Middle East


US Navy strikes Iranian ship after it sailed near USS Abraham Lincoln - report

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

At least six French soldiers wounded in drone strike on base in Iraq’s Makhmour

French soldiers at a military outpost outside the Kurdish city of Erbil, Iraq, January 2, 2017.

Errors in Mojtaba Khamenei's first message dictated by IRGC raise questions about his condition

 State media in Iran published a written message from the new leader on Thursday evening after nearly two weeks without any message or sign of him. These outlets also appear to have used image-enhancement tools to make Mojtaba Khamenei’s face look more polished