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2025-12-31 19:34
By Garsha Vazirian
The anatomy of a broken Syria and the mirage of sovereignty
How al-Sharaa has failed to secure Syria against relentless Israeli aggression and internal rot
TEHRAN – More than a year after the collapse of the al-Assad government in December 2024, the “New Syria” has proved to be a cruel mirage.
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2025-11-21 19:45
By Garsha Vazirian
Netanyahu slams Palestinian sovereignty shut despite Saudi normalization lure
TEHRAN – Israel reiterated its refusal to allow a Palestinian state, insisting that “even if” ties with Saudi Arabia are normalized, statehood remains off-limits. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in a November 20 interview that it “is not on the table for me.”
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2025-11-16 18:53
By Shahrokh Saei
Decoding the deception: How Trump’s ceasefire blocks Palestinian statehood
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza has been promoted as a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and eventual statehood. Yet Israeli officials have made clear that such statehood will never be accepted, exposing the truce plan as a diplomatic pretense designed to advance U.S. and Israeli agendas under the guise of peace.
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2025-10-24 15:33
‘Keep riding camels:’ Israeli minister’s racist jibe at Saudi normalization terms sparks outrage
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissed Saudi Arabia’s presumed demand for Palestinian statehood as a precondition for normalization on Thursday, sneering at a Tzomet Institute conference that the kingdom should “keep riding camels in the Saudi desert” while Israel “innovates.”
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2025-10-18 16:13
A cancerous tumor does not become ‘normal’
TEHRAN – Normalization is not merely reopening an embassy, resuming direct flights, a few handshake photos, or a handful of diplomatic signatures.
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2025-07-09 16:17
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Normalization process between Syria and Israel accelerating
BEIRUT — Israeli i24news revealed that an upcoming meeting in September—sponsored by President Donald Trump at the White House—will bring together Abu Muhammad al-Julani, Syria’s self-appointed president (currently known as Ahmed al-Sharaa), with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a security agreement that will pave the way for a “peace” agreement.
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2025-06-30 22:15
By Sondos Al-Asaad
Why is Washington pressing Lebanon to put Hezbollah weapons to vote in cabinet?
BEIRUT — Israel’s Channel 14 revealed a U.S. plan that “is not unlikely to materialize” to drag Arab and Islamic countries into normalization with the Israeli entity within a year at the latest.
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2025-06-22 22:14
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Best time for US to impose normalization between Damascus and Tel Aviv
BEIRUT — During a Security Council session on Syria, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea called on the Syrian government to take a series of political and security steps, most notably initiating talks with the Israeli entity.
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2025-02-03 16:55
Israeli-Saudi normalization is within reach: Atlantic Council
High on the agenda of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House is a potential deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Trump wants to move fast on it, having dispatched his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Riyadh both during the transition and last week.
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2024-05-31 11:22
Riyadh, Washington likely going ahead with ‘mega deal’ without Saudi deal with Israel: reports
Just a few days ago several media reports suggested that Saudi Arabia was on the verge of a "mega deal" with the United States.
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2023-10-03 22:26
Iran seeking to block normalization with Israel: FM
TEHRAN – The Iranian foreign minister has said that Iran aims to further strengthen relations with Saudi Arabia with the purpose of blocking normalization with the Zionist regime of Israel.