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US Strike in Iraq on Iran-Backed Militias Results in Two Deaths

US forces targeted Iran-backed Hezbollah Brigades' sites in Iraq on Wednesday, killing two people. Iraq denounced an another "flagrant violation of Iraq's sovereignty." Iraq accused the United States of contributing to a "reckless escalation" of violence in the region after American airstrikes targeted Iran-backed groups in the country on ...

US Destroys Houthi Surface-to-Air Missile

The United States destroyed a Houthi missile in Yemen, citing an imminent threat to its aircraft.  The United States has destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile in Yemen that posed an "imminent threat" to U.S. aircraft in the region, the U.S. Middle East Military Command (Centcom) announced on Saturday. On Friday, US forces "conducted a ...

Iran: New US Sanctions Announced by Treasury

UAE-based Oceanlink Maritime DMCC is at the center of sanctions announced this Thursday by the US Treasury Department. These measures are aimed at disrupting illicit financial flows supporting Iran's destabilizing activities in the region and around the world, according to Brian E. Nelson, the U.S. Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Terrorism and ...