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Iranian Opposition News Outlet Got $800 Million In Debt Relief: Report Via Middle East Eye An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday. The links stem from documents related to a debt-for-equity swap that Iran International conducted in December to shore up its finances. Iran International has spent hundreds of millions of dollars since its founding in 2017 by British-Saudi investors, the FT reported. According to the report, Iran International’s parent company, Volant Media UK, has...

Yemen’s ruling Ansar Allah movement captured a key Red Sea port city. Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, has made gains since the war with Saudi Arabia reignited in July.  On Thursday, Ansar Allah’s forces captured Mokha, a strategic port city about 50 miles from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The seizure expands Ansar Allah’s […]

CIA Chief's Moscow Trip Was About Iran, Not A NATO Warning: Estonia's Ex-President Speculation has abounded over the nature of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's surprise Tuesday trip to Moscow and what was conveyed to top Kremlin intelligence officials. The 'official' Washington narrative of what was behind the trip was issued on Wednesday in the pages of The Wall Street Journal, which laid out Ratcliffe delivered a "warning to Russia not to attack NATO countries, according to people briefed on the visit." Since then, media reports and pundits have mused that nearby small 'eastern flank' countries...