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2025-09-27 20:12
By Batool Subeiti
Lebanon and the illusion of control: America's strategic blindness in Middle East
LONDON -- Most short- and medium-term strategies adopted by the West — through its various American administrations — are either partially realized or fail to materialize. That’s how the vision of a “new Middle East” has unfolded, nearly two years into the war on Gaza.
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2025-09-27 19:50
By Wesam Bahrani
Netanyahu “alone” blocking ceasefire deal
TEHRAN – Hamas has reiterated its readiness for a ceasefire deal to end the genocide while emphasizing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the only obstruction to peace.
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2025-09-27 17:31
War tours aim to highlight Iranians’ resilience, Tehran official says
TEHRAN – Tours of sites in the Iranian capital damaged during the 12-day war imposed by Israel are intended to showcase the resilience of Iranians, Amir Qasemi, head of the Tehran Municipality’s tourism office, said.
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2025-09-27 10:05
Intl. scholars urge action as Gaza, West Bank archaeological collections face unprecedented loss
TEHRAN - A group of prominent Israeli and international archaeologists, researchers, and museum curators has issued a stark open letter condemning the widespread destruction of cultural heritage in Gaza and the West Bank, accusing the Israeli government and military of violating international law and engaging in a policy of “annihilation.”
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2025-09-26 22:31
By Staff Writer
'Well done, Iran' ceremony honors Armed Forces after war with Israel
TEHRAN – On Thursday evening, a crowd of Iranian citizens, predominantly women and children, gathered in Tehran's Haft-e-Tir Square for an event that saw hundreds of letters, artworks, and handicrafts, previously displayed in a gallery, presented to a representative of Iran's Armed Forces.
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2025-09-26 22:30
Intelligence ministry releases Israeli nuclear, military secrets in IRIB documentary
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has released information from a massive cache of classified documents obtained from Israel’s military and nuclear programs.
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2025-09-26 22:29
By Komeil Khojasteh
Iranian women’s role in 12-day war with Israel
TEHRAN – The 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel outwardly appeared as a military confrontation, but at its heart it carried a social and feminine dimension.
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2025-09-26 18:21
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon PM vs. the Resistance: Who stands to gain?
BEIRUT— The tables have turned. Instead of a few dozen young men gathering to participate in a national event, thousands of people filled the seafront and all the roads leading to the Raouche Rock monument.
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2025-09-26 17:27
Tony Blair tipped to run Gaza under US-backed transitional scheme
Reports in Haaretz and the Times of Israel reveal that the White House is backing a proposal to install former UK prime minister Tony Blair at the head of a new “Gaza International Transitional Authority” (GITA), which would serve as Gaza’s supreme political and legal authority for as long as five years.
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2025-09-26 17:24
Warnings of imminent Israeli strike shadow Gaza flotilla amid pressure to reroute supplies
The Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, pressed forward Thursday despite government warnings of an imminent Israeli attack.
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2025-09-26 16:10
Trump: Israeli annexation of the West Bank ‘not going to happen’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank, AFP news agency reported.
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2025-09-26 16:09
Yemen mourns children killed in Israeli strikes, responds with Palestine 2 missile
The Yemeni Ministry of Health confirmed Friday that the death toll from Israeli air strikes on Sanaa on Thursday has climbed to nine, including two women and four children, with at least 174 others wounded.
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2025-09-26 12:45
Israel is increasingly being treated as a global pariah. It’s shielded by Trump, for now
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations on Friday, it will be at the helm of a country that is increasingly being treated as a pariah, even by some of its longtime allies.
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2025-09-24 20:58
True Promise IV to be executed with more precision if Israel attacks again: Qalibaf
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has praised the success of Operation True Promise III and warned that any new aggression by the enemy would be met with an even more powerful and precise response under Operation True Promise IV.
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2025-09-24 20:31
By Soheila Zarfam
Pezeshkian says US and Israel ‘betrayed’ trust and diplomacy
President adds E3 acted on Washington’s orders to resurrect dead UN sanctions against Iran
TEHRAN – In his second address to the UN General Assembly since taking office in 2024, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the US-Israeli war imposed on Iran earlier this year was a "great betrayal of diplomacy" that has crippled the prospect for regional peace
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2025/09/24
By Meysam Rafiee
Ideology with a democratic flavor
Reviewing the actions of the Middle East's sole democracy in Gaza
TEHRAN - Israel presents itself as a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, claiming to be the region's only democratic structure. However, this self-portrayal stands in stark contrast to its actions.
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2025-09-24 19:45
By Garsha Vazirian
Israeli drones in the dark and the flotilla the world lets bleed
TEHRAN – In the small hours of Wednesday, activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla reported a night of sustained aerial harassment: low-flying drones, at least 13 detonations around vessels, objects dropped on decks, and deliberate jamming of ship radios as crews dived for cover.
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2025-09-24 19:01
By Wesam Bahrani
Resistance fighters target Israeli occupation army
TEHRAN – Palestinian resistance forces have announced new operations targeting Israeli occupation soldiers and military vehicles in Gaza.
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2025-09-24 15:33
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill more than 50 Palestinians
Israeli attacks have killed at least 51 Palestinians across Gaza, including 36 in Gaza City, since dawn on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-09-23 19:48
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hezbollah: One year after the large-scale aggression
BEIRUT — With the first anniversary of the large-scale U.S.–led Israeli aggression against Lebanon, which lasted more than two months, the question arises about Hezbollah’s position today in light of regional and international transformations.
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2025-09-23 19:41
By Wesam Bahrani
Israeli troops killed in Gaza City
TEHRAN – The spokesperson for the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) announced the death of a tank company commander in northern Gaza City.
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2025-09-23 18:42
Tom Barrack: US arms Lebanon to ‘fight its own people’
In an interview with the National released Monday, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack defended Washington’s push to make the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) the agent of Hezbollah’s disarmament — even as he conceded the U.S. will not equip the army to confront Israel.
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2025-09-23 17:24
Iran orders reopening of all museums and heritage sites after wartime closure
TEHRAN – Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ministry has ordered the reopening of all museums, historical palaces, and archaeological sites across the country, following months of closure after the 12-day war with Israel.
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2025-09-23 17:10
Trump to push Arab states on Gaza security and reconstruction funding: Axios
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host officials from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Pakistan for a multilateral meeting on Gaza, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Monday.
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2025-09-23 15:46
Israeli bombardment intensifies in Gaza City as Hamas announces anti-tank missile attack
At least 38 Palestinians were killed and 190 were injured in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry announced Tuesday, including three seeking aid, with victims still “under the rubble and on the streets.”
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2025-09-23 14:41
Report: Washington to target entire ICC in major sanctions escalation
The United States is weighing sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) that could be announced this week, Reuters reported Monday, escalating its retaliation over probes into Israeli war crimes and U.S. abuses in Afghanistan.
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2025-09-22 21:17
Lawmakers’ letter asking for reconsideration of Iran's nuclear doctrine resurfaces
TEHRAN – After years of fruitless diplomacy surrounding Tehran's nuclear program, and following a full-scale war imposed on Iran in June, the Iranian public and media appear increasingly to favor a shift in the country's nuclear doctrine.
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2025-09-22 21:17
By Wesam Bahrani
Israeli attack on Yemeni journalists among deadliest in history
TEHRAN – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says recent Israeli attacks on a Yemeni media office were the second-deadliest on journalists in history.
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2025-09-22 21:16
By Sondos Al-Asaad
Bint Jbeil tragedy and Ortagus’ responsibility
BEIRUT — While President Joseph Aoun is leading a Lebanese delegation to participate in the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, Israel committed a new massacre in Bint Jbeil on Sunday afternoon, resulting in the murder of five citizens, including three children.
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2025-09-22 17:21
Iran approves museum dedicated to 12-day war with Israel
TEHRAN – Iran has approved the establishment of a museum dedicated to the 12-day war with the Zionist regime of Israel, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri said on Monday.