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Explosive White House leak reveals final approval and date for Iran strike

February 23rd, 2026 - 06:42 GMT

Osama Ali

Explosive White House leak reveals final approval and date for Iran strike

ALBAWABA - Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has caused a stir by saying that the White House has made a final decision to attack Iran with U.S. military force, possibly as soon as Monday or Tuesday. Kiriakou said on Julian Dorey's podcast that he got information from someone who had just been in the White House. He says that people are no longer talking about whether an attack will happen ...

French President Francois Hollande attends a press conference at the EU Headquarters on Thursday in Brussels. (AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND LANGLOIS)

March 15th, 2013 - 04:35 GMT

France ready to support the Syrian rebels with weapons to 'tip the balance'

File picture dated March 20, 2003 shows smoke billowing after a missile hit the planning ministry in Baghdad as the Iraqi capital came under heavy US-led bombardment on the first day of the US-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein. (AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR)

March 14th, 2013 - 11:16 GMT

Baghdad's ministries targeted in series of bomb attacks

A Bahraini woman holds up her national flag decorated with anti-government slogans in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)

March 14th, 2013 - 10:59 GMT

Manama burns as protestors clash with police on anniversary

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raises his clenched fist in salutation during the funeral of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas. (AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO)

March 14th, 2013 - 09:40 GMT

Iran tests out missiles used by Hamas against Israel

The coffin of Ezzat Hakim Attallah (portrait), who died in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, days after being arrested on charge for allegedly seeking to convert Muslims in Libya, is seen during his funeral service at a church in Assiut city, 386 kilometers south of Cairo, on March 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

March 14th, 2013 - 08:34 GMT

Funeral for the Egyptian Christian who died in Libyan police custody held in Assiut

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (R) hold a joint press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. (AFP PHOTO/POOL/OLI SCARFF)

March 14th, 2013 - 08:26 GMT

Russia warns other European powers against arming Syrian rebels

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, on March 10, 2013. (AFP PHOTO POOL SEBASTIAN SCHEINER)

March 14th, 2013 - 08:20 GMT

Netanyahu finally manages to form a government after weeks of wrangling

A helicopter of the Turkish army brings back Turkish prisoners over the Habur border crossing, in Sirnak, on the Turkish side, on Wednesday after they were released by the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). (AFP PHOTO / STR)

March 14th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Kidnapped Turkish officials released in Iraq

Mourners carry the body of Mahmoud Al-Titi, a Hamas militant who was killed by Israeli soldiers during clashes on Tuesday night. (Photo: AFP / HAZEM BADER)

March 13th, 2013 - 02:43 GMT

Israel kills Palestinian with banned bullets

Residents investigate the damage after an alleged shelling attack in Damascus on August 8 2012 (AFP Photo)

March 13th, 2013 - 02:31 GMT

EU officer killed in Syria

An unidentified Egyptian man shouts slogans against Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi and in support of an election boycott during a meeting of leaders from the Egyptian National Salvation Front (NSF) in Cairo in February. (Photo: AFP / Gianluigi Guercia)

March 13th, 2013 - 12:57 GMT

Egypt's presidency appeals parliamentary elections suspension

Tunisian MPs attend a parliament session to vote on a new government in Tunis on Tuesday. (AFP Photo)

March 13th, 2013 - 12:32 GMT

Tunisia's lawmakers approve new government