Iran in Turmoil: Supreme Leader Khamenei Dead, Interim Leadership Takes Power in a Nation on Edge
DefenseNews : Iran has been thrust into chaos overnight as the sudden death of Supreme Leader Khamenei leaves a volatile power vacuum at the heart of the Islamic Republic. In a moment that has rattled the geopolitical landscape and sent shockwaves across capitals from Tehran to Washington, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the unchallenged architect of the Islamic Republic for nearly four decades has been killed in a bold wartime strike. The announcement of his death has unleashed a fierce churn in Tehran’s power corridors, plung…
American troops in Afghanistan drops to 8,600 as Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have put the son of the movement’s feared founder in charge of their military wing and added several powerful figures to their negotiating team, Taliban officials said. The shake-up, one of the most significant in years, comes ahead of expected talks with Kabul aimed at ending decades of war in Afghanistan. American troops in Afghanistan returning As head of a newly united military wing, 30-year-old Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob brings his father’s fiercely uncompromising reputation to the battlefield. Equally signifi…
ISIS’s Oil Revenue Is Falling, Administration Says
The Obama administration believes it has sharply cut back the oil revenues that have made the Islamic State the best funded terrorist organization in history, according to senior US officials. The US has been combining military strikes that target energy infrastructure controlled by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with heightened tracking of smuggling routes used to move oil through Turkey and Kurdistan, according to these officials. In October, the US Treasury Department estimated that Islamic State , also known as ISIS or ISIL, w…
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