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Fresh violence in the Persian Gulf and Syria is ratcheting up regional tensions as the U.S. and Iran remain locked in a stalemate over the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal. This weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for last week's explosion aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman. His accusation came just after Syria reported an Israeli missile attack launched from the annexed Golan Heights at targets around the capital Damascus on Sunday night. The incidents follow tit-for-tat actions by Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups and U.S. forces in the region over the past month, which threatened to hamstring the multilateral efforts to revive the JCPOA. The spike in violence comes as Tehran continues to refuse talks with the U.S. over the JCPOA, demanding instead that all sanctions are lifted before any further negotiations. Netanyahu said on Monday that Thursday night's attack on the MV Helios Ray vehicle-carrier … [Read more...] about Iran Refuses U.S. Nuclear Talks As Tensions Rise in Persian Gulf, Syria and Iraq

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 1 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. So much rests upon Pope Francis ' shoulders. So many hopes are pinned on his historic trip to Iraq. Add to the formidable pressure of lifting spirits in a war-torn country, there is a very real terrorist threat. And a raging pandemic. On Friday, the pontiff heads to a country where ISIS tried to eliminate Christians not so long ago. He will visit places that have been devastated, he will visit places that have historic significance for Christians, and some of his stops will be both. "In every part of the country that Pope Francis will visit there are scars – scars of war, of loss, of trauma," Mina Al-Oraibi, editor in chief of The National newspaper based in Abu Dhabi, wrote in her paper last week. "Today Iraq is a battlefield fighting terrorism, corruption, COVID-19, militias and foreign intervention seeking to … [Read more...] about Pope Francis’ planned Iraq trip sparks security, health fears

Despite being in force since March 2020, no one has been charged under Sweden’s anti-terrorism law that enables the prosecute for membership of terrorist groups. The lack of prosecutions comes despite many Islamic State fighters returning to Sweden over several years. Per Lindqvist, chief prosecutor at the National Unit for Security Cases, told Sveriges Radio that there had been no charges laid against any suspected returning fighter because finding proof was difficult, as in Sweden prosecutors require evidence of such activities as handling weapons or explosives. “The way in which the rules have been designed makes it quite difficult to prove this crime. A sign of this, of course, is that we have still not brought any charges so far since the law was created, nor have we requested any person to be placed in custody under this new legislation,” Lindqvist said . Swedish Terror Expert: It’s Very Difficult to Prosecute Returned ISIS Members https://t.co/F4E1Bsnuh5 — … [Read more...] about ‘Quite Difficult to Prove’: One Year After Launch, No Charges Made Under New Swedish Counter-Terror Law