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  • Qatar summit Yesterday 21:52

    By Xavier Villar 

    The OIC’s sovereign deficit and Iran’s model of political agency

    MADRID – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stands as a pivotal institution representing the collective voice of the Muslim world, encompassing 57 member states and over 1.9 billion people. Yet, despite its ambitious mandate to promote Islamic solidarity, safeguard interests of Muslim communities, and intervene in crises affecting the Muslim ummah, the OIC has long been caught in a cycle of rhetorical formalism and procedural inertia.

  • Israel’s attack on Hamas negotiators in Doha brought together dozens of Arab and Muslim leaders for a show of unity in Qatar (photo: Al Jazeera) Yesterday 21:44

    By staff writer

    Regional alliance crucial to counter Israel

    TEHRAN - Last Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced that his country had accepted the U.S. ceasefire proposal to end the war in Gaza. The very next day, Israel attempted to assassinate Hamas leaders while they were in Qatar’s capital to discuss that same proposal.

  • Yemen strike Yesterday 20:23

    Air defenses 'caused great confusion' during Israeli raids on Hodeidah, Yemen says

    Israel launched at least 12 airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port on Tuesday, the latest in a campaign targeting Yemeni civilian sites and infrastructure.

  • Gaza strike Yesterday 17:19

    ‘Gaza is burning’ amid Israel’s largest ground offensive

    Israel launched the main phase of a ground incursion into Gaza City on Tuesday, widening weeks of air, sea, and artillery strikes that killed at least 78 Palestinians in the latest barrage.

  • Spain protests 2025-09-15 21:56

    Spain PM praises public stand for Palestine, urges global sports boycott of Israel

    Spain’s prime minister, Pedro-Sánchez, has urged sports bodies worldwide to bar Israel from international competitions for as long as its “barbarism” in Gaza continues, warning that high-profile events must not be used to “whitewash” its offensive.

  • Rubio and Bibi 2025-09-15 21:56

    Rubio’s Al-Quds visit sparks Hamas-led regional backlash

    Hamas condemned “the performance of Talmudic rituals by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and war criminal Netanyahu, at the Buraq Wall,” calling it “a blatant assault on the sanctity” of Al-Aqsa Mosque and “a flagrant violation of the historical and legal status quo in the occupied city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem).”

  • Lebanon Nabatiyeh 2025-09-15 21:55

    Israeli drone strike kills civilian, injures five in southern Lebanon

    Lebanese media said a young man was killed late Sunday when an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a car on the road between Wadi al-Hujayr and Burj Qalawiya in Nabatieh’s Bint Jbeil district.

  • Doha Summit 2025-09-15 21:54

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    Doha summit ends with strong words, no action 

    Iran’s president: No Arab or Muslim country safe from Israeli aggression 

    TEHRAN – An emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic countries in Qatar on Monday vehemently condemned Israel’s brazen and unprovoked airstrike on Doha last week, denouncing it as a blatant act of aggression that threatens regional stability and undermines efforts to end the war in Gaza.

  • WSJ 2025/09/15

    By Mohammad Khatibi

    Beyond the headlines: Iran’s tactical respite, precision not fear

    TEHRAN – In an article for the Wall Street Journal Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh argue that the long-standing assumption—that any U.S. strike on Iran would spark mass domestic support for the government and plunge the Middle East into a “forever war”—has been decisively disproven. However, that is not disproven as they claim and there is not just one reason but multiple reasons that suggest otherwise.

  • UN 2025-09-15 21:52

    Iranian victims of Israeli-imposed war demand justice at UN Human Rights Council

    TEHRAN – Families of martyrs from Iran’s 12-day imposed war have taken their case to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, demanding accountability for war crimes and justice for the rights of victims.

  • araghchi in Qatar 2025-09-14 21:05

    Araghchi sits down with Qatari counterpart ahead of summit resolution 

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accompanied President Masoud Pezeshkian to Doha on Sunday to attend an emergency Arab-Islamic Summit that follows Israeli airstrikes on the Qatari capital. 

  • Israeli military in Syria 2025-09-14 20:25

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Between occupation and brutality: Israeli advances and Syria’s brutal new order

    TEHRAN — Israel’s recent ground operation into southern Syria — reported under the codename “Green-White” and said to have advanced roughly 38 kilometers into Syrian territory, reaching within about 10 km of Damascus — represents the deepest Israeli penetration since the wars of the 1970s and a significant escalation in a campaign that has become systematic since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

  • Qatar Summit 2025-09-14 19:35

    Arab leaders: Global silence fuels Israel’s crimes

    TEHRAN – Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday slammed the “silence and inaction” of the international community, saying it has emboldened Israel to continue its “crimes.”

  • Google employees stage a sit-in at the company’s Sunnyvale, California office in October 2024 2025-09-14 19:20

    By Shahrokh Saei

    From satellites to propaganda: Google implements Mossad’s digital siege

    TEHRAN – Google stands accused of facilitating Israel’s war effort, providing both the tools and platforms that aid military operations and shape global narratives.

  • Archaeologists evacuate Gaza artefacts from storehouse threatened by Israeli strike 2025-09-14 17:29

    Archaeologists evacuate Gaza artefacts from storehouse threatened by Israeli strike

    TEHRAN – Archaeologists evacuated nearly three decades of finds from a Gaza City building on Wednesday after Israeli authorities warned it would be targeted in an air strike, officials said.

  • Gaza 2025-09-14 15:37

    Israel kills dozens in Gaza, hitting Tal al-Hawa homes and tents sheltering families

    At least 41 people were killed on Sunday as Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza, with Gaza City hammered by artillery, gunfire, and naval shelling.

  • Netanyahu-Trump 2025-09-13 21:34

    The Big Satan doesn't protect the region from the Small Satan

    Following Doha attack, Larijani tells Arab states to form ‘joint operations committee’ to confront Israel

    TEHRAN – The Israeli fighter jets that violated Saudi Arabia’s airspace on Tuesday and rained missiles on residential buildings in the Qatari capital of Doha was a reminder of how brazen the Israeli regime has got in the past two years. It also highlighted the fact that no country in the region can insulate itself from the regime's violence, even if, like Qatar, it hosts the largest regional American base, gifted the U.S. President a $400 million aircraft, and has poured billions of dollars into the U.S. economy over the years.

  • UNGA 2025-09-13 19:01

    By Faramarz koohpayeh

    UNGA vote highlights growing isolation of Israel and U.S.

    TEHRAN – Israel and the United States appear to have become more isolated following the approval of a United Nations General Assembly resolution that paves the way for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

  • Israel 2025-09-13 19:01

    By Matin Jamshidi

    Israel is seeking to become hegemon in the region

    TEHRAN - After committing genocide for 23 months in Gaza with Western support, especially from the United States, and killing a number of top Hamas leaders in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, and finally attempting to assassinate Hamas chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya in Doha, Israel has proven that it is seeking to become a hegemon in the region with U.S. backing.

  • Lebanon Starlink 2025-09-13 19:00

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Lebanese government and the licensing of Starlink: A free service for Israel!

    BEIRUT – Ignoring all security reports that expressed fears of internet access being diverted from outside the Ministry of Telecommunications, the Lebanese government approved a license for Starlink to allegedly “provide internet distribution services throughout Lebanon via satellite.”

  • smoke in Doha 2025-09-12 22:59

    By Xavier Villar 

    Israel, the United States, and the attack on Qatar

    MADRID – The Israeli attack on members of the Hamas delegation in Qatar, gathered to discuss a ceasefire proposal, marks a political turning point that goes beyond the immediate framework of the war in Gaza. It was not a mere military act nor a routine operation: it was a calculated move with broader implications. It called into question the validity of diplomacy, exposed the vulnerability of America’s allies, and laid bare that the regional alliance system rests on subordination, not sovereignty.

  • Qatar attack 2025-09-12 20:37

    By staff writer

    Israel's attack on Doha; will Arab states wake up?

    TEHRAN – Israel’s reckless airstrike in Doha this week has shifted the political landscape in West Asia. The attack struck a residential area in the Qatari capital on Tuesday, where a Hamas delegation was meeting during U.S.-proposed ceasefire talks over the Gaza conflict. The strike killed five lower-ranking Hamas members, while the leadership survived. A Qatari security officer also lost his life.

  • Sumud 2025-09-12 20:34

    Israeli drones strike Sumud flotilla twice; activists press on

    The Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led mission to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, has faced two suspected drone attacks in Tunisian waters this week, drawing international condemnation and diplomatic pressure on Israel.

  • UNGA 2025-09-12 19:58

    UN overwhelmingly endorses two-state solution declaration 

    The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining "tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps" towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of a meeting of world leaders, Reuters reported. 

  • Ex UN expert 2025-09-12 19:21

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Exclusive: If IAEA remains politicized, safeguards system may collapse, ex-senior inspector warns

    Abu Shadi calls for nuclear-weapon-free zone in West Asia, urges equal accountability for Israel

    TEHRAN – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently agreed to resume cooperation after the agency's inspectors left Iran during a U.S.-Israeli bombardment campaign on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, and were subsequently barred from re-entry. 

  • Gaza malnutrition 2025-09-12 19:17

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    “Alarming” rise in Gaza child malnutrition 

    TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported an alarmingly sharp increase in child malnutrition in Gaza, with rates reaching 13.5% last month.

  • Qatar 2025-09-12 19:13

    Iranian officials urge coordinated Muslim response to Israeli crimes

    TEHRAN – Senior Iranian officials have strongly condemned Israel’s unprecedented airstrikes on Qatar, denouncing the attacks as state terrorism carried out with U.S. backing, and urging Muslim nations and international institutions to take decisive action.

  • Unity week 2025-09-12 19:12

    Shia and Sunni scholars unite to condemn Israeli aggression against Iran

    TEHRAN – Shia and Sunni scholars across Iran and the wider Muslim world have issued strong condemnations of Israel’s war on Iran, framing resistance as a sacred duty that transcends sectarian divides.

  • Lebanon government 2025-09-12 17:52

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Conspiracy against Resistance doesn’t target Hezbollah alone!

    BEIRUT—Following the Lebanese government’s sinful decision in August to ban arms, the Islamic Group in Lebanon (al-Jama’a al-Islamiyah) stated it prefers discussing a defensive strategy to form a military force that includes Lebanese of all stripes, with the aim of confronting the Zionist enemy.

  • Lebanon resistance 2025-09-12 17:47

    By Batool Subeiti

    How Lebanon’s Resistance may adapt under pressure

    LONDON - The supportive environment for the resistance movement in Lebanon has limits to how much pressure it can endure in the face of repeated Israeli violations, with full American backing. It may erupt in uncalculated ways and affect the situation.