Explosion at Hezbollah arms depot kills 6 Lebanese army experts, wounds several othersOn Thursday, the Lebanese Cabinet voted in favor of a U.S.-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah and implement a ceasefire with Israel. August 10, 2025
Federal investigators compile evidence of systematic Hamas aid theft, undercutting leaked USAID ‘report’The inspector general is also reviewing additional evidence that Hamas launched mortars at aid delivery sites, fired grenades at aid workers, and opened gunfire on crowds of Gazan civilians seeking food, according to those briefed on the matter. August 9, 2025
Iran’s unsold oil stocks surgeStoring millions of barrels of oil at sea is costly. According to industry estimates, Iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually just to maintain these floating reserves. August 8, 2025
Trump calls on Arab world to join peace accords after crushing Iran’s nuclear ambitionsB-2 stealth bombers dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on the heavily fortified Fordow facility, while cruise missiles targeted uranium enrichment plants at Natanz and Isfahan. August 8, 2025
US plan sees Hezbollah disarmed by year-end, Israeli withdrawal from LebanonMinisters from the Iran-backed group and their Muslim Shi’ite allies withdrew from Thursday’s cabinet meeting in protest at discussions of the proposal. August 8, 2025
Peace with Iran? Trump calls for entire Mideast to join Abraham AccordsPresident Trump hints at possibility of Iranian peace deal with Israel, calling for every country in the Middle East to join in the Abraham Accords. August 7, 2025
Iran executes nuclear scientist accused of aiding MossadIran accused one of its own nuclear scientists of working on behalf of Israel's Mossad, aiding in the targeted killings of other researchers working for Iran's nuclear program. August 7, 2025
Hezbollah refuses Lebanese gov’t order to give up armsThe terror group declared the move 'part of a strategy of surrender' that it would not follow. August 7, 2025
Lebanon orders army to draft plan for Hezbollah’s disarmamentHezbollah’s leader, Naim Qassem, rejected calls for disarmament, insisting that the terrorist group’s weapons are vital for defending Lebanon against Israeli attacks. August 6, 2025
Starvation? German reports cast doubt on Gaza imagesPart of the problem is that Israel is not allowing journalists into the Gaza Strip, leaving the field to Palestinian photographers, according to the German newspaper. August 6, 2025
From Hitler to the Ayatollahs: The long history of European treacherySome of the European leaders' appeasement of Iran mirrors its darkest historical horrors. The same corruptibility that led European elites to placate Adolf Hitler in the 1930s is alive and well today. August 5, 2025
Iran to deny UN inspectors access to nuclear sites, top lawmaker says, amid rising pressure for new dealDuring a press conference on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei explained that next week’s visit by IAEA officials to Iran is intended to discuss the 'method of interaction' with the agency. August 5, 2025
Iran sets up new Defense Council in wake of war with IsraelThe defense council will be chaired by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. August 4, 2025
UK plans to provide medical treatment for children in GazaThe plan is part of a broader humanitarian effort and will be formally announced in the coming weeks. August 4, 2025
Armed groups attack security force personnel in Syria’s Sweida, killing one, state TV reportsViolence in Sweida erupted on July 13 between tribal fighters and Druze factions. August 4, 2025
A two-state solution conference with no solution in sightRather than building a state, the Palestinian Arabs based their national identity on resistance to Zionism. August 3, 2025
How the ‘neutral’ UN is helping Hamas oppress Gazans and fool the worldHamas has managed much of its theft of aid not by attacking the U.N. system but instead by exploiting and even protecting it. August 1, 2025
‘Irredeemably compromised’: Trump admin tells Congress Hamas-linked UNRWA must be dismantledAt least 12 percent of all U.N. employees in Gaza are members of Hamas or other terrorist organizations. August 1, 2025
Israel delivers humanitarian aid to southern Syria DruzeIsraeli Defense Minister Israel Katz met over the weekend with Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in the Jewish state, at the latter’s home in Julis in the Western Galilee. July 31, 2025
Independent Palestine would be a disaster for Palestinians – analysisPalestinians have long been the world’s largest, if undeserving, welfare case, for decades sucking up more money per capita than any other humanitarian cause. July 31, 2025
US takes ‘massive action,’ sanctions 115 people, entities who smuggle oil for IranThe evasion network operates in 17 jurisdictions globally, including in the United Arab Emirates, Marshall Islands, India, Turkey and Singapore, as well as European Union countries and Switzerland. July 31, 2025
Iranian general was killed in street chase, not airstrike, daughter claimsThe daughter of a top Iranian general killed in June says her father died in a street chase with Israeli agents, not an airstrike. July 30, 2025
Facing unrest and humiliation, Tehran tightens control over speechThe regime has introduced the 'gagging bill' to silence dissent and intimidate the public, yet, Iranians with anonymous social media accounts continue to mock the authorities. July 30, 2025
US silent on American Jew held in Iran for alleged Israel tiesThe U.S. State Department declined to comment on reports that Iran has jailed two American citizens, both Jewish, on charges of spying for Israel. July 30, 2025
The Muslim Brotherhood: A terrorist organization that the US must designate as oneThe Muslim Brotherhood has been able to fool many Westerners by pretending that most of its work is based on charity and humanitarian aid. July 30, 2025
US pressures Lebanon to issue cabinet decision to disarm Hezbollah before talks continueHezbollah has publicly refused to hand over its arsenal in full, but the group has privately weighed scaling it back. July 30, 2025
Could Iran’s water shortage fracture the regime’s hardline base?Unlike the compulsory hijab—which affects only secular Iranians, since the religious wear it willingly—water and power outages do not discriminate. July 29, 2025
Hamas’s dream: Turning Palestinians into a ‘nation of martyrs’If Hamas leaders really cared about the suffering and pain of their people, they would have released all the hostages, disarmed and relinquished control of the Gaza Strip long ago. July 28, 2025
Saudi ambivalence to Houthis encourages terrorismEssentially, Saudi Arabia’s strategy is based on fear and purchasing quiet, not on a desire to win. July 28, 2025
The Gaza starvation lieThis is all about saving Hamas, even if Gazan children have to die unwittingly and unwillingly for the cause. July 28, 2025
French court annuls Assad arrest warrant over ‘presidential immunity’ defenseHuman rights advocates had hoped the court would create an exception to immunity rules, given the severity of chemical weapons allegations. July 28, 2025
UAE launches water pipeline project to supply GazaConstruction is expected to begin in the coming days and will span several weeks. July 28, 2025
Trump stopped Israel from toppling Iranian regime – reportIsrael was reportedly preparing to bring down Iran’s regime before U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sudden ceasefire last month. July 27, 2025
Has Macron just laid the ground for a major Middle Eastern war?By recognizing a Palestinian state when multiple Palestinian groups contest Palestinian leadership and Abbas himself is facing his own mortality makes intra-Palestinian civil war likely. July 27, 2025
To save Yemen, destroy its ports?Rather than kill Yemenis in slow motion or engage in occasional Whac-A-Mole with Houthi positions, the Trump administration should simply end Hodeidah and Salif’s ability to function. July 27, 2025
Betrayal from within: Israeli spy for Iran faces life sentenceIsraeli man accused of spying for Tehran was recruited by Iranian operatives introduced to him by his Iranian girlfriend. July 27, 2025
Khamenei ‘sleeps all day, gets high,’ claims Mossad-linked accountA social media account affiliated with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency launched a scathing attack on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. July 27, 2025
Druze man who raised Israeli flag calls al-Sharaa’s men ‘traitors’Hisam Abu Assi Mardac says he faces death threats for supporting Israel amid regime crackdowns and jihadist violence in war-torn Sweida. July 27, 2025
‘Iran’s fall is inevitable’ – Prince Reza Pahlavi rallies Iranian dissidents calling for Khamenei’s overthrowHundreds of Iranian dissident activists plan downfall of the Iranian regime, as Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says collapse of Ayatollah Khamenei's rule is now inevitable. July 27, 2025
French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for Syrian chemical attacksIn late 2024, a surprise assault by rebels swept into Aleppo and then Damascus, driving the dictator to flee to his ally Russia on Dec. 8, 2024. July 25, 2025
Iran’s fatwa against Trump a declaration of warThis is the first time such an actual religious edict aimed specifically at the President of the United States and the prime minister of Israel has been issued by these senior Shiite clerical figures in Iran. July 25, 2025
Iran says it agrees to visit by IAEA technical team in coming weeksTehran denies seeking a nuclear weapon and says its nuclear program is solely meant for civilian purposes. July 24, 2025
Terrorists fire projectile at Gaza aid distribution siteThe IDF condemned the attack, describing it as one in a series of attempts by Hamas to disrupt humanitarian aid activities within Gaza. July 24, 2025
Mysterious fires break out across Iran, officials suspect Israel—reportNone provided evidence to back up their claims that Israel was behind the near-daily explosions. July 23, 2025
‘Iran ready to strike Israel again,’ warns Iranian presidentIran's president denies President Trump's claims that Iranian nuclear program was obliterated, but admits it suffered major damage in US, Israeli airstrikes. July 23, 2025
How Israeli assassinations of Iranian scientists set back Iran’s nuclear programThe question now is whether Iran has the personnel capable of rebuilding these complex facilities and conducting the scientific work necessary to assemble a functional bomb. July 22, 2025
‘Jihadists surrounding al-Sharaa haven’t abandoned extreme vision’“The events in Syria provided the whole world with an opportunity to see again what Jolani’s [Ahmed al-Sharaa] ‘base’ looks like,” says Meir Ben-Shabbat, former Israeli national security adviser. July 22, 2025
Iran sends a rocket designed to carry satellites into a suborbital test flightThe Ghased, a solid and fluid fuel rocket, was first inaugurated in 2020 by the Guard when it put a military satellite into orbit. July 22, 2025
UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’The statement's signatories included the foreign ministers of about 20 European countries as well as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and the EU commissioner for equality, preparedness, and crisis management, Hadja Lahbib. July 21, 2025
Why Al-Jazeera should be designated as a Foreign Terrorist OrganizationHamas knows it can trust Al-Jazeera: the two share the same radical Islamist ideology that calls for the elimination of Israel and replacing it with an Islamist terror state. July 21, 2025
Saudi royal family mourns ‘Sleeping Prince’ after 20-year coma battlePrince Alwaleed was just 15 years old when he suffered a brain hemorrhage in a road collision in London in 2005. July 21, 2025
Palestinian journalism agency blasts Hamas over assaultsHamas terrorists accused of assaulting three Arab reporters in the Gaza Strip, leading Palestinian Journalists Syndicate to openly condemn the terror group. July 21, 2025
Iran to begin nuke talks with European powers in Istanbul FridayIran announces that it has agreed to begin nuclear talks with Britain, France, and Germany this Friday in Istanbul, after the three countries threatened to reimpose sanctions lifted a decade ago. July 21, 2025
Trump officials blast Netanyahu as ‘madman’ who is ‘bombing everything’ – reportSenior Trump administration officials have privately expressed outrage at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent military actions in the Middle East. July 20, 2025
‘This is our Oct. 7,’ Golan Druze say of massacres in SyriaFollowing the massacres in Sweida, a predominantly Druze city in southern Syria, hundreds of Druze living on the Israeli side of the border briefly crossed into Syria without permission out of concern for their families there. July 20, 2025
Iran steps up efforts to rebuild proxy forces after Israel, US strikesIran is working to rearm its proxy militias in the Middle East following devastating Israeli and US strikes on its military leadership and nuclear facilities. July 20, 2025
Abbas announces PLO council elections by end of 2025PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced that elections for the Palestinian National Council (PNC) will take place by the end of 2025. July 20, 2025
Iran has rebuilt its air defense network, Tehran claimsSenior Iranian military officer acknowledges damage to Islamic Republic's missile defense network but claims Iran has already replaced destroyed missile batteries. July 20, 2025
The US needs a new Yemen strategy – opinionStarving Houthis of weapons shipments requires closing Hudaydah permanently, perhaps even destroying the port. July 20, 2025
Iran agrees to nuclear talks with European powersIranian state media outlet reports that Tehran and three key European powers have agreed to resume nuclear talks - without setting a timetable for negotiations. July 20, 2025
