Oil prices spiked Wednesday morning, rising over 4.5 per cent at one point after Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles against two airbases in Iraq used by the United States and coalition forces. The benchmark WTI jumped as much as 4.53 per cent to $65.54 a barrel before settling down slightly after Iran unleashed […]

Iranian Revolutionary Guards has revealed the country may attack Israel and other United States allies in revenge of US action. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday responded to the assassination of commander Qassem Soleimani with a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase used by the US military, Iranian state media said. The IRGC confirmed the […]

The United States has no plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq, the White House and Pentagon insisted Tuesday, as Iraq premier Adel Abdel Mahdi said he had received a US letter signalling a pullout. President Donald Trump said withdrawing the more than 5,000 US troops in Iraq would be the “worst thing” for that […]

Iran launched a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase in the country’s west early Wednesday where US and coalition forces are based, Iranian state media said. Security sources told AFP that nine rockets hit the sprawling Ain al-Asad airbase, the largest of the Iraqi military compounds where foreign troops are based. The attack came in […]

State news agency SANA reported have reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Damascus on Tuesday and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. SANA said the two leaders met at a gathering location of Russian forces in Syria’s capital Damascus. According to the report, the two leaders were briefed by the head of the […]