Iran terrified of Saudi-Turkey Strategic Cooperation Council

January 2016

These days we are seeing a news-analysis approach adopted by official Iranian websites and newspapers against the Saudi-Turkey Strategic Cooperation Council. Concerned and calculated in their official remarks, yet terrified in their unofficial remarks. What does such a reaction represent?

Why is the Iraqi government oppossed the Saudi-led 35 state coalition?

January 2016

A difference of opinion between political circles in the Iraqi government led by Haider al-Abadi continues has expanded. These viewpoints are increasingly polarizing regarding perspectives of the main parliamentary faction members on Baghdad’s official position on the Saudi-led anti-terrorism Islamic coalition.

“Burned Lands”: Quds Force plan to takeover Fallujah

Following the US forces’ opposition regarding the participation of Shiite militias in operations aimed at liberating Iraq’s restive Anbar Province and emphasizing on the participation of Sunni tribes in these attacks, the Iranian regime saw all its plots facing serious threats. One of Tehran’s red lines is the participation of Sunni tribes because these forces are viewed as a rival against the Shiite militias it is fully backing, whereas the US plan of training and arming Anbar tribes also crosses Iran’s red line.

Iran’s plots to confront US presence in Iraq

The US State Department’s annual special reports states the Iranian government is providing aid to groups such as the Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas to sector Gaza from the West Bank in Palestine, and Shiite militias tied to Iran in Iraq have – you’ve seen a kind of decrease or lessening of specific targeting of U.S.personnel on the ground.