Pezeshkian is an ‘advocate of development-oriented discourse’ and his victory shows Iranians want ‘change and sanctions relief,’ says political analyst Mahdi Motahharnia Iran’s foreign policy will remain unchanged and continue to be shaped by Supreme Leader Khamenei, according to Motahharnia...

Several fires broke out in towns and areas in southern Lebanon as a result of Israeli overnight heavy shelling, local media reported on Tuesday. The Lebanese official news agency NNA said the Israeli army continued its shelling across southern Lebanon, causing fires in some towns, where the...

The Israeli army on Tuesday detained 16 more Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. The arrests took place in the cities of Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem Hebron, and Jericho, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the...

Turkish military and intelligence officials held a meeting with more than 50 military and civilian figures from the opposition-held northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo province on Sunday, where they discussed the tensions in northern Syria that reject the path of normalizing relations...

The Israeli army ordered Palestinian residents in several areas in the Gaza Strip on Monday to evacuate immediately.  Such evacuation orders usually precede airstrikes, artillery, and ground attacks by the Israeli army, indicating that these areas will see intense combat. “Urgent call to...

The health ministry in Gaza said Monday at least 38,193 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, now in its tenth month. The toll includes at least 40 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said. It added that 87,903 people have been...

The handcuffed bodies of three Palestinian men freed from Israeli custody have been found near Gaza’s border with Israel, and an uncle of one of them and a witness said they had been  attacked by Israeli forces  shortly after their release. Abdel Hadi Ghabayen, an uncle of one of...

- UNRWA yet to respond to Israeli military attack on its headquarters in Gaza City - Operation is based on intelligence that indicates presence of 'Hamas and Islamic Jihad infrastructure, and operatives in Gaza City,' according to Israeli army statement JERUSALEM The Israeli army...

The Iranian-backed  Hezbollah  militant group said on Sunday it launched a drone attack on Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights where Israel has a key surveillance centre. It said this was its first such bombing since it began trading fire with Israel on Oct....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a Gaza cease-fire plan backed by US President Joe Biden will enable the release of hostages “without harming the other aims of the war.” In a statement by his office, Netanyahu said his refusal to halt the Gaza onslaught “is what...

The US continues to provide military aid to Israel for its operations in the Gaza Strip, despite mounting civilian casualties and violations of international law. Besides being Tel Aviv's most important political ally, Washington remains the largest supplier of weapons to the Israeli military....

Hezbollah announced Saturday that it targeted a site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kafr Shuba and acheived direct hits. The Lebanese group said on Telegram that it targeted the Rasat al-Alam site with rocket weapons. It added that the strike was in support of the steadfast Palestinian...

The Civil Defense Agency in the Gaza Strip announced Saturday the deaths of three Palestinians and injuries to 15 others in an Israeli airstrike on a house in northern Gaza City. It said teams recovered three bodies and 15 others who were wounded from the house belonging to the Sahwil...

At least 38,098 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Saturday. A ministry statement added that 87,705 other people have also been injured in the onslaught. “Israeli attacks killed...

The personal data of hundreds of thousands of Syrians living in Turkey has been shared online, amid days of violence and hostility against the community. The personal data of millions of  Syrians living in Turkey  has been leaked online stoking fears of further violence...

ISIS has significantly escalated its attacks in Syria during the first half of 2024, a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Thursday. The Observatory revealed that ISIS still avoids targeting Iranian militias despite their large presence in the Syrian desert...

Jennifer Holleis   Despite increased crackdowns on Syrian refugees in countries like Turkey and Lebanon, most Syrians don't want to go back  both for safety and economic reasons. When Turkish security forces detained Abdul Qader Basmaji in March this year, there...

A lesser-known Iranian parliamentarian, who previously served as a health minister, has been elected the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a stunning turn of events. Masoud Pezeshkian defeated his conservative opponent, Saeed Jalili, the former lead nuclear negotiator and head of...

Prominent Syrian media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday following a  car crash  earlier this week, prompting conspiracy theories that her death was related to disputes involving the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian presidency announced Shibl’s death on...

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) –  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday three days after being injured in a car crash, Assad's office announced. "The presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic mourns the death of the adviser Luna al-Shibl, who...