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Yesterday 21:00
By Sahar Dadjoo
While the 1948 Nakba is still bleeding, Gaza is facing a second Nakba
TEHRAN - May 15, 2025, marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, a catastrophe that forcibly uprooted over 750,000 Palestinians and erased more than 500 villages in 1948. However, this tragedy is not limited to the past; it continues to reverberate in the present, particularly in Gaza.
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Yesterday 20:56
77 years of resistance against Nakba
Transcending the mistakes of the past
CAIRO - Within the context of the decades-long Arab-Israeli conflict, the 1948 war-later known as the Nakba-stands as the most tragic and consequential starting point in the modern history of the Middle East.
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Yesterday 20:39
By Wesam Bahrani
Palestinians resisting another Nakba
TEHRAN – Why the resilience of Palestinians will prevent another Nakba amid unprecedented war crimes in Gaza.
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Yesterday 20:38
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Palestine’s ongoing Nakba
BEIRUT — The Nakba in Palestine in 1948 marked a turning point in West Asia. It was no less dangerous than what happened at the end of World War I, particularly for the Islamic Ummah, as the Zionist entity was established to serve global imperialism.
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2025-05-13 15:32
Hamas approached pro-Trump activist for secret talks that freed Edan Alexander
Backchannel talks leading to the release of Edan Alexander, the last American held in Gaza, began with a message from a Hamas official to Bishara Bahbah, former leader of "Arab Americans for Trump," according to Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. officials speaking to Axios.
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2025-05-12 22:09
Children among 27 killed as Israel strikes Gaza before release of Israeli-American captive
The Israeli army killed at least 27 Palestinians, including children, and injured several others in strikes across the war-torn Gaza on Monday ahead of the scheduled release of Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander.
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2025-05-12 22:09
Famine imminent in Gaza if Israel doesn’t lift blockade, hunger monitor warns
Famine is imminent in Gaza, with half a million people at risk of starvation unless Israel lifts its siege, according to a grim new report released on Monday by a global hunger monitor, marking a major deterioration since its last report in October, Middle East Eye reported.
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2025-05-12 22:09
American-Israeli soldier Alexander is reunited with family as Hamas releases him
Hamas released Edan Alexander, a dual American-Israeli national and soldier, as it seeks to revive ceasefire negotiations and an end to Israel’s punishing blockade on the besieged Gaza Strip.
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2025-05-12 21:59
By Wesam Bahrani
Israeli troops fall in deadly Gaza ambush
TEHRAN – In a complex operation, the Palestinian resistance forces in Gaza target a group of occupation officers and soldiers.
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2025-05-12 21:40
By Sahar Dadjoo
Jolani's gamble: Surrendering fragmented Syria to US and Israel
TEHRAN - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani) has embarked on a controversial diplomatic campaign to secure U.S. sanctions relief, proposing a Trump Tower in Damascus and détente with Israel.
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2025-05-11 22:43
Netanyahu’s messianic government’s priority is to annex West Bank, expel Gazans: Thomas Friedman
NY Times columnist says Netanyahu is not a US friend
TEHRAN - The famous New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says Benjamin Netanyahu’s “ultranationalist” and “messianic” government is not America’s ally.
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2025-05-11 22:42
1,400 pairs of shoes displayed to honor healthcare workers killed in Gaza
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rotterdam on Saturday, May 10, for a poignant memorial in which 1,400 pairs of white shoes were displayed in a public square to honor healthcare workers killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza.
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2025-05-11 22:41
Starvation and siege claim 14 elderly lives in Gaza within a week
Alongside the relentless toll of fatalities from continuous Israeli bombardment, a silent death is sweeping through Gaza’s elderly and children—largely unrecorded and undocumented, Euromedmonitor reported.
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2025-05-11 22:41
65,000 children facing death from Israeli starvation policy
The Gaza government warned Friday that more than 65,000 children are at immediate risk from famine because of Israel's siege and two-month blockade of essential supplies to the Gaza Strip as part of its genocidal campaign on the Palestinian enclave, Anadolu Agency reported.
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2025-05-11 22:36
By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza blast injures 9 Israeli troops
TEHRAN – An explosive device planted by the Palestinian resistance leaves Israeli occupation forces injured.
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2025-05-11 22:35
By Sondoss Al Asaad
What is Washington's interest in drying up Lebanon's cash economy?
BEIRUT — Ahead of May 2026 parliamentary elections, Washington is counting on the impact of a series of punitive measures against the Shiite duo, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.
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2025-05-11 22:33
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump’s delivery of advanced arms to Israel without scrutiny
TEHRAN - During Donald Trump’s second presidency, the U.S.-Israel relationship has entered a new phase marked by intensified military, political, and diplomatic support.
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2025-05-10 23:00
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump’s looming Riyadh visit and regional power dynamics
TEHRAN- President Donald Trump is embarking on his first international trip of his second term, returning to Saudi Arabia—a symbolic echo of his 2017 debut on the world stage. The visit, however, unfolded against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions, including the ongoing Gaza conflict, the uphill Iran nuclear negotiations, and shifting alliances.
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2025-05-10 22:58
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemen to enforce Israeli airspace ban
TEHRAN – Yemeni forces launch operations to block commercial air travel in Israeli skies in solidarity with Gaza.
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2025/05/10
By Mansour Barati
Beyond Netanyahu: Towards a new right in Israel
As Netanyahu's dominance over Israeli politics steadily diminishes, a new political landscape is beginning to emerge in the Zionist right. The era of Netanyahu—a leader whose influence shaped Israel's political scene for over a decade—seems to be drawing to a close.
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2025-05-09 22:27
By Wesam Bahrani
Hamas ambushes occupation forces
TEHRAN – The armed wing of Hamas inflicts heavy losses on two separate units of the Israeli occupation forces.
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2025-05-09 22:11
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lessons Lebanon can learn from what is happening in Syria
BEIRUT — By intensifying its attacks on “New Syria”—under the pretext of protecting the Druze—the Israeli enemy is trying to make anyone who dares to challenge the HTS-led regime’s positions understand that they are forbidden from objecting to Israel’s known conspiracy to expand, destabilize, and subjugate West Asia’s peoples.
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2025-05-09 22:10
By Sahar Dadjoo
Divisions emerge between Israel and US over Gaza and Yemen
TEHRAN - Prior to President Trump's trip to the Middle East in mid-May, his administration has stepped up diplomatic efforts to mediate a ceasefire in Gaza as Israel is continuing its relentless military operations there.
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2025-05-09 13:22
By Sahar Dadjoo
Imperatives of pragmatism: A new era for German-Israeli ties during the 1980s–1990s
The Israeli-German relationship during the 1980s and 1990s was one of the most sensitive and dynamically evolving friendships in post-war international relations. Based on the trauma of the Holocaust, the German-Israeli relationship has changed over the years from moral responsibility to pragmatic cooperation, depending on internal political reasons but also changing international circumstances.
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2025-05-07 22:50
US loses another warplane off Yemen
The US Navy has lost another fighter jet in the Red Sea, marking the second incident involving an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the USS Harry S. Truman in just over a week, and the third such loss since Washington intensified operations against Ansarallah in Yemen.
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2025-05-07 22:49
Israeli attacks kill more than 60 as Gaza blockade accelerates starvation
Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed at least 61 people since dawn, targeting civilians in crowded places, as its more than two-month blockade of the besieged and bombarded enclave has caused acute food shortages, accelerating the starvation of the Palestinian population, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-05-07 22:49
European foreign ministers ‘firmly reject any territorial change in Gaza'
The foreign ministers of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia, and Spain on Wednesday expressed deep alarm over Israel’s reported plans to expand military operations in Gaza and establish a prolonged presence in the territory, Anadolu Agency reported.
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2025-05-07 22:47
By Sondoss Al Assad
As usual, Yemen turns the tables on the magician
BEIRUT — It seems clear that the upcoming days will be witnessing accelerating developments as West Asia is on a political hotbed following the hypersonic ballistic missile launched at Ben Gurion Airport in an unprecedented strategic development.
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2025-05-07 22:44
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemen warns Israelis to stay in shelters
TEHRAN – Yemen has warned the Israeli regime of a painful response while revealing that America had called for a ceasefire.
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2025-05-06 20:35
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemen warns Israelis of “severe consequences”
TEHRAN – A deadly Israeli-American aerial assault on Yemen and its airport has prompted stern warnings of escalation from the Sanaa government.