Category: 2. Middle East

By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war met with stiff opposition in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as Democrats and even some…

JERUSALEM, March 19 (Reuters) – Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of U.S.-Israeli air attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a news conference on Thursday.

“We are winning,…

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A Yazidi woman who was held as a sex slave by the Islamic State group testified Thursday before a French court, describing in stark detail the horrors she endured under jihadist captivity.

The 32-year-old spoke in a Paris tribunal as part of the…

By Jason Lange

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Some 65% of Americans believe U.S. President Donald Trump will order troops into a large-scale ground war in Iran but only 7% support the idea, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on…

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike any more Iranian gas fields, seeking to distance himself from an attack by a key ally that has shaken world energy markets.

Trump insisted…

A poll released Thursday found that a majority of American voters oppose the US-Israeli war against Iran and believe it benefits Israel more than the US, Anadolu reports.

The survey, conducted by Data for Progress for…

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Countries at the UN’s shipping agency agreed to work towards a safe maritime corridor to evacuate commercial ships from the Gulf to protect seafarers during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

In an extraordinary session…

Aziza Ahmad hasn’t planned anything — no family meal, no gifts for the children. In Lebanon, between the war and soaring prices, she said “there’s nothing to celebrate” this Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan.

From Beirut to Dubai, Manama to…