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Today 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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Today 19:33
By Shahrokh Saei
Peace on paper, fire on the ground: Trump’s seven-nation strikes in 2025
TEHRAN – Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has tried to cast himself as a peacemaker, insisting that his second term has brought an end to conflicts that long tied down the United States abroad. He has spoken of breaking with what he calls America’s era of “endless wars,” presenting his foreign policy as restraint, not intervention.
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Today 18:29
'Humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic'
Winter intensifies crisis as 10 nations warn of worsening Gaza blockade
Foreign ministers from ten nations have voiced alarm over the sharp deterioration of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, warning that the situation has reached “catastrophic” levels.
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Yesterday 22:16
Israel conceals extent of casualties from 12-day war: Iran war room chief
TEHRAN – Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Israel suffered “very heavy blows” during the 12-day war with Iran but is concealing the true scale of its casualties and damage through strict censorship.
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Yesterday 21:49
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Manufacturing chaos: How Western and Israeli actors seek to hijack Iran's peaceful protests
TEHRAN – Protests are a natural and fundamental part of any society whose citizens care about their future and believe they can influence it. They are not a sign of systemic failure, but an indicator of civic health and the practice of free speech, assembly, and association. For Western states, their media, and their politicians, all of this holds true—except when the protests occur in Iran.
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Yesterday 19:32
Israel to suspend over two dozen aid groups in Gaza starting January 1
Israel said it plans to suspend over two dozen humanitarian organizations working in Gaza, for allegedly failing to comply with Tel Aviv’s new vetting rules on staff, funding, and operations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), effective January 1, 2026.
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Yesterday 18:44
Somalia unites against Israel’s Somaliland recognition amid global backlash
TEHRAN – Israel’s unilateral recognition of Somaliland as an independent state has ignited outrage across Somalia and beyond, with furious protests denouncing the move as a dangerous violation of international law and a direct assault on Somali sovereignty. The announcement, made on December 26, marked the first time any country has formally recognized Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared independence in 1991 but has remained internationally unacknowledged.
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Yesterday 16:10
Gaza endures new Israeli strikes eighty-one days into ‘ceasefire’
Eighty-one days after the Gaza “ceasefire,” Israeli forces continue assaults, striking al-Maghazi Camp, Beit Lahia, and southern areas, detonating an armored vehicle, and demolishing homes in Gaza City.
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2025-12-29 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.
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2025-12-29 20:26
Exclusive: Weizmann, six months later
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2025-12-29 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.
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2025-12-29 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.
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2025-12-29 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.
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2025-12-29 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.
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2025-12-29 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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.