Tel Aviv expands occupation of south Lebanon through mass destruction, cluster munitions

TEHRAN — Israeli forces are aggressively accelerating a scorched-earth campaign across southern Lebanon to physically erase border communities while Washington attempts to force a diplomatic surrender in Beirut.

New US missile raises civilian casualty concerns after first use in Iran war

Which American weapon — and how — caused the Lamerd massacre on the first day of the attack on Iran?

TEHRAN — The apparent first combat use of a new US precision missile during the war against Iran has raised fresh concerns over the potential impact of advanced American weapons on civilian populations, with an investigation by Airwars finding evidence that the munition scattered lethal fragments across an area far wider than its publicly advertised fragmentation radius.

Israeli settler arson and military sieges devastate West Bank towns

TEHRAN — A coordinated campaign of arson, land seizures, and military raids is accelerating across the occupied West Bank. Documentation from Palestinian human rights organizations shows that Israel and its armed settler militias are systematically clearing Palestinian communities from their ancestral territory.

By staff writer

Naftali Bennett: Israel is known for ‘baby killers’ just as Italy for pasta

TEHRAN — Naftali Bennett has admitted the collapse of Israel’s reputation among younger Americans. In a recent interview with Itai Segal, the former Israeli prime minister conceded that among American youth, Israel is synonymous with genocide.

By Ali Minabi

Why and how Israeli assassinations in Gaza intensify

TEHRAN – Israeli assassinations in the Gaza Strip have barely let up over the past ten months. They have been carried out regularly and systematically in what appears to be pre-prepared measures. 

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Settler rampages, military raids accelerate across West Bank

TEHRAN — Armed Israeli settlers backed by armed forces launched a series of violent rampages across the West Bank over the weekend, unleashing systematic terror against Palestinian civilians, foreign journalists, and human rights defenders.

By staff writer

Israeli forces level border villages in escalating southern Lebanon campaign

TEHRAN — Israeli forces expanded their systematic campaign of military destruction across southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pounding border communities with heavy artillery, launching airstrikes near the Litani River, and detonating entire residential neighborhoods.

By staff writer

Yemen strikes Saudi oil tanker, warns Riyadh of ‘graveyard and hell’

TEHRAN — Yemeni military commanders have issued a stern warning to Saudi Arabia, affirming that years of foreign-backed aggression have failed to break Sanaa and have instead forged an advanced defense capability able to alter the regional balance of power.

Israel intensifies airstrikes, artillery shelling across southern Lebanon

TEHRAN — Israeli forces escalated their unprovoked assault on southern Lebanon through the weekend and into Monday, combining high-explosive airstrikes with systematic home demolitions and brutal scorched-earth tactics.

By staff writer

Israel steps up attacks on Syria hours after top Syrian diplomat meets Mossad chief

TEHRAN — Before dawn on Monday, six Israeli armored vehicles and an infantry company crossed into western Daraa, sweeping homes in the Syrian village of Ma’ariya under hovering surveillance drones before withdrawing back across the occupied Golan frontier.

By staff writer

Stabbing near al-Auja follows deepening Israeli violence across West Bank

TEHRAN — An Israeli settler sustained moderate injuries Sunday in a stabbing operation near the Palestinian village of al-Auja in the occupied Jordan Valley.

By staff writer

Once again, Israel bombs populated Lebanese villages with prohibited white phosphorus

TEHRAN — Israeli forces launched an extensive wave of artillery shelling and airstrikes across southern Lebanon overnight into Saturday, saturating several residential neighborhoods with banned white phosphorus munitions.

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Israeli troops kill father of martyrs in Jenin; settlers murder teenager near Hebron

TEHRAN — Israeli forces and armed settler groups launched a synchronized wave of violence across the occupied West Bank on August 21 and 22. The raids stretched from Jenin to Hebron. Palestinian communities face an accelerating campaign of territorial conquest and lethal force.

By Ali Minabi

What follows Kushner’s meetings with al-Hayya and Netanyahu?

TEHRAN – Gaza remains caught between Israeli intransigence and electoral calculations, U.S. pressure, and Palestinian efforts to preserve the agreement. This is keeping the region in a state of neither war nor peace until the outcome of the upcoming elections becomes clear.

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Israel expands assaults across Lebanon’s Jabal Amel despite US mediation claims

TEHRAN — The Israeli military unleashed a large wave of violence across southern Lebanon on Monday. According to reports from local media, drones dropped explosives on the Ali al-Taher heights. Artillery batteries pounded Mansouri, Shihin, and Wadi al-Salouqi. Two artillery shells struck the terrain between Zebqin and Yater. A reconnaissance drone dropped a sound bomb on Haddatha, followed by intense machine gun fire directed at local residents.

By Xavier Villar

Was Israel behind the Ceuta crisis?

MADRID - The hybrid warfare episode recently endured by Spain, characterized by the mass entry of over 600,000 individuals, primarily from Morocco, is transitioning from political speculation to documented geopolitical reality. Early hypotheses suggesting the orchestration of this crisis by Israeli and United States intelligence are increasingly substantiated by concrete evidence and structural analysis.

Lebanese-Israeli-US talks intended to undermine US-Iran MOU: professor  

Bard College professor Ziad Abu Rish says Lebanese officials have put ‘all their eggs in US-Israeli basket’

TEHRAN - The Lebanese government has been left at the “mercy” of the US and Israel after signing on to the Washington-brokered framework agreement, argues Ziad Abu Rish, an associate professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Bard College in New York.