Crisis In The Middle East

• Western University to honour students lost in Iran plane crash with degrees, scholarship

  The scholarship would be based on academic achievement and research merit with preference given to an international student from Iran.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2020
  
• Mortars were used in American embassy attack in Iraq: U.S. military

  Gen. Frank McKenzie, a top U.S. commander for the Middle East, told reporters travelling with him that the mortar attack started a fire that was put out. He said no U.S. military personnel were injured, but one U.S. national had a minor injury but returned to work.

  World

  Jan 27, 2020
  
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• Iran not ruling out negotiations with U.S., foreign minister says

  Iran is not ruling out negotiations with the United States even after an American drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, the country's foreign minister said in an interview released Saturday.

  World

  Jan 25, 2020
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• 34 U.S. troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iran missile strike

  Seventeen of the 34 are still under medical observation or treatment.

  World

  Jan 24, 2020
• Iran acknowledges missiles made by Russia targeted Ukrainian passenger jet

  Iran acknowledged on Tuesday that its armed forces fired two Russian anti-aircraft missiles at a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed after taking off from Tehran's main airport earlier this month, killing all 176 people on board.

  World

  Jan 21, 2020
• Iran asks for help from U.S., France to analyze downed plane’s black boxes: report

  The flight recorders, commonly known as black boxes, sustained physical damage, although the memory is intact after the flight was hit by two missiles within three minutes of taking off from Tehran's airport on Jan. 8, the report says.

  World

  Jan 20, 2020
• Ukraine to push for downed plane’s black boxes during meeting with Iranian minister

  Ukraine will press Iran to hand over the black boxes from the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane at a meeting with a visiting Iranian delegation on Monday, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told reporters.

  World

  Jan 20, 2020
• At least 3 dead, dozens wounded at anti-government protests in Iraq

  The violence is the latest since protests in Iraq reignited last week after a brief lull amid soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran following a U.S. drone strike that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad earlier this month.

  World

  Jan 20, 2020
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• Iran plans to analyze downed airliner black boxes, no plans to send abroad: report

  All 176 people on board the plane were killed in the Jan. 8 crash. Canada, which had 57 citizens on board, and other countries that lost nationals have said the flight data and voice recorders should be analyzed abroad.

  World

  Jan 19, 2020
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• Champagne says he ‘stressed’ to Iran that black boxes must be sent to Ukraine, France

  176 people including 57 Canadians were killed when the Iranian military shot down the Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet earlier this month.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2020