Middle East

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned on Saturday that Bahrain would face “harsh revenge” from its own people and the Palestinians over its move to normalize ties with Israel.

Khaled Al-Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Tehran said Iran, Turkey and Qatar can form an economic and political alliance in the region.

A series of airstrikes on Monday allegedly by Israel killed 11 people including Iran-backed militias and one civilian, a monitoring group said.

The Arab Coalition destroyed a bomb-laden boat belonging to Iran-backed Houthi militia which was targeting maritime routes south of the Red Sea, the coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on Sunday.

Yemen’s Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani said that Tehran cannot help in building peace in the country because of its destabilizing activities in the region, Arab News reported on Saturday.

A new report published Friday revealed that the cargo of some 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, which caused a huge explosion at Beirut port on August 4, was linked with a mysterious bank accused of having ties with Lebanon's Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy.

Ahead of his trip to Washington Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraqi prime minister, told the commander of Revolutionary Guard Quds force Esmail Ghaani, that he is not Iran’s postman when he asked to deliver a message to US officials, a source in IRGC told Avatoday.

CNN reported on Monday it has learned that Tehran offered bounties to Taliban militias for targeting American and coalition troops in Afghanistan.

United Arabic Emirate’s minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said Monday that a recent deal to normalize relations with Israel was a “sovereign

Iran has strongly condemned a historic deal creating full diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.