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In an unusual turn of events, Israel’s decision to carry out an airstrike in northern Syria may have helped spur the US to action in terms of helping Syria and Israel come to some kind of accommodation and agreement.
Iraq’s new prime minister Ali al-Zaidi was supposed to rein in the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. For years the militias have carried out hundreds of attacks on US forces, kidnapped journalists and researchers, assassinated Iraqis, attacked the Kurdistan Region and attacked embassies and consulates.
Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi will visit Tehran on Tuesday to continue talks between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
Joshua Aviles says he is on a nine-month Middle East deployment and learned his has father has been arrested while he was waiting for green card approval
Singapore inflation missed estimates even as it accelerated to a near two-year high in July, as higher energy prices due to the Iran war lifted electricity prices.
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou and journalist Tucker Carlson sharply discuss the power of the Israel lobby in Washington, including Aipac's controversial rise, Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty in 1967, and Israel’s involvement in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
The biggest international esports competition has ended in Paris in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron.
UN special rapporteur for Palestine Francesca Albanese has called for the deployment of an international protection force in the Palestinian territories in response to a rise in attacks by Israeli settlers.
UN special rapporteur for Palestine Francesca Albanese has called for the deployment of an international protection force in the Palestinian territories in response to a rise in attacks by Israeli settlers.
The Israeli army demolishes buildings east of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Fewer than 20 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend, shipping data showed on Monday, as Iranian and US blockades restrict traffic through the chokepoint for energy shipments.
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has met with Israeli intelligence officials in Jordan, according to Syrian state media, as the two sides work to de-escalate tensions following an Israeli attack on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border.
An Israeli gazelle fawn who was being illegally held in the West Bank was rescued on Saturday night, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) said.
Thirteen years after the chemical weapons gas attack on Ghouta, Syria's government says it is entering a new phase in dismantling the bitter legacy of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons program.
Israeli forces equipped with military vehicles have reportedly advanced into the village of Maariya in southern Syria's Daraa countryside, according to the Alikhberiya channel.
Israel knows the devastating effects that incitement and political violence can wreak on the fabric of a taut society. It can tear it in two.
The reflective strips of his oil worker’s uniform are dazzling. Light splays from his wrists and shoulders, and this outpouring exalts him in the monochrome image, makes him larger than life. We see the man as his son sees him. The boy hangs from his father’s grip, legs crossed in playful acrobatics. He looks up at …
The classic game of Battleships requires you to guess where your opponent’s ships are located in order to sink them. A more deadly version is playing out in the Strait of Hormuz now. Oil is getting out – but is it enough to pry open Iran’s strangulation?
Last week, US President Donald Trump said his administration will launch against Iran “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country”. The details of this “operation” are yet to be fully revealed, but it is designed to make the economic cost of confrontation impossible for Tehran to ignore as t…
The Iran war has done little to cool energy demand despite the conflict snarling up global supply chains, Mitsubishi Power's chief executive for Europe, the Middle East and Africa has said.
The new head of Iran's top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country's support for new U.S. economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an "act of war," while Iran's president defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of the stalled conflict.
Actor says highlighting role of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in media company’s merger with Warner Bros Discovery has been ‘dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel’
The U.S will unveil "the single greatest financial offensive ever" against Iran on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, while Tehran threatened to seize vessels that violate transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz.
After almost two weeks in custody, the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court on Sunday ordered the release of the young woman suspected of impersonating a man and forming relationships with women, placing her under house arrest for 10 days.
Authored by Trita Parsi via Antiwar.com, reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi's Substack.
IRAN. An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US billboard in Tehran, Iran, February 26, 2026.
French President Emmanuel Macron Sunday welcomed Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman for a two-day visit, hosting him at the Esports World Cup before a second day focused on bilateral deals and the situation in the Middle East.
Syria and Israel held high-level, US-mediated talks in Jordan Sunday aimed at easing tensions following recent Israeli strikes on Syrian territory, Syria's state news agency SANA reported, citing a diplomatic source at the Foreign Ministry.
An Israeli drone strike targeting displaced Palestinians in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah killed two early on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported citing medical sources.
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"At dawn begins an economic D-Day [against Iran], the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Sunday, echoing US President Donald Trump's statements on Truth Social last week.
Oil prices fell Monday as investors awaited details of what Washington has billed as its toughest-ever sanctions campaign against Iran, while Tehran dismissed the threat of intensified economic pressure.
Israeli troops raided southern Syria’s Quneitra province on Sunday and detained a shepherd in the area, the Alikhbariah channel reported.
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Greece has moved a Patriot air defense battery to Crete following threats by senior Iranian officials against US bases in Europe, Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported on Sunday.
With Israel's standing in the United States crumbling, America's leading pro-Israel organization has become a focal point of anger among those who think the US government is putting Israel's interests ahead of America's. Political candidates have started seizing on this, attacking opponents who are backed by that gr…
A Syrian government source said Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Roman Gofman
A Syrian government source said Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Roman Gofman
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The number 26 came up before policy did. A Channel 13 poll had put Yashar on 26 seats, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud at 23, placing a party founded in 2025 in contention to become the largest faction in the Israeli parliament. Orit Farkash-Hacohen did not describe the result as a shock.
Civil Administration forces rescued three Israeli Jews in recent hours after they entered Palestinian Authority areas on Sunday night.
The US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria and Iraq, Tom Barrack appeared to reverse his previous comments on the status of the Golan Heights in recent days, backing the US recognition of the area as Israeli territory in a statement to the Associated Press on Sunday.
A French official said agreements, on health, transport and energy, will be signed on Monday alongside talks likely to focus on Iran
A French official said agreements, on health, transport and energy, will be signed on Monday alongside talks likely to focus on Iran
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