Four Iranian military vessels sped close to two US Navy guided missile destroyers with their weapons uncovered in the Strait of Hormuz, American defense officials said Wednesday. The USS Nitze shot warning flares, sounded its whistles and attempted unsuccessfully to communicate with the Iranian boats during Tuesday’s incident, US Central ...
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said that Russian warplanes carried out Aleppo strikes at Tehran’s request. Shamkhani, the top official coordinating security and political affairs between Tehran and its allies, Moscow and Damascus, was quoted by state television as saying Iran called in Russian strikes “next ...