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Earlier this week Iranian backed militia killed two US soldiers and a female UK soldier at Taji military base in Iraq. Last night the US responded killing at least 18 militia members in Iraq including Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander General Siamand Mashhadani.

The Syrian army said 'enemy' rocket attacks struck military bases belonging to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Syrian state TV reported. A report on a Syrian newspaper facebook page attributes the attack to the U.S. and Britain. Media outlets affiliated with the Syrian opposition claim 38 government soldiers were killed in the strike in Hama, with an additional 57 wounded.

Senior Iranian official Alaeddin Boroujerdi warned on Monday that a U.S.-led military strike on Syria could backfire on the entire region, particularly against American and Israeli interests. .....

A possible Iraqi missile strike has citizens feeling on edge A senior Iraqi official told Israel Friday to expect missile attacks in the event of a US-led war to unseat Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, amid growing apprehension in the Jewish state about the government’s readiness for such an eventuality. “Israel will suffer a profound and an unforgettable strike if it interferes in the (US-led) war (against Iraq),” Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammed Mahdi Saleh told the Al-Khaleej daily. Israel’s army chief, Lieutenant General Moshe Yaalon, said this week that the US wanted Israel to stay out of any military operation against...

RIYADH -- Effective Arab and Islamic solidarity are needed to face U.S. threats to attack Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said in remarks published Wednesday. Sabri, in rare comments by a senior Iraqi official to a Saudi newspaper, said Baghdad did not want military confrontation with the United States. "The most ideal, successful and effective means to spare the region from the catastrophe of U.S. evils sponsored by the Zionist movement ... is an effective Arab and then Islamic solidarity," Sabri told *** Okaz *** daily. "There is no time for trial and error" said Sabri, adding that the...

Qatar opposes any attack against Iraq, but fears that a rejection of a possible U.S. request to use its territory as a military launch pad would harm its ties with Washington, officials and diplomats said yesterday. They said the stated policy of the Gulf Arab peninsula state was not to allow the use of its soil for attacks against any fellow Muslim or Arab country. But they added that if the United States pushed hard it would be difficult for Qatar to resist since they look to their powerful ally for protection. "Despite a general aversion to the U.S. Middle...

AMMAN, July 14 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa Sunday, July 14, said the pan-Arab organization and its 22 members were opposed to any U.S. strike on Iraq. "The Arab League is a gathering of Arab countries and our Arab position is clear ... we cannot back any attack on Iraq or on any Arab country," Mussa told reporters in Amman, the state Petra news agency reported. He was speaking after meeting with Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb that focused on the Middle East crisis, especially the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and U.S. threats of attacking...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Japan may continue to refuel U.S. warships in the Indian Ocean in the event of a U.S. attack on Iraq, diplomatic sources said Thursday. Although Tokyo believes an imminent U.S. attack on Iraq is not likely, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Agency have secretly discussed measures Japan should take if an attack were launched, the sources said. Japan is now considering whether to continue its refueling operation for U.S. vessels engaged in the Afghanistan campaign on condition that the United States pledges not to use the fuel for military operations against Iraq, they said. However, there is...

BAGHDAD: Iraq expects a US strike "at any moment", Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said in an interview broadcast on Saturday. "Psychologically, we are expecting a US attack to happen at any time. We don't want this but that's the reality," Ramadan told the Saudi-owned Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). "The US administration will not hesitate to hit Iraq if it has the chance," he said. "Hostile intentions from the United States are not a secret, as shown in calls to overthrow the regime, not only of Iraq, but other countries as well," Ramadan said, referring to Venezuela, whose President...