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Iran Quds Force commander Qassam Soleimani killed in US airstrike near Baghdad

Iran Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Kataib Hezbollah leader Abul Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad airport in Iraq

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Japan to send military assets to the Gulf but won’t join US coalition

Japan will send a military vessel and two patrol planes to help protect waterways in the Middle East but will not join a US-led coalition in the region

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Bahrain IEDs share components used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, report says

A new report found that IEDs recovered in Bahrain share some of the same Iran-made components used in bombs made by Yemen's Houthi rebels

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UN can’t confirm Iran attacked Saudi oil facilities, Guterres says

The UN has been unable to confirm Iranian involvement in an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said

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US claims capture of Iranian missile parts off Yemen coast

The US State Department released images of what it claims are Iranian-made missile components captured off Yemen's coast last month

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French naval base in UAE to host European-led Gulf maritime monitoring mission

A European-led maritime surveillance initiative to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at a French naval base in Abu Dhabi

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A familiar adversary emerges in Israel’s proxy war with Iran

An old enemy – anti-aircraft missile systems – features again in Israel's latest proxy war with Iran in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq

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Consequences of the US withdrawal from Syria

The US will have to reckon with the consequences of Trump's greenlighting the Turkish invasion in northeast Syria, Jonathan Ruhe and Ari Cicure argue

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The US is consolidating its Syria role in the Middle Euphrates valley. Here’s why it matters.

Despite withdrawing from northern Syria, the US military will secure oil installations in the east to deter Iran and the regime

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Iran ‘terrorist’ plot against MEK thwarted, Albania police say

Albanian police said they had thwarted a planned attack by a Tehran-backed "terrorist cell" against opponents of the Iranian government

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