Just as it avoids direct confrontation with the U.S. on the battlefield, Tehran will avoid an all-out war in the digital arena. But it will also use online proxies and mercenaries to mask its involvement in lower-level cyberattacks.
New Delhi is trying to hold on to its Iranian oil imports and avoid angering Washington, which has become its most important strategic partner.
From the machinations of Russia and China to the activities of Iran, see what threats to companies and individuals are popping on our security radar for the year to come.
The U.S. sanctions against Iran include a demand that Iraq cut off the energy imports that have helped its troubled power sector keep its head above water.
The Trump administration has broadened the scope of economic sanctions like no other U.S. administration in history, and the rest of the world can do little about it -- for now.
By Matthew Bey
The Israel Defense Forces have launched Operation Northern Shield to destroy Hezbollah-built tunnels running beneath Israel's border with Lebanon, risking a potential escalation with the country's Iranian-backed northern neighbor.
After almost 8 years of war, Syria could soon witness a different kind of conflict with global implications: an escalation of hostilities that pits state against state.
Given its track record of resilience and institutional control over its citizens, Tehran will withstand the pressure, and while its economy will bend, the Islamic republic will not break.
Here's everything you wanted to know about how U.S. sanctions will affect the Islamic republic's oil exports and isolate it from global markets.
While the U.S. won't penalize those allies for now as they continue to import Iranian oil, Washington will expect them eventually to turn off the tap.
