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Analysis: Iran’s unlikely al Qaeda ties: fluid, murky and deteriorating
By Myra MacDonald LONDON (Reuters) – When al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri spoke in an audio message broadcast to supporters earlier this month, he had harsh words for Iran. Its true face, he said, had been unmasked by its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against fighters loyal to al Qaeda. Yet it is symptomatic of the peculiar relationship between Tehran and al Qaeda that in the same month Canadian police would accuse “al Qaeda elements in Iran” of backing a plot to derail a passenger train. Continue reading
Biden, Netanyahu set tone on Iran for Obama visit to Israel
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Iranian Guards commander killed in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander has been killed inside Syria by rebels battling Iran's close ally President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian officials and a rebel leader said on Thursday . Syrian rebels have repeatedly accused Tehran of sending fighters to help Assad crush the 22-month-old uprising, a charge Iran has denied Continue reading
New Iran centrifuges could shorten path to atomic bomb: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that new centrifuges Iran was installing for its uranium enrichment program could cut by a third the time needed to create a nuclear bomb. As Iran and world powers prepare to resume talks aimed at easing a dispute that has raised fears of a new Middle East war, Tehran announced late last month it planned to install the new machines at its main enrichment plant. .. Continue reading
Exclusive: U.N. monitors see arms reaching Somalia from Yemen, Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – As the United States pushes for an end to the U.N. Continue reading
Exclusive: U.N. monitors see arms reaching Somalia from Yemen, Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – As the United States pushes for an end to the U.N. Continue reading
Iran hedges on nuclear talks with six powers or U.S.
MUNICH (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday it was open to a U.S. offer of direct talks on its nuclear program and that six world powers had suggested a new round of nuclear negotiations this month, but without committing itself to either proposal. Continue reading
Netanyahu turns to Iran after narrow election win
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's parliamentary election, shrugging off surprise losses to centre-left challengers and vowing on Wednesday to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. However, Tuesday's vote, which also disappointed religiously inspired hardliners, may deflect the premier's focus on confronting Tehran and resisting Palestinian demands as Israel's secular, middle-class demanded new attention to domestic issues. Continue reading
Iran suggests progress, but no deal, in U.N. atom talks
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran indicated that some progress was made in talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday, but that the two sides again failed to finalize an elusive framework deal over the Islamic state's disputed atomic activity. Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said a new meeting would be held, without giving a date Continue reading →