Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children’s agencies in Yemen, detain employee The raids were the latest in a long-running Houthi crackdown against the United Nations and other international organizations working in rebel-held areas in Yemen. August 31, 2025
Iran says eight arrested for suspected links to Israel’s Mossad spy agency State media reported earlier this month that Iranian police had arrested as many as 21,000 'suspects' during the 12-day war with Israel, though they did not say what these people were suspected of doing. August 31, 2025
Iran suffers sharp decline in revenues amid war with Israel Tehran seeks to downplay its own losses while exaggerating the damage to Israel by pushing reports about the 'crippling costs' of the war on Israel’s economy. August 31, 2025
UN Security Council renews Lebanon peacekeeping mission ‘for a final time’ 'The security environment in Lebanon is radically different than just one year ago, creating the space for Lebanon to assume greater responsibility,' acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea said. August 29, 2025
What Qatar is saying in Arabic If Qatar really wanted to end the war in the Gaza Strip, its representatives and propagandists would not be calling on Hamas to kidnap more Israelis. August 28, 2025
Iran says it’s set to manufacture weapons in other countries Maybe the decision to stop short in June and leave the Islamic Republic in place was not the best one. August 28, 2025
Watchdog: Iran ‘sanitizing’ bombed nuclear facility Satellite imagery shows Iran rushing to clear rubble from the Mojdeh facility near Tehran, with analysts warning the cleanup is meant to prevent inspectors from uncovering illicit nuclear activity. August 28, 2025
US arranging ‘jobs program’ for 40,000 Hezbollah terrorists 'We have 40,000 people being paid by Iran to fight. What are you gonna do with them? Take their weapon and say ‘by the way, good luck planting olive trees’? It can’t happen. We have to help them,' said Tom Barrack. August 27, 2025
Qatar’s Muslim scholars: Nothing more important than killing Israelis For the Muslim scholars, boycotting and isolating Israel is more important than halting the death and destruction in the Gaza Strip. August 26, 2025
Hezbollah chief rejects Lebanon’s disarmament demands as terror group urges mass anti-gov’t protests The terrorist leader also accused the United States of endangering Lebanon, claiming it seeks to destabilize the country through 'sabotage and sedition.' August 26, 2025
Hamas turns hospitals into weapons of war For Hamas, hospitals have never been sanctuaries of healing. August 26, 2025
Egyptian army reinforces its eastern border ahead of Israel’s Gaza City takeover Cairo fears that Israel will force Gazans south—only as a temporary stop—before taking advantage of the chaos of the operation to push them further towards the Rafah crossing. August 25, 2025
Khamenei: Nuclear deadlock with US ‘unsolvable’ Talks will restart in Geneva on Tuesday with the deputy foreign ministers of the European powers, known as the E3, AFP reported, citing Iran’s state broadcaster. August 25, 2025
Egyptian UN mission staffers beat up two brothers protesting Cairo’s Gaza blockade The victims were later arrested by local police and charged with assault. August 25, 2025
New poll finds 89% of Iranians want democracy over crumbling Islamic Republic Both religious rule and military government faced decisive rejection, with two-thirds opposing clerical control and more than 70% rejecting military leadership. August 24, 2025
A thirst for freedom: The case for supporting Iran’s people When Iranians hear that the free world is behind them, they do not feel so alone in their fight. August 24, 2025
Lebanon says it is beginning disarmament of Palestinian factions in refugee camps An official from Fatah told Reuters that the only weapons being handed over so far were illegal arms that entered the camp 24 hours ago. August 22, 2025
Do not be fooled by Hamas’s ‘positive response’ They might accept a ceasefire, but it would be only on a temporary basis until they were ready for the next attack on Israel. August 21, 2025
Iran reels from economic crisis and humiliating regional setbacks Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani's mission—to mitigate the fallout from June’s defeat to Israel—ended in failure. August 21, 2025
Israeli citizen held prisoner in Lebanon returned in secret deal Arab citizen of Israel who disappeared last year is returned home from captivity in Lebanon as part of secret deal negotiated by Israeli official charged with coordinating hostages' return. August 21, 2025
Iran to hold talks with IAEA, despite restricted access to nuclear sites Inspectors have been unable to access Iranian nuclear sites since Israel’s 12-day war against Iran in June. August 19, 2025
Tehran faces new threats of sanctions, fears war and collapse Many Iranians believe that another round of Israeli strikes would destroy more Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps bases, weakening any units deployed to crush protests. August 19, 2025
‘Maybe we’ll strike Washington next,’ threatens Iranian MP Lawmaker from Iranian parliament's National Security Committee boasts his country's military already has missiles capable of striking every European country, adds that Iran has ship-launched missiles enabling attacks on Washington. August 19, 2025
The Palestinian Authority’s human ‘slaughterhouse’ If France, Australia, the UK, and Canada really cared about the Palestinians, they should be demanding that the PA respect public freedoms and stop its crackdown on political and human rights activists. August 19, 2025
GPS disruptions continue in Iran weeks after conflict with Israel While Iran has previously jammed or hacked satellite signals near sensitive military sites, experts say the current disruptions are the largest and longest-lasting recorded. August 18, 2025
US envoy: Israel’s turn to comply with Lebanon ceasefire For its part, Jerusalem asserts that its actions against Hezbollah’s attempts at rebuilding its terror infrastructure are in line with the terms of the truce. August 18, 2025
Khamenei advisor warns of apocalyptic US-Israel-Iran war IRGC General Yahya Rahim Safavi declared that 'the weak are trampled' in global power struggles. August 18, 2025
Report: Iran hacked ex-Israeli minister’s cell phone During 12-day war with Israel, Iranian government reportedly managed to gain access to a former senior Israeli minister’s cellphone. August 17, 2025
Druze demand self-determination in largest protest held since deadly clashes in Syria Saturday’s demonstration comes as Syria grapples with deep ethnic and religious divisions following the collapse of the Assad family rule last December. August 17, 2025
Iran wants negotiations for one reason — to survive and strike later They know that negotiations can give them exactly what they need: relief from 'maximum pressure' without actually abandoning their nuclear ambitions. August 17, 2025
Hamas has left Netanyahu with no option but to occupy Gaza As Netanyahu has been consistently clear that he will not tolerate Hamas remaining in Gaza in any shape or form, the terrorists' intransigence has effectively brought efforts to implement a ceasefire in Gaza to a standstill. August 17, 2025
Iran sheltering Hezbollah terrorist who killed UN soldier: report A Hezbollah terrorist who killed an Irish UN peacekeeper is now believed to be hiding in Iran. August 17, 2025
Sharaa’s Islamist army fuels Syria’s descent into sectarian slaughter The three incidents have several factors in common: In all cases, the violence was directed by Sunni Islamists against one of Syria’s minority communities. August 16, 2025
Egypt to train 5,000 Palestinian police to restore order in Gaza Cairo has received vetted lists of names of those currently training at military camps in Egypt, in coordination with Jordan. August 16, 2025
Iran threatens to murder 45 anti-regime journalists and their families No other totalitarian state has used the threat of mass murder of journalists, wherever they may be located around the world, in order to shut down truthful news about that state. August 15, 2025
Wolves in sheep’s clothing: Another Al Jazeera terror-journalist exposed Al-Sharif was recruited by Hamas on December 3, 2013, and served as the commander of a rocket-launch squad in the northern sector of the Gaza Strip. His Hamas ID number was 305342. August 15, 2025
Turkey to help Syria with weapon systems, equipment under new accord, source says Last month an official at the Turkish Defense Ministry told Reuters the Syrian army was in need of restructuring after years of conflict, citing shortcomings in discipline, training, organization, and modernization. August 14, 2025
‘Israel military action saved us,’ says Druze massacre survivor A Syrian Druze woman who survived the Sweida massacre says the Israel Defense Forces saved her family and community from complete annihilation. August 14, 2025
UN-backed famine watchdog quietly changed standards, easing way to declare famine in Gaza In the past, the IPC has declared famine after finding that 30 percent of children in an area are suffering from acute malnutrition using their weight and height measurements; in Gaza, it's 15%. August 13, 2025
Iran revamps Security Council, signaling survival mode after Israeli assault The formation of a defense council reflects the scale of the regime’s defeat during the 12-day war with Israel. August 13, 2025
Iran says direct nuclear talks with US possible under suitable conditions On Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made a controversial statement in favor of resuming negotiations with the US regardless of current levels of distrust. August 12, 2025
Hamas’s plan to undermine America’s Arab allies Since the Gaza war began, Hamas has urged Egyptians and Jordanians to revolt over their governments’ ties with Israel and alleged neglect of Palestinians. August 12, 2025
Iran says it detained 21,000 suspects during the June war with Israel Iranian police put more than 1,000 checkpoints across the country during the conflict, between June 13-24. August 12, 2025
Iran transfers alleged Israeli spy to death row Among the evidence cited against Shahbazi was a letter he allegedly wrote to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declaring his willingness to join Ukrainian forces against Russia. August 12, 2025
Turkey says Muslim countries must be united against Israel’s Gaza takeover plan Fidan said Israel’s policy aimed to force Palestinians out of their lands through hunger and that it aimed to invade Gaza permanently. August 10, 2025
Explosion at Hezbollah arms depot kills 6 Lebanese army experts, wounds several others On 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 surge Storing 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 ambitions B-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 Lebanon Ministers 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 Accords President 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 Mossad Iran 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 arms The 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 disarmament Hezbollah’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 images Part 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 treachery Some 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 deal During 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 Israel The defense council will be chaired by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. August 4, 2025
UK plans to provide medical treatment for children in Gaza The 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 reports Violence in Sweida erupted on July 13 between tribal fighters and Druze factions. August 4, 2025
