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  • Photo received by the Tehran Times shows one of the buildings of the Weizmann institute 6 months after attack by Iran Yesterday 21:36

    By Staff Writer 

    Weizmann still in Iran's sights: eyes after missiles

    Tehran Times receives recent on-the-ground photos of highly-protected site damaged during Iran's June strikes

    TEHRAN – A review of Hebrew media reports in recent weeks shows that even the regime’s own outlets are uncertain about how to address what appears to be a large-scale Iranian infiltration of Israel’s most sensitive military and security sites. 

  • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L), flanked by senior officials, staged a November 19, 2025, tour of the "buffer zone" on the Syrian side of the Israeli‑occupied Golan Heights (GPO) Yesterday 20:21

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Six countries, three seas, one voracious war machine

    A year of Tel Aviv’s fear doctrine—sovereignty dismantled across six nations, maritime terror targeting humanitarian aid

    TEHRAN – In 2025, Israel acted as a borderless war machine, unleashing over 10,631 military attacks across six nations—Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen, and Qatar—while extending its brutality to maritime terrorism against aid ships in the waters of Malta, Greece, and Tunisia.

  • Yemen Yesterday 19:47

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Yemen and mirage of Somaliland: Sovereignty, deterrence, and battle over the Red Sea

    BEIRUT—The renewed focus on the so-called “Somaliland” is not an isolated African issue but a deliberate geopolitical maneuver tied to the security of the Red Sea and the balance of power in West Asia.

  • Yemen Abdul-Malik al-Houthi Yesterday 19:44

    By staff writer 

    Al-Houthi’s warning: A red line for Israel in Somaliland

    TEHRAN – The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah has declared that any Israeli presence in Somaliland will be treated as a “military target,” framing Israel’s recent recognition of the breakaway region as an act of aggression against Somalia, Yemen, and the wider Red Sea corridor. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi’s remarks underscore the seriousness with which Yemen’s resistance movement views Tel Aviv’s latest geopolitical maneuver, and highlight the broader struggle over sovereignty and control in one of the world’s most strategic maritime zones.

  • Abu Obaida Yesterday 19:19

    By staff writer 

    The masked voice lives on: Abu Obaida and Gaza’s unyielding resistance

    TEHRAN – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has confirmed that its armed wing spokesperson, Abu Obaida, and then Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar were martyred in Israel’s genocidal war earlier this year. The announcement came in a prerecorded address by the newly appointed spokesman of the Izz al Din al Qassam Brigades, who vowed that the blood of the martyrs would only strengthen the resolve of the resistance.

  • Gaza tents Yesterday 16:40

    Heavy rain and fierce winds uproot Gaza tents, forcing families into the cold

    Heavy rain and strong winds flooded and uprooted tents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, worsening already dire living conditions for Palestinians after two years of Israeli genocide. 

  • Iraq military 2025-12-28 21:23

    US using Iraqi airspace to spy on Iran

    Ambassador says spy jets have been identified in Iran’s vicinity 

    In an interview with Iraqi media, Mohammad Kazem al-Sadeq said Tehran has identified U.S. spy planes which used Iraqi skies to monitor Iranian soil. He also warned that the U.S. supports Israeli jet fighters in Iraqi airspace, which amounts to a “threat.”

  • Handala BibiGate files 2025-12-28 20:02

    Major hack exposes Netanyahu’s chief aide in corruption scandal

    Bibi’s ‘gatekeeper’ exposed: Handala releases files tied to Qatargate

    THERAN – The illusion of impenetrable security surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has been shattered once again, revealing what cyber resistance group Handala called the “rotten core of power” festering within Israel in a statement on its website on Sunday.

  • Sheikh Qassem 2025-12-28 19:44

    Hezbollah leader rejects foreign-backed disarmament drive as tool for Israeli annexation

    TEHRAN – In an address marking the memorial of founding leader Haj Mohammad “Abu Salim” Yaghi, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem declared that the foreign-backed push to disarm the Resistance is a “Zionist-American project” intended to annex parts of Lebanon and reduce the remainder to a tool of Western hegemony.

  • Lebanon 2025-12-28 18:52

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    How a technical committee has turned into a strategic threat to Lebanon

    BEIRUT—What was introduced after the November 27, 2024 ceasefire as a purely technical arrangement has gradually evolved into a mechanism with political and security implications that extend far beyond its stated purpose. 

  • A displaced Palestinian child looks on amid a rainstorm in the western Gaza Strip, December 27, 2025 (AA) 2025-12-28 17:37

    Woman killed in Gaza as bombed wall collapses on tent amid storm

    A Palestinian woman was killed, and several family members were injured when a storm-damaged building wall collapsed onto a tent in Gaza City’s Al-Rimal neighborhood on Sunday, Anadolu reported.

  • Monument in Somaliland’s Hargeisa depicts a hand holding a map of the area (AFP) 2025-12-28 15:21

    21 Islamic, African states condemn Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as destabilizing

    Representatives of 21 Islamic, Arab, and African countries on Friday condemned Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as a sovereign state, calling it a violation of international law and a threat to regional stability, Anadolu reported Saturday.

  • Israeli settler attack 2025-12-28 15:07

    Israeli settlers rampage through West Bank towns, torch Palestinian cars and vandalize homes

    Illegal Israeli settlers attacked and damaged Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.

  • Baqaei 2025-12-27 21:53

    Israel ‘blatantly violating’ Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity: Iran

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, has condemned Israel’s “blatant” violation of Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, accusing the Israeli regime of seeking to advance a plan aimed at dividing the East African country.

  • Dr. Hussam Abu Safia 2025-12-27 20:40

    Israel’s detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safia enters second year

    Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, 52, remains in an Israeli prison a year after Israel detained him without charges or trial.

  • Destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 18, 2025 (Reuters) 2025-12-27 20:33

    ‘No witnesses, no narrative:’ Syndicate says Israel deliberately targets Palestinian journalists

    Israel’s systematic campaign of violence against Palestinian journalists since October 2023 has peaked this year with the targeting of dozens of members of the press, Al Jazeera reported Saturday, citing the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.

  • Destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 18, 2025 (Reuters) 2025-12-27 20:29

    Israel’s ceasefire breaches deepen Gaza’s suffering

    TEHRAN — More than two months after a U.S.-brokered “ceasefire” took effect on October 10, Israeli forces continue near-daily assaults and restrictions, deepening Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.

  • Gaza 2025/12/27

    By Sasa Milivojev

    Gaza genocide and collapse of human conscience

    Shame on silence, cowardice and betrayal of humanity 

    History will record this moment not as a triumph of civilization, but as its absolute moral collapse. In Gaza, more than 70,000 innocent human beings—the overwhelming majority women, mothers, pregnant women, and children—have been systematically annihilated. Their crime? Being born Palestinian. Their punishment? Death under rubble, starvation, and fire. And the world, with all its institutions, governments, and self-proclaimed guardians of humanity, stood by in silence.

  • Somaliland 2025-12-27 19:17

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    Israel’s recognition of Somaliland: Power play or Gaza expulsion plot?

    TEHRAN – Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has triggered fierce backlash across Africa, the Arab world, and beyond. At the same time, the move has brought Israel’s underlying motives into sharper focus, raising questions about regional security, international law, and the fate of Palestinians in Gaza.

  • Zarif 2025-12-26 22:04

    Former Iranian FM says Israel drives U.S. policy, calls Netanyahu main obstacle to peace

    TEHRAN – Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Israel exerts decisive influence over U.S. policy and remains the main source of instability in the region, calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the biggest obstacle to peace.

  • Israeli forces 2025-12-26 21:57

    Israeli media alleges second Iranian spy arrest within a week; one suspect knew IDF chief

    TEHRAN – On Thursday and Friday, Israeli media reported the separate arrests of two alleged Iranian spies, raising concern in the regime’s political and military circles by revealing that one detainee had met several times with the Israeli military's Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, before transferring information to Iran.

  • Lebanon 2025-12-26 20:27

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Kidnapping of Lebanese officer: Growing suspicions and unanswered questions

    BEIRUT — Political and media discourse surrounding the abduction of former General Security officer Ahmad Shukr has intensified claims that he was forcibly taken into the occupied Palestinian territories.

  • Afula operation car 2025-12-26 20:18

    Afula operation a natural response to ongoing Israeli crimes: Hamas

    TEHRAN – Hamas declared Friday’s Afula operation an “expression of accumulated popular anger” resulting from the Israeli occupation regime’s daily crimes.

  • Netanyahu 2025/12/26

    By Ehsan Abdollahi

    Netanyahu’s US tour: A shameful display of collusion against justice and peace

    TEHRAN – In the midst of historic global turmoil, an alarming spectacle is once again unfolding: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing for yet another visit to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump. This trip, which comes on the heels of multiple previous visits since Trump’s return to the White House, is not a diplomatic milestone — it is the latest chapter in a troubling alliance that undermines justice, fuels regional conflict, and exposes the United States as little more than Israel’s political enabler on the world stage.

  • Israeli troops in Syria 2025-12-26 18:56

    By staff writer 

    Syria under the weight of Israel’s occupation

    TEHRAN – Israel continues its military strikes in southern Syria nearly a year after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Western-backed interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani.

  • Olive trees cut down by settlers in the occupied West Bank (File) 2025-12-26 16:30

    Israel destroys 8,000+ West Bank olive trees amid escalating attacks

    Attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers destroyed more than 8,000 olive trees across the occupied West Bank in one week, causing losses of nearly $7 million, Al Mayadeen reported Friday, citing the Palestinian Agriculture Ministry.

  • Doctors attend a graduation ceremony at al-Shifa Hospital, honoring 168 physicians who received specialist certificates (Anadolu) 2025-12-26 16:06

    168 Gaza doctors graduate even as Israel reduced hospitals to rubble

    A cohort of 168 Palestinian doctors received advanced medical certifications in Gaza amid the ruins of al-Shifa Medical Complex, once the territory’s largest hospital, Al Jazeera reported Friday.

  • Handala hack 2025-12-24 22:09

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Israel’s digital house of cards

    Why the cyber superpower myth is failing

    TEHRAN – For decades, Israel has meticulously curated an image of itself as an impenetrable "cyber superpower," a high-tech "villa in the jungle" where the fabricated "start-up nation" myth provided a psychological shield for its settler population.

  • 2025 has been one of the most consequential years in the modern history of the Middle East 2025-12-24 20:29

    Expert warns crisis in West Asia will worsen in 2026 without policy shifts

    ‘2025 has exposed dangers of unilateralism, militarized regional strategies and maximalist ideological projects’

    TEHRAN - A Princeton University researcher says 2026 may bring “deeper instability” at a great cost to the Middle East and United States if UN resolutions are not enacted, a regional security mechanism is not established, and the US and Iran don’t enter comprehensive dialogue.

  • Gaza ruins 2025-12-24 20:00

    Israel’s bombing forces Gaza families to live in ruins

    Families across Gaza are returning to buildings scarred by war, transforming ruins into fragile shelters.