Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Pakpour are believed to have been killed in Israeli attacks, two sources familiar with Israel’s military operations and one regional source said. Joint Israeli-US strikes had been...

Several tanker owners, oil majors and trading houses have suspended crude oil, fuel and liquefied natural gas shipments via the Strait of Hormuz after the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran said it had closed navigation, trading sources said on Saturday. “Our ships will stay put for...

Saudi Arabia confirmed Saturday that Iran hit Riyadh and its eastern region with strikes, warning it reserved the right to defend itself including by retaliating. Saudi Arabia “expressed its strongest condemnation of the blatant and cowardly Iranian attacks targeting the Riyadh and Eastern...

The United States and Israel have struck multiple locations across Iran, including the capital, Tehran, in what US President Donald Trump described as “major combat operations”. The attacks come amid negotiations between the US and Iran over the latter’s nuclear and ballistic missiles...

King Abdullah II of Jordan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan affirmed the importance of supporting Syria's efforts to preserve its security, stability, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity. The Jordanian News Agency reported that during their talks in Istanbul on Saturday,...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Tuesday, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The Saudi Crown Prince hosted an official reception ceremony for the Turkish president, followed by formal talks...

Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since an October agreement aimed at stopping the fighting. The strikes hit locations in northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent in Khan...

Iraq’s main candidate for the premiership, Nouri al-Maliki, on Wednesday denounced Washington’s “blatant interference,” after President Donald Trump  threatened to end all support  to the country if al-Maliki took the post. The US has held significant sway over Iraqi politics since...

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman led efforts to talk US President Donald Trump out of an attack on Iran, fearing “grave blowbacks in the region,” a senior Saudi official told AFP on Thursday. The Gulf trio “led a long, frantic, diplomatic last-minute effort to convince President Trump to give...

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday announced the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian body that will play a role in administering the war-ravaged territory under a phased US plan for Gaza’s future. “Today, on behalf ‍of President Trump, we are...

Iranian security forces have killed at least 3,428 protesters in a crackdown on demonstrations, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) NGO said on Wednesday, adding that more than 10,000 people had also been arrested. IHR said the jump in its verified toll was due to new information it...

US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran would be  “hit hard” if protesters are killed,  putting renewed focus on what actions Washington may take as unrest continues. With tensions escalating, attention is now firmly fixed on the White House and the potential repercussions of...

Around 2,000 people ⁠were killed in Iran ‍protests, ‍an ‍Iranian ⁠official ‌told ⁠Reuters ‍on Tuesday, blaming “terrorists” ⁠for the deaths ‌of civilians ‍and security personnel.  Reuters 

Tehran on Sunday threatened to retaliate against Israel and US bases in the event of US strikes on Iran, delivering ‍the warning to Washington as Israeli sources said  Israel was on high alert for the possibility of any US intervention. With Iran’s clerical establishment facing the...

Hamas’ armed wing confirmed on Monday the death of its spokesperson,  Abu Obeida , months after Israel announced he had been killed in an airstrike in Gaza. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades released a video statement on its Telegram channel, saying: “We pause in reverence before... the...

The United Nations and aid groups warned on Wednesday that humanitarian operations in the Palestinian territories, particularly Gaza, were at risk of collapse if Israel does not lift impediments that include a “vague, arbitrary, and highly politicized” registration process. Dozens...

In a move raising significant questions, the specialized company "Line Scan" is scheduled to hold a meeting with the "Syrian Gas Company" within the next two days to initiate the "Smart Scanning of Gas Transmission Pipelines" project. This massive project, funded by a Qatari grant, is...

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 14 people and wounded several others, local health authorities said on Saturday, in a further test of a fragile ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. Witnesses and medics said the first attack hit a car in the densely...

Aid to Gaza must never be politicized, EU Commissioner for Equality and for Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib said Thursday. Speaking to reporters on her way into the EU foreign affairs ministers' meeting in Brussels, Lahbib stressed that although Israeli hostages have returned...

Israeli airstrikes killed five people and wounded 18 others in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said, after Hamas and Israel accused each other of violating an increasingly fragile near six-week-old truce. Medics said that one strike on a...