By staff writer

Israel expands southern Syria footprint; tank columns and artillery push past Golan

TEHRAN — Israeli armor and heavy artillery have locked the approach to Damascus into a steady rhythm of bombardment.

By staff writer

Ansarallah widens Yemen’s western-coast gains despite Saudi airstrikes

TEHRAN — A massive ground offensive by the Yemeni Armed Forces just cleared Saudi-backed troops from 5,400 square kilometers of territory. Seven coalition military divisions dissolved in a matter of days.

By Ali Minabi

Hormuz Strait and Bab al-Mandab: Two strategic chokepoints

TEHRAN — The current link between the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab is just a geographic connection between two maritime points. 

Aoun’s dilemma: When diplomacy fails to change reality on the ground

TEHRAN — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s visit to Nabatieh was intended to convey a powerful political message: the Lebanese state stands with the people of the south.

By staff writer

Iraqi Resistance rejects Saudi pipeline accusation as ‘an honor we do not claim’

TEHRAN — The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has formally rejected Saudi allegations blaming it for recent drone strikes on the kingdom’s East-West crude pipeline. The resistance movement dismissed the charge on Saturday as “an honor we do not claim” and warned that the accusations are part of “malicious Zionist-American plots” meant to trap Iraq in a regional crisis.

By staff writer

Iranian strikes force UAE to dismantle plans for its AI mega-campus

TEHRAN — The United Arab Emirates is quietly dismantling its blueprint for a 5-gigawatt artificial intelligence project, abandoning plans for a centralized campus in Abu Dhabi in favor of a dispersed network of hardened facilities.

By staff writer

Protesters in Cyprus condemn Herzog’s visit, denounce embrace of Israel

TEHRAN — Israeli “President” Isaac Herzog faced sharp condemnation during an official visit to Nicosia on Thursday, as human rights organizations and anti-war activists gathered outside the Presidential Palace to denounce the Christodoulides administration for hosting the head of a regime conducting genocide in Gaza.

By Ali Minabi

Ansar Allah Now Commands Bab al-Mandab Strait

Yemeni forces secure 5,400 km²; Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree confirms ban on Saudi vessels remains active

TEHRAN – The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) have seized control of the country’s western coast, further consolidating their hold over the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait after capturing more than 5,400 square kilometers of territory from Saudi Arabia.

By Ali Minabi

Is Israel reshaping its occupation of southern Lebanon?

TEHRAN – In an attempt to secure legitimacy as an occupying force in Lebanon, Israel is seeking to promote the idea of a withdrawal along three lines to sidestep international demands and withdraw from the Lebanese border.

By Matin Jamshidi

Comrade criminals

TEHRAN- Almost all members of the Netanyahu cabinet are criminal, but some are “more criminal”.

By staff writer

Israeli troops storm Breqa as raids expand across southern Syria

TEHRAN — Israeli forces stormed the village of Breqa in Syria’s southern Quneitra province on Tuesday, raiding a residential home in the latest brazen assault on Syrian sovereignty.

Yemeni forces strike Saudi facilities in retaliatory blitz

TEHRAN – The Yemeni Armed Forces announced the successful execution of a large-scale offensive targeting critical Saudi economic and military installations. 

By staff writer

Volkswagen to hand historic German auto plant to Israeli weapons manufacturers

TEHRAN — Volkswagen has formalized an agreement to transfer its Osnabrück car plant to Israeli investors. The facility will reportedly operate as a dedicated military production hub for Israel’s “Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.” This transaction physically integrates German industrial capacity into the Israeli war machine.

By Ali Minabi

Maliki offers ‘containment’ for Iraqi resistance

TEHRAN – Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected the disarmament of resistance factions, proposing “containment” as an alternative to stripping them of their weapons.

By staff writer

Up to 14,000 bodies still lie under the ruins of Gaza homes

TEHRAN — Thousands of mourners gathered in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood on Sunday for a mass funeral honoring 100 Palestinian martyrs whose remains were recently exhumed from beneath shattered residential buildings.

By M.A. Saki

US House moves to silence universities in favor of Israel

TEHRAN — The United States House of Representatives on September 3 passed a legislation to penalize American universities for boycotting Israel or its academic institutions, including those located in the occupied West Bank.

By staff writer

Aramco facilities in Jizan burn as Yemeni forces advance

TEHRAN — Saudi Aramco’s oil complex in Jizan took another direct hit on Monday, September 7, highlighting persistent fragility in Saudi Arabia’s strategic infrastructure. The latest strike targeted the vital 400,000-barrel-per-day refinery, leaving assessors scrambling to measure structural losses.

By staff writer

Shadowy Emirati firm exposed as major oil supplier for Israeli military

TEHRAN — While Israel continues its campaign of mass extermination in Gaza, a newly established Emirati company has quietly stepped out of the shadows to ensure the Israeli war machine never runs out of fuel.

By Ali Minabi

Are regional countries blindly following the US-Zionist plot?

Lives of millions of people across West Asia have turned into an unbearable hell

TEHRAN – Whatever intentions and calculations some regional leaders have, there is a concern that their peoples will grow accustomed to the killing, criminality, massacres, and daily terror that have turned the lives of millions across West Asia into an unbearable hell.

By staff writer

Israeli warplanes slaughter civilians, obliterate hospital in southern Lebanon

TEHRAN — Israeli warplanes ripped through residential districts in southern Lebanon at dawn on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding 20 others. Israeli strikes targeted populated areas across the Nabatieh district, hitting Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Remman, and Arab Salim. Women and children bore the brunt of the assault.

Germany’s far-right AfD is poised for power

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is speeding into state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday with a sizeable lead in the polls. If the party gets an outright majority, it will put the far right in charge of a state for the first time since World War II.

By Ali Minabi

Israel’s war on UNRWA: Killing the witness

TEHRAN – For over seven decades, UNRWA has stood as more than a relief agency; it has been the living archive of Palestine’s dispossession.

By staff writer

Former US diplomat: Profit-driven foreign policy, American weapons enabled Gaza genocide

TEHRAN — Hala Rharrit spent 18 years inside the United States State Department. She gave her adult life to American diplomacy. In April 2024, she walked away. She became the first American diplomat to resign publicly over the Biden administration’s actions in Gaza.

By Ali Minabi

What has Trump gained following Netanyahu’s lead? 

TEHRAN – U.S. bias toward Israel constitutes one of the constants of American foreign policy, but Trump has pushed this bias to unprecedented lengths.

By staff writer

Rights organizations demand Congress scrap US-Israel military integration bill

TEHRAN — 56 American civil rights and advocacy organizations have issued a blunt demand to Congress: strip a controversial provision from the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act or risk permanently entrenching Israel inside the Pentagon’s core technology apparatus.

By staff writer

Ben Gvir unveils seven-year blueprint to ethnically cleanse Gaza

TEHRAN — Itamar Ben Gvir has formalized the ultimate objective of the Gaza genocide. Israel’s extremist national security minister published a rigid seven-year timetable to empty the besieged territory of 1.86 million indigenous Palestinians.

By staff writer

Palestinian resistance repels covert Israeli kidnapping mission in Gaza City

TEHRAN — Israeli special forces slipped into the crowded Katiba district of western Gaza City before dawn on September 1. They did not leave unnoticed.