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“Escorted” by Nuke Submarine & Armed with F-35 Stealth Fighters, USS Abraham Lincoln CSG Threatens Iran

The US has redirected the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East, U.S. officials said, as tensions...

Gold, Guns & Gulf! How Saudi-UAE Rift Has Turned From Proxy War Into An Open, Deadly Confrontation? OPED

For over a decade, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates always projected an image of a near-perfect strategic alignment. They were seen as the...

Imminent Strikes on Iran? Massive U.S. Build-Up In The Middle-East Hints That War Clouds Far From Over

After threatening imminent strikes on Iran for days, Trump seems to have pulled back from the cusp of another war, it initially appeared. But...

Trading Sovereignty For Reassurance: How Riyadh’s Defense Pact With Turkey & Pakistan Could Cost The Kingdom Dearly: OPED

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is reportedly exploring an extensive defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan, building on the Saudi-Pakistani mutual defence agreement...

A U.S. Military Base That Iran May Not Dare To Hit — What Makes Turkey’s Incirlik A No Go Zone For Tehran? OPED

Tehran has warned that if the United States strikes Iranian territory, every US military base in the region, from Bahrain to the UAE, could...