WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden remarked on Thursday that the recent air strikes between Pakistan and Iran demonstrated Tehran’s lack of popularity in an increasingly tense region. Biden, addressing reporters at the White House, stated, “As you can see, Iran is not particularly well-liked in the region,” and noted that the United States is actively working to understand the evolving situation. The latest exchange of air strikes occurred when Pakistan targeted terrorist hideouts in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, in response to Iran violating Pakistani airspace two days prior. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the operation, codenamed ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar,’ resulted…
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Sajjad Ali
Sajjad Ali is ‘Online Web Editor of Khyber News. He is a journalist by profession and working in field for the last ten years. Previously he worked for national media organizations including ‘The Nation’ Daily Pakistan Today, Khyber News. He also worked in media development sector. He can be reached at sajjad.sovereign@gmail.com
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Hours before Iraq filed a complaint against Iran at the United Nations Security Council, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein strongly condemned Iran’s attack on Irbil. He characterized the escalation as an attempt by Tehran to export its domestic problems. The remarks were made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Hussein stated that Iraq had taken political and diplomatic steps to address the Iranian offensive in Irbil, which resulted in the death of four civilians. He rejected Iran’s claims about the presence of the Israeli Mossad in Iraq. Hussein linked the offensive in Iraqi Kurdistan to the growing tensions…
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