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Pentagon denies U.S. withdrawal amid aftermath of Soleimani killing

The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday, following reports of an American military letter informing I

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Iraqi PM stresses importance of joint work with U.S. to withdraw foreign forces

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi confirmed Monday to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller the importance of joint work to implement the withdrawal of foreign f

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Russia urges JCPOA signatories to create conditions for reviving nuclear deal

A girl with a pattern of the national flag of Iran on her forehead. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) "We are firmly calling on all the partners to stay within the JCPOA course

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Turkey, Russia holds 20th joint patrol near Syrian-Turkish border

Russian and Turkish forces on Monday held the 20th joint patrol near the Syrian-Turkish border, for withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters, a war monitor reported. The

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Trump warns Iran of 'major retaliation,' threatens sanctions on Iraq

US President Donald Trump threatened "major retaliation" Sunday if Iran avenges the killing of a key military commander and he warned of massive economic sanctions agai

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Trump begins a slippery slope with assassination of Soleimani

Editor's note: William Jones is Washington Bureau Chief for the Executive Intelligence Review and a non-resident fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. Th

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Iran will no longer abide by uranium enrichment limits under 2015 nuclear deal

Less than a week after Iran’s top military commander was killed by U.S. drone strike, the regime said Sunday that it would further scale back compliance with an interna

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Trump begins a slippery slope with assassination of Soleimani

Editor's note: William Jones is Washington Bureau Chief for the Executive Intelligence Review and a non-resident fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. Th

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Iran takes final step to end commitments to nuke deal

Iran on Sunday announced the fifth and final step to end its commitments to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, official IRNA news agency reported. "In the fifth step of w

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UK could forfeit security council seat over Chagos Islands dispute

The UK could lose its permanent seat on the UN security council unless it resolves the future of the Chagos Islands, the archipelago in the Indian Ocean whose largest i

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Iran due to 'finalize' new retreat from nuclear deal

Iran will finalize its fifth step back from a nuclear deal on Sunday, a spokesman said, in retaliation for the U.S. withdrawing from the multilateral accord and reimpos

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German FM warns of further escalation of tensions in Middle East

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday warned of further escalation of tensions in the Middle East after the United States killed Iranian Major General Qassem So

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Does the killing Soleimani mean a 'declaration of war'?

U.S. marines reinforce the U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad, Iraq, January 2, 2020. /Reuters Photo Editor's Note: Wang Jin is a research fellow of Charhar Institute in China and an Associate P

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Backgrounder: U.S.-Iran tensions escalate

The decades-long tensions between Iran and the United States have escalated following the recent events. The latest confrontation between Tehran and Washington on Frid

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Putin holds phone call with Ukrainian president

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the invitation of the Ukrainian side, the Kremlin said in a statement Tuesday. The parties stressed t

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Russian military withdrawal is likely prelude to Syrian crisis settlement

Russia's sudden announcement of troops withdrawal from Syria sends a positive signal that a political settlement of the five-year-old crisis is in the offing.

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Afghan economic situation declines with NATO-led forces' withdrawal

​The conclusion of the NATO-led forces combat mission in Afghanistan in late 2014 and withdrawal of major parts of the more than 120,000-strong combat troops has negatively affected the economy of the foreign-aid dependent country.