The following is the Nov. 28, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Iran Sanctions. Read More
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Panel: National Defense Strategy Doesn’t Meet Challenge of Countering China, Russia
Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin greet participants of Joint Sea-2014 exercise at Wusong naval port in Shanghai, east China, May 20, 2014. Xinhua Photo
Without predictable funding and realistic concepts of operations, the National Defense Strategy doesn’t meet the challenges of a rising China expanding in the Indo-Pacific and an aggressive Russia in Eastern Europe, the co-chairmen of the panel reviewing the document warned the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Read More
French Ambassador Says Washington Could Do More to Help Shape Syria’s Future
The Bashar al Assad regime’s ever-tightening circle on Syrian resistance fighters could send a million or more refugees into Turkey and scatter thousands of Islamic extremists around the region, France’s ambassador to Washington warned Monday. Read More
Panel: Iran Benefits from Saudi Arabia’s Involvement in Yemen
Iranian leaders are gaining leverage and advantage over Saudi Arabia and its allies as the conflict in Yemen drags on, a leading expert in Middle East security issues said Thursday. Read More
Panel: Tehran’s Quds Force Key to Russian, Iranian Interests in Syria
The Iranian Quds Force organizes, equips and finances the 50,000 Shia militia in Syria that provides the ground troops for the Russian and Iranian effort to prop up the Bashar al Assad regime, a retired senior Israeli Defense Force general said on Wednesday. Read More
Report to Congress on Iran’s Foreign and Defense Policy
The following is the Oct. 9, 2018 Congressional Research Service report Iran’s Foreign and Defense Policies. Read More
Report to Congress on Iran Sanctions
The following is the Sept. 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Iran Sanctions. Read More
Report to Congress on Status of Iran’s Nuclear Programs
The following is the Sept. 19, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status. Read More
Report to Congress on Iran’s Foreign and Defense Policy
The following is the Sept. 11, 2018 Congressional Research Service report Iran’s Foreign and Defense Policies. Read More
Experts: Iranian Influence in Syria Shows No Signs of Stopping
Iranian influence in Syria is in no danger of dissipating as its civil war rages on and millions more of its citizens may soon be fleeing their homes in a new round of fighting, a panel of Middle East experts said this week. Read More
