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  • Bibi and Abbas II Yesterday 20:03

    By Garsha Vazirian

    A subcontractor abandoned: PA discovers collaboration buys no protection, or visas

    The visa ban is an assault on Palestinian representation

    TEHRAN – The Trump administration announced Friday it would deny and revoke visas for about 80 senior Palestinian officials, including President Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York in September. The move, unprecedented in scope, would bar most of the Palestinian delegation from one of their few global platforms.

  • EU Gaza Yesterday 18:55

    By staff writer 

    Rising Gaza famine sparks calls for Europe to pressure Israel

    TEHRAN – European governments are facing increasing pressure to act against Israel as civilian casualties mount and widespread starvation intensifies in Gaza amid the nearly two-year-long conflict in the Palestinian territory.

  • Musa al-Sadr Yesterday 18:24

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    47th anniversary of Sayyed Musa al-Sadr’s disappearance

    BEIRUT — On Sunday, Lebanon marks the 47th anniversary of the disappearance of Sayyed Musa al-Sadr, the founder of the Resistance against Israeli occupation, along with his two companions—Sheikh Muhammad Yaqoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine.

  • Gaza Yesterday 18:21

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Israeli casualties and “missing” soldiers 

    TEHRAN – Hebrew media have described “security incidents” in Gaza City as one of the most difficult since October 7, 2023. 

  • Late Yemeni PM Yesterday 18:07

    Yemen mourns prime minister killed in Israeli strike, vows continued resistance

    In the wake of a deadly Israeli airstrike on Thursday, Yemen’s Presidency announced in a Saturday statement the martyrdom of Prime Minister Ahmad Ghaleb al‑Rahwi and several ministers during a routine government workshop in Sana’a. The attack, which also left other ministers wounded, was condemned as a “cowardly act” aimed at undermining Yemen’s role in supporting Gaza.

  • Yemen 2025-08-29 20:55

    By Wesam Bahrani

    Yemen denies Israeli assassination claims

    TEHRAN – Yemen’s Defense Ministry in Sanaa denies Israeli claims that recent airstrikes targeted and assassinated leaders from the Ansarallah movement

  • Lebanon 2025-08-29 20:49

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Army strongly opposes plan to pit Lebanese against each other 

    Corrupt judiciary is rewarding traitors and embezzlers 

    BEIRUT — Since the resistance liberated southern Lebanon in 2000, addressing the issue of Lebanese collaborators with the Israeli entity has remained one of the key tests of the Lebanese state’s resolve in safeguarding national security.

  • Gaza 2025-08-29 20:44

    By staff writer 

    500+ UN staff demand Israel’s Gaza war be called genocide

    TEHRAN – Israel’s brutal war on the Gaza Strip, combined with its deliberate starvation policy, continues unchecked in the besieged Palestinian territory. 

  • Gaza City 2025-08-29 20:03

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Israel's chilling assault on Gaza City

    TEHRAN – The Israeli military on Friday declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone,” ending the so-called “tactical pauses” that had allowed limited food deliveries into the besieged north. The move has heightened fears of another mass displacement as Israel prepares what appears to be a major ground assault.

  • Pro-Palestine protests surge in Australia 2025-08-27 20:00

    By Garsha Vazirian

    How rising voices for Gaza have shaken Australia

    TEHRAN – Over the past two years, Australia has experienced a remarkable rise in pro-Palestine activism, as increasingly frequent and expansive demonstrations have mobilized citizens across the nation in solidarity with Gaza and condemnation of Israeli military conduct.

  • Starvation 2025-08-27 18:23

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Starvation worsens in Gaza

    TEHRAN – The Gaza Strip is caught not just in the flames of war, but in a deepening famine. UN experts insist this is no accident but a deliberate strategy.

  • French UN peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese-Israeli border in the village of Houla, southern Lebanon, August 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) 2025-08-27 17:41

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Will UNIFIL extend its influence over Beirut’s southern suburbs?

    BEIRUT — A few days before the end of its mandate in southern Lebanon, the UN Security Council has yet to set a date for a session to decide the fate of UNIFIL’s mission due to the American-Israeli condition that the extension be linked to the disarmament of Hezbollah.

  • Gaza 2025-08-27 17:38

    By staff writer

    Global condemnation grows over Israeli killing of journalists in Gaza

    TEHRAN — Global outcry continues after an Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital killed journalists and first responders, fueling condemnation and political backlash around the world. 

  • Lebanon 2025-08-27 17:28

    Outrage in Lebanon after US envoy calls journalists 'animalistic, uncivilized'

    The Lebanese Press Editors Syndicate has demanded a public apology from US envoy Tom Barrack, in response to comments he made describing journalists at the presidential palace as “animalistic.”

  • Gaza starvation 2025-08-27 13:44

    Two children among 10 Palestinians starved to death in Gaza

    The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza has reported at least 10 deaths from famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, including two children, Middle East Eye reported. 

  • Syria Jolani 2025-08-26 20:34

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Dancing with danger: Syria's pact with the Israeli devil

    TEHRAN - In the treacherous theater of geopolitics in West Asia, where trust is as thin as rice paper and often folded into a sharp edge, Syria’s new leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa — better known as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani — is edging toward a so-called security agreement with Israel.

  • In this photo released by the Lebanese Presidency press office, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, left, meets with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, right, at the presidential palace in Baabda, in east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Lebanese Presidency press office via AP) 2025-08-26 19:09

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Why did Netanyahu praise the Lebanese government's decision?

    BEIRUT—The Lebanese government has not yet commented on the commendatory statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office regarding the decision to disarm the Resistance, which can only be viewed as an expression of a coordinated strategic course planned against Lebanon.

  • Israel protest Tel Aviv 2025-08-26 18:47

    By staff writer 

    Gaza war and captive crisis push Israel deeper into ‘nightmare’

    TEHRAN — Escalating protests in Israel against the regime’s failed military strategy in Gaza have exposed deep internal divisions.

  • Lisa Cook 2025-08-26 18:33

    Trump orders removal of Federal Reserve governor

    US President Donald Trump said he will immediately remove Federal Reserve official Lisa Cook from her position, in a major escalation in his battle against the US central bank, the BBC reported. 

  • Photo caption: Palestinians gather to receive cooked meals from a food distribution center in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 18 August 2025. (AFP) 2025-08-26 17:02

    More people starve to death in Gaza

    The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that three more adults died in Gaza over the past 24 hours “due to famine and malnutrition.”

  • Israel protest 2025-08-26 14:39

    Israeli protesters call for ceasefire and captive deal

    Protesters calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the return of captives took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning, Middle East Eye reported. 

  • Gaza 2025/08/25

    By Muhammad Akmal Khan

    Gaza’s fate was foreseen

    ISLAMABAD - The stars no longer depict the night sky in Gaza but displays fire. Whole neighborhoods are consumed by bombs. Hospitals lie in ruins, transformed into mass graves where the wounded wait helplessly for treatment that will never come. The parents hold the cold flesh of their martyred children.

  • Israel attacked Yemen capital 2025-08-25 20:31

    By staff writer

    Yemen’s solidarity with Gaza is unwavering despite sacrifices

    TEHRAN - On August 24, 2025, Israel carried out a series of extensive airstrikes over Yemen's capital, Sanaa, targeting multiple military and civilian sites, including the presidential palace, power plants, fuel storage, and buildings of oil companies. 

  • Hezbollah 2025-08-25 20:22

    Hezbollah rejects disarmament as "Israeli diktat"

    Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said the Lebanese government’s decree to remove the resistance group’s weapons is a grave mistake taken under Israeli diktats.

  • Ex Dutch FM Caspar Veldkamp 2025-08-25 19:55

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Six things to know about Dutch cabinet walkout over Israeli crimes in Gaza

    TEHRAN - In a dramatic political development exposing deep divisions within Europe over Israel's military actions in Gaza, the Netherlands' caretaker government has been thrown into crisis following the resignation of multiple ministers in protest at its failure to impose meaningful sanctions on Israel.

  • Journalists Gaza 2025-08-25 19:22

    Israel kills five more journalists in Gaza 

    TEHRAN — Five journalists were killed in the Gaza Strip on Monday when Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, intensifying concerns over the targeting of media personnel amid the regime’s ongoing military campaign. At least 20 people were killed in the attack.

  • Hezbollah 2025-08-25 18:31

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Hezbollah protests government’s decision to disarm the resistance

    BEIRUT—Hezbollah and the Amal Movement called for a protest on Wednesday afternoon in Beirut to denounce the government’s decision to disarm the resistance, which contradicts “the supreme national interest, the National Accord Document (Ta'if Agreement), and the formula for coexistence.”  

  • Nasser Medical Complex 2025-08-25 13:52

    Israel bombs Khan Younis hospital, killing journalists and rescue worker

    Israeli air strikes targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis on Monday, killing 14 Palestinians, including several journalists and a rescue worker.

  • War has destroyed 75% of olive trees in Gaza 2025-08-24 21:06

    By Muhammad Akmal Khan

    Uprooting identity, uprooting peace: Israel’s war on the olive tree

    ISLAMABAD - At dawn upon a West Bank hill, a Palestinian farmer stands still, watching in silence as Israeli bulldozers creep into his ancestral grove. The machines growl, their steel jaws sinking deep into the earth, tearing at the roots of olive trees his grandfather once planted with care. Each snap of a branch, each fall of a trunk, feels like a page torn from his family’s history.

  • Gaza 2025-08-24 19:06

    By staff writer

    Australians unite against Gaza ‘genocide’

    TEHRAN — Protests against Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip continued across Australia over the weekend, with demonstrators demanding a ceasefire, an end to starvation in Gaza, and sanctions against Israel.