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Today 21:54
After 'war on global technology,' Iran pushes for advanced stealth missiles
TEHRAN - The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has declared that enhancing the country's stealth-missile technology is a critical priority. He also issued a warning that any new Israeli aggression would be met with a response more severe than ever before.
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2025/12/07
By Xavier Villar
The colonial reconfiguration: Israel and the extinction of sovereignty in West Asia
MADRID – In the conventional diplomatic lexicon, “normalization” is typically framed as an intrinsic good: the peaceful acceptance of a state within recognized borders, integrated into the regional economic and security architecture. It is a term that evokes closure and resolution.
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Today 21:40
By staff writer
Merz’s appeasement of Netanyahu will only embolden war criminals
TEHRAN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Israel for the first time since taking office in May. Merz’s visit comes just days after Germany decided to lift a three-month suspension on arms exports to Israel.
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Today 20:25
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s neutrality debate in a shifting regional context
BEIRUT — Let’s try, for a moment, to imagine a Lebanon where words mean what they say. In that alternate universe, “neutrality” would imply rejecting foreign meddling of any kind, “interference” would refer to bombing residential areas, and “sovereignty” might include the radical notion of objecting to drones overhead.
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Today 18:51
By Wesam Bahrani
The future of armed resistance in Gaza
TEHRAN – The Palestinian resistance in Gaza faces a precarious period between flimsy ceasefires and ongoing aggression.
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Today 18:14
Handala names Iron Dome architects in devastating leak
TEHRAN – In another operation in its cyber campaign against Israel’s military establishment, the pro-Palestine hacking collective Handala has published the detailed identities of what it calls the “main architects” of the Iron Dome missile defense system.
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Today 15:21
Hamas signals readiness to place arms under Palestinian state authority
Hamas said Saturday it was ready to hand over its weapons in the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army's occupation ends, AFP reported Saturday.
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Today 15:20
Israel committed 57 assaults on Palestinian journalists in November alone
Israeli forces and illegal settlers committed 57 violations and assaults against journalists in the occupied West Bank and Gaza in November, Anadolu reported Sunday, citing the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS).
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2025/12/06
By Fatemeh Kavand
Implications of potential transformations in US-aligned governments for Iran’s future
Instead of using the help of Arab states, Israel may leverage Arab instability to target Iran
Political shifts in West Asia are rarely calm or gradual; rather, they tend to be sudden, multilayered, and deeply interconnected. For decades, countries in the region have repeatedly witnessed how a single spark can alter the course of history.
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Yesterday 22:45
Terrorists arrested before Tehran metro bombing; trainer a ‘NATO officer’ residing in Sweden
TEHRAN – A number of individuals in Iran, receiving funds and training out of Europe, were arrested by intelligence forces before they could carry out the terrorist operations they had been instructed to conduct, which included the bombing of Tehran’s vast metro station, the killing of police and security forces, and the murder of random civilians.
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Yesterday 22:18
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Scrambling to Sustain a Waning Hegemony
Decoding the 2025 US National Security Strategy
TEHRAN – The White House's periodic document outlining United States foreign policy and national security strategy was released by the Trump administration on Thursday. The 33-page document, which appears to draw heavily on Trump's "America First" policy, has raised alarms in nearly every region of the world—with the probable exception of Israel.
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Yesterday 20:08
‘Pause’ in Gaza cannot be called ‘ceasefire’ without Israeli withdrawal: Qatar PM
Negotiations on consolidating the U.S.-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a "critical" moment, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
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Yesterday 19:57
By Shahrokh Saei
A thousand cuts: Israel’s hybrid war tactics in the Persian Gulf
TEHRAN – In the Persian Gulf, the islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb have long stood as enduring symbols of Iran’s sovereignty. The renewed mention of the islands in the final communique of a Persian Gulf Arab summit in Bahrain was not a mere diplomatic formality, but part of a broader geopolitical maneuver. The statement, which condemned what it called Iran’s “continued occupation” of the islands, was swiftly rejected by Tehran.
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Yesterday 19:03
By Sondoss Al Asaad
LF outsourcing patriotism to the occupiers: See how it ended in Afghanistan
BEIRUT—No contradiction in Lebanese politics is more glaring than the desire of the Lebanese Forces (LF) to see the Israeli enemy resolve their political dispute inside Lebanon. A party that claims to defend state sovereignty routinely seeks foreign intervention against a Lebanese actor with a proven popular and national base.
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Yesterday 17:43
Israel hikes military service to 36 months amid ‘corruption and draft-dodging’ crisis
Israeli War Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on 5 December a plan to extend mandatory military service to 36 months, The Cradle reported Saturday.
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Yesterday 17:40
Sara Netanyahu’s interference in Gofman appointment triggers uproar
A political and security storm is brewing in Israel following a Channel 13 report revealing a lengthy meeting between Roman Gofman and Sara Netanyahu, just days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Gofman’s appointment as head of the Mossad, according to Al Mayadeen’s Saturday report.
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Yesterday 17:35
UN warns of sharp surge in Israeli settler attacks across West Bank in 2025
The UN warned of a surge in illegal Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, highlighting ongoing humanitarian disruptions in northern communities, Anadolu reported Saturday.
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2025-12-05 21:48
Public back-and-forth continues between Araghchi and Lebanese counterpart
Iran’s FM reiterates support for Lebanon’s sovereignty after Rajji lashes out over concerned warnings
TEHRAN – Tehran moved to calm diplomatic waters on Thursday after Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, firmly reiterated the Islamic Republic’s unwavering respect for Lebanese sovereignty, following what appeared to be an excessive and unexpected reaction from Lebanon’s top diplomat to an Iranian politician’s warning about the whittling away of Lebanon’s defense prowess in the face of continued Israeli aggression.
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2025-12-05 21:19
Hezbollah leader: Israel seeks to grab Lebanon under ‘Greater Israel’ scheme
Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem accuses Israel of pursuing an “expansionist agenda” under the banner of a so-called “Greater Israel,” warning that Lebanon is the next target of occupation.
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2025-12-05 18:10
By Wesam Bahrani
Israel utterly failed to shield its protégé in Gaza
TEHRAN – The occupying Israeli regime suffered a setback after its most prominent militia leader was killed in Gaza.
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2025-12-05 18:05
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s art of giving everything away for free
BEIRUT — For decades, Lebanon’s leaders have embraced a peculiar diplomatic approach: yield concession after concession, gain nothing in return, and feign surprise as the nation’s leverage steadily disappears.
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2025-12-05 14:24
‘War on international law:’ Merz’s Israel trip under fire from German opposition
German opposition party, Die Linke (The Left), has criticized Chancellor Friedrich Merz for his planned trip to Israel this weekend, where he will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Al Jazeera reported Friday.
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2025-12-05 14:22
‘Resounding failure’ for Israel: Tel-Aviv-backed gangster Abu Shabab killed
Yasser Abu Shabab, the Israel-backed smuggler and gang leader who commanded a Rafah-based militia of anti-Hamas fighters, was killed on Friday, The Cradle reported, citing Hebrew-language media.
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2025-12-03 18:39
By staff writer
The mirage of peace: Gaza under fire
TEHRAN – It has been more than 50 days since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect, intended to end the Gaza war. For Palestinians, however, that promise has meant nothing. The Israeli bombardment has continued unabated, and the humanitarian crisis has only deepened.
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2025-12-03 18:15
By Wesam Bahrani
Global rebuke of Israeli occupation
TEHRAN – The United Nations overwhelmingly condemns the ongoing Israeli occupation of Arab lands amid opposition by the U.S. and a few of its allies.
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2025-12-03 17:30
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Naqoura talks: Trojan Horse of economic and political normalization
BEIRUT—The Lebanese government’s decision to appoint former ambassador Simon Karam, a civilian with openly political positions, to lead the Lebanese delegation in the so-called Military Technical Committee meetings in Naqoura is not a procedural adjustment. Rather, it is a political landmine.
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2025-12-03 15:23
Over 200 international celebrities call for Marwan Barghouti’s release from Israeli prison
Hundreds of prominent cultural figures have signed an open letter urging Israel to release Marwan Barghouti, the most prominent Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody.
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2025/12/02
By Fatemeh Kavand
Iran, Lebanon, and the fog of West’s psychological warfare
The recent remarks by Lebanon’s foreign minister about “Iranian interference” have triggered a wave of reactions across the region’s political landscape.
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2025-12-02 19:35
By Garsha Vazirian
No truce for truth-tellers: Wadi latest casualty of Israel’s war on journalism
TEHRAN – Israel killed Palestinian photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi with a precise drone strike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on December 2, 2025.
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2025-12-02 17:33
Israel launches intense West Bank offensive, deliberately kills two teens in Hebron
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager in Hebron on Tuesday, the latest victim to intensified military operations that have swept across the occupied West Bank, leaving entire communities under siege.