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Yesterday 19:05
By Wesam Bahrani
Behind the Israeli assassination of Raed Saad
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime assassinated the second-in-command of the al-Qassam Brigades on December 13. What is the regime's objective?
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Yesterday 18:51
By Shahrokh Saei
Beyond bombs: Israel’s expansionist narrative in Lebanon
TEHRAN – Israel is waging a hybrid war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, weaving continued military strikes with a propaganda campaign and ongoing occupation. This multi-front assault is not merely tactical; it is a strategic effort to lay the diplomatic and narrative groundwork for a far broader military escalation.
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Yesterday 18:01
UN members vote 164-8 to support Palestinians’ inalienable right to an independent state
The UN General Assembly on Monday overwhelmingly adopted a draft resolution reaffirming the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, including the right to an independent State of Palestine, Anadolu reported Tuesday.
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Yesterday 17:58
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Turkish discontent with Lebanon over the Cyprus maritime agreement
BEIRUT—Turkey’s dissatisfaction with Lebanon has crystallized sharply following Beirut’s decision to sign a maritime border demarcation and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) agreement with Cyprus with coordination with Ankara or Damascus.
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2025-12-15 21:54
By Ranjan Solomon
Iran and the ethics of power - a civilisational rebalancing of world politics
GOA – The contemporary international order is showing unmistakable signs of moral fatigue. The promises that once accompanied global power—democracy, stability, prosperity—now ring hollow across vast regions of the world.
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2025-12-15 21:52
Leader’s aide reiterates Iran’s backing for Hezbollah amid US push to disarm Lebanese Resistance
TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iran’s Leader and the country's former foreign minister, stated to Hezbollah’s representative in Tehran that Iranians will continue to lend their full support to the group in the face of Israeli aggression on Lebanon and an American push for the Lebanese government to disarm the Resistance movement.
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2025-12-15 19:41
By Wesam Bahrani
38 years after the founding of Hamas
TEHRAN – Hamas affirms that Operation al-Aqsa Flood marked a pivotal moment in the Palestinian people’s struggle against occupation.
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2025-12-15 19:39
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon at the edge: Diplomacy between fire and restraint
BEIRUT—Lebanon has entered a critical moment. An intense flurry of regional and international contacts is unfolding against the backdrop of open Israeli threats against Lebanon and mounting internal pressure.
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2025-12-15 19:35
Israeli settlement project at former airport threatens Palestinian urban continuity
The Jerusalem (al-Quds) Governorate warned Monday against a “dangerous” Israeli settlement project for building 9,000 settler homes in the central West Bank, Anadolu reported.
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2025-12-15 17:25
Israel committed war crimes by targeting Lebanon’s reconstruction equipment: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned Israel for committing war crimes by repeatedly targeting reconstruction-related equipment and civilian facilities in southern Lebanon throughout 2025, despite a ceasefire that came into effect on November 27, 2024.
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2025-12-15 15:06
Israel launches deadly drone strikes in southern Lebanon
At least three people were killed in southern Lebanon on Monday in violent Israeli drone attacks targeting multiple villages.
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2025/12/14
By Xavier Villar
Israel’s misstep and the resilience of Iran’s strategic autonomy
MADRID – Few disclosures in West Asia carry as much weight as an admission of intelligence failure, particularly when it comes from an apparatus long celebrated for its carefully cultivated aura of omniscience.
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2025-12-14 22:01
Attack on Jewish event in Bondi kills 11, injures dozens
Australia’s tragedy won’t wash Netanyahu’s bloody hands
TEHRAN – The massacre at Australia’s Bondi Beach on December 14 was a moment of unadulterated horror. As gunmen opened fire at the “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens more, a community was left shattered.
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2025-12-14 19:56
Raed Saad’s assassination exposes Israel’s ceasefire deception
TEHRAN – The assassination of senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in Gaza is a stark reminder that the so-called ceasefire framework imposed in October has collapsed under the weight of Israel’s repeated violations.
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2025-12-14 19:04
By Shahrokh Saei
“Where’s Daddy?”: How Israel and US tech turn Gaza’s homes into graves
TEHRAN – Israel’s war in Gaza has been fueled not only by bombs and soldiers but by U.S. and European technology companies, whose services and access to Palestinian data have made mass killing possible.
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2025-12-14 18:50
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hezbollah’s move in launching Women’s Action Unit marks a milestone
Forging resistance from the grassroots
BEIRUT—The official launch of Hezbollah’s Women’s Action Unit marks a defining organizational and social milestone, reflecting decades of accumulated women’s participation and responding to the demands of a critical historical moment.
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2025-12-14 14:47
Hamas confirms assassination of senior commander, slams Israel’s breach of ceasefire
TEHRAN – Hamas has announced the martyrdom of its senior commander Raed Saad, in an Israeli strike on Gaza on Saturday. The attack near Gaza City also wounded at least 25 civilians. This marks the most prominent assassination of a resistance leader since the October ceasefire deal, underscoring Israel’s ongoing violations.
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2025-12-13 21:13
By Shahrokh Saei
Who benefits from a disarmed Lebanon?
TEHRAN – Lebanon’s fragile ceasefire with Israel, brokered in late November 2024 by the United States and France, was meant to halt hostilities and open the door to a negotiated settlement. Yet more than a year later, the truce has proven largely illusory. Israel continues near-daily strikes on Lebanese territory, claiming to target Hezbollah compounds and rocket launch sites, but offering no verifiable evidence to substantiate its assertions.
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2025-12-13 20:20
Hezbollah leader: Disarming resistance would mean Lebanon’s end
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem on Saturday rejected any attempts to disarm the resistance, framing such efforts as a direct extension of Israel’s strategic objectives and a threat to Lebanon’s very existence.
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2025-12-13 19:05
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Youssef Raggi’s diplomatic derailment
When will Lebanese leadership restore institutional discipline?
BEIRUT—Handpicked by the Lebanese Forces (LF), Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi has, since taking office, behaved less like a custodian of national diplomacy and more like a partisan activist focused only on a narrow ideological agenda.
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2025-12-13 18:28
Israeli troops advance into Syrian village near Golan Heights border
Israeli troops have advanced towards the village of Saida al-Hanout in the countryside of Quneitra, in southern Syria, near the border of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Al Jazeera reported Saturday, citing the Syrian state news agency (SANA).
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2025-12-13 18:25
Israeli drone strike kills several Palestinians in vehicle west of Gaza City
Several Palestinians were killed and injured on Saturday after an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle west of Gaza City, WAFA reported Saturday, citing local sources.
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2025-12-13 16:35
Eurovision legends to surrender trophies as boycott over Gaza intensifies
TEHRAN – Reflecting a growing momentum in the cultural boycott against Israel, legendary Irish singer Charlie McGettigan has announced he will surrender his 1994 Eurovision trophy.
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2025-12-12 21:49
Lebanon's FM sees public bickering with Iran cool
In latest exchange, Araghchi welcomes an invitation to visit, aiming to address anger Lebanese people say must be directed at Israel
TEHRAN – A public back-and-forth between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Lebanese counterpart, Youssef Rajji, may now be entering a lull. The de-escalation follows Araghchi's announcement on X that he had accepted Rajji’s invitation to visit Beirut to sort out their differences—a move prompted by Rajji’s apparent unwillingness to travel to Tehran.
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2025-12-12 21:41
Leader: Enemy seeks Iranian mind shift as only path towards success
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Aytaollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with a large number of elegists and eulogists in Tehran on Thursday to mark the birth anniversary of Lady Fatimah Zahra (pbuh), the beloved daughter of the prophet (pbuh).
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2025-12-12 19:39
Storm Byron kills newborns and buries families as Gaza’s bombed ruins collapse
TEHRAN – The skeletal remains of Gaza’s neighborhoods have become a site of renewed tragedy as Storm Byron batters the enclave, claiming over a dozen lives since Wednesday.
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2025-12-12 19:22
Eurovision exposes ethical erosion
TEHRAN – The European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) decision to allow Israel into the 2026 Eurovision contest has triggered a wave of condemnation. The Swiss winner of 2024 announced they would return their trophy, arguing that Eurovision’s stated values of “unity, inclusion and dignity for all” are fundamentally at odds with Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza.
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2025-12-12 18:44
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Israel’s aggressive blueprint: A rebuttal to Lebanon’s pro-Israel propaganda
BEIRUT—In early December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again peeled back the last veneer of diplomatic pretence.
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2025-12-12 18:38
By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza truce at a crossroads
TEHRAN – Growing international pressure and unexpectedly strong Palestinian compliance are reshaping calculations around advancing the Gaza truce.
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2025-12-12 17:05
Tucker Carlson condemns ‘abominable’ human cost in Gaza after visiting maimed children
TEHRAN – In a landmark episode of The Tucker Carlson Show released Thursday, prominent media personality and political commentator Tucker Carlson issued his most blistering condemnation to date of the ongoing atrocities in Gaza.