalition forces in Iraq were “a slap in the face” for the US, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday in a televised speech broadcast
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Attacks on bases in Iraq ‘a slap in the face’ for the US: Iran’s Khamenei

De-escalation in the region is “wise and necessary”, the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said in a tweet on Wednesday. Gargash added that it is
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: De-escalation in the region is ‘wise and necessary’: UAE’s Gargash

As tensions between Tehran and Washington escalate, Turkey has to make difficult choices.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: What has Erdogan learned from Soleimani's killing?