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Turkey has issued an international arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an investigation into Israel's interception of an aid flotilla for Gaza, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced Friday on X.

With the US effectively out of its military war with Iran, Washington has stepped back from direct confrontation and taken Israel with it, leaving Gulf states to deal with the fallout.

Two decades of American and Israeli calculations, Arab divisions, and Iran’s expanding militia network helped Tehran build regional influence. But the war, the collapse of its allies’ capabilities, and the failure of its strategic narrative have exposed the limits of that model.

Shafaqna India: by Leila Yazdani*: This year’s Arbaeen pilgrimage, which attracted millions of Muslim pilgrims globally to Karbala, had a notably different tone. It occurred amid a war launched by a US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, which has not left Iraq unscathed in recent days. In the international order post-US-Israeli war on Iran,…

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man on Friday in the city of Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank, with the military saying he had attempted to stab a soldier.

For weeks, Israeli military machinery has been relentlessly bulldozing land, uprooting trees and demolishing homes, businesses and other structures across Jenin governorate. The area has become one of the West Bank’s main targets for settlement plans.

As Mohammad Reza Sheibani’s visa nears expiry, Beirut faces a new dilemma over his continued presence in Lebanon after refusing to accept his credentials as ambassador and declaring him persona non grata.

A few days after Donald Trump expressed his satisfaction with the recent agreement on Gaza, Israel made it clear that the deal fell short of its ambitions. The agreement had become possible after Hamas announced, for the first time, its willingness to hand over its weapons to the Palestinian committee established under the Board of…

U.S. President Donald Trump pledged "economic warfare" against Iran and threatened any country that trades with it, prompting Iran to dismiss the plan on Thursday as a continuation of failed policies.

Israel does not view the Mecca Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan as a direct military threat. But it sees the pact as a consequence of the failure of the Israeli-US war on Iran, which was expected to “change the face of the Middle East.”

The battle over Ali Al Taher Hill is emerging as a key flashpoint in southern Lebanon, with efforts underway to prevent it from triggering a wider confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Israeli attacks in Syria are among the greatest threats to the country’s stability, and accused Tel Aviv of escalating violence across the region, Anadolu reports. “Israel’s attacks targeting Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are among the greatest threats to the country’s stability,” Fidan said, speaking at…

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday slammed a demand by the UK government to halt a major settlement project in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes in the area.

The deadline set by Iraqi Resistance factions to respond to the latest Saudi-US attack on Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) positions does not appear to have expired so much as it has entered a political testing phase.

The legislation replaces a 30-year-old law and aims to regulate a rapidly changing media landscape, but concerns over Article 104 have sparked fears of renewed pressure on journalists and press freedom.

The Israeli army fired 113 projectiles into southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the highest daily total recorded since June 21, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Thursday, Anadolu reports. “While violence remains significantly lower than in previous months, the overall situation remains fragile,” UNIFIL said on the US social media company X. “Peacekeepers continue…

Israel's defense minister on Thursday accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of dragging Turkey into "dangerous adventures in Syria", after Israel tacitly acknowledged a strike on a north Syria air base earlier in the week.

The signing last Friday of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan was far from ordinary. It overshadowed developments in the US war on Iran and the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.

With diplomacy losing ground and tensions spreading across the region, pressure is mounting around the Strait of Hormuz as Washington weighs economic and military options while Iran escalates its response.

Shafaqna India: Rights groups say that an Israeli attack in south Lebanon that killed reporter Amal Khalil and wounded another journalist on April 22 — after a ceasefire was declared — was an apparent “war crime”, AFP reports. Khalil, a 42-year-old reporter for Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, and freelance camerawoman Zeinab Faraj had taken refuge in…

The United Arab Emirates suspended all trade with Iran on Wednesday after it said it had come under renewed fire from the country — a move that will further isolate the Islamic Republic, which is suffering under U.S. sanctions and a blockade.

Israel’s coalition politics appear to be governed by little more than electoral calculations. With elections due in October, every issue has become a source of competition between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rivals.

As Lebanese-Israeli talks enter a more complex phase, Beirut faces mounting challenges linked to Israel’s elections, Hezbollah’s political and media campaign, U.S. engagement and Iran’s remaining influence in Lebanon. The intricate and intertwined complexities of the Lebanese-Israeli-American negotiating path require no proof of the arduous and for…

By Jason Lange and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Five months into the U.S. war with Iran, Americans who expect the Middle East to slide toward chaos outnumber those who see the war bringing more stability by three to one, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The six-day poll concluded on Monday, as…

Israel's military said Wednesday it would launch criminal investigations into two high-profile attacks on Palestinians during the war in Gaza, including the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics.

While regional and global attention has focused on the war’s impact on Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar because of their large oil and gas exports, Kuwait is suffering some of the region’s heaviest economic losses relative to the size of its economy.

The emerging defense pact signals a shift away from U.S.-led security arrangements as regional powers seek to counter Iran and redefine the Middle East’s security architecture. Amid discussions of a possible future war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel, and as Tehran continues its policy of escalation while insisting on controlling the …

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and four others injured as an explosive device detonated in southern Lebanon, Israeli media reported on Thursday, amid Tel Aviv’s ongoing incursions in Lebanon despite a ceasefire, Anadolu reports. The incident took place in the town of Majdal Zoun, Tyre district, Israel’s Channel 12 reported. In a press release, the…

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, two regional officials said on Tuesday, a day after Trump leveled the threat.

Iran's announcement late Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with Oman on a new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz has raised the possibility of reviving the memorandum of understanding signed with the US.

As long as a society remains preoccupied with commemorating an event that took place 120 years ago, this means that it is still searching for something missing that has not yet been achieved. Such is the case of Iran, which these days is commemorating the anniversary of the Constitutional Revolution (Jonbesh-e Mashrouteh), which took place…

نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net . لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. OTTAWA, Canada — The Government of Canada is urging its citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon, warning that the country poses serious safety risks due to the security situation. Canadian consular services also cautioned that travelers who choose…

U.N. nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi said Tuesday that his agency had found several tons of nuclear materials at a previously undeclared site dating from the rule of Syria's previous authorities.

As US President Donald Trump and others announced progress toward implementing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, Israel responded with intensified bombardment and further killings, appearing to act as though no deal had been reached.

From Hassan Saeed Al-Karmi’s linguistic warning to today’s political discourse, inaccurate terms can distort reality and confuse the public. In August 1979, the “World of Knowledge” series published a book titled Straight Thinking and Crooked Thinking. In this book, there is a note from its translator, the great linguist Hassan Saeed Al-Karmi, know…

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Israel said two of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon on Wednesday while Lebanese authorities said Israeli retaliatory attacks killed at least one person, a flare-up in violence that coincided with the latest round of talks between the two countries. The Rome talks, which began on Tuesday and are expected…

The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged for more than a week confronted Israeli settlers on his property Tuesday and demanded Israeli forces remove them from the area.

After US and Israeli media reported plans to target Iran’s energy infrastructure last weekend, US President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced that he had called off the attack for now, claiming he did so after requests from Iran and regional countries.

Media and political circles are once again circulating reports that Hezbollah may be exploring what it would receive in return for giving up its weapons, amid claims that its weapons have become a burden on it and its constituency. Once again, media and political circles are abuzz with reports and analyses suggesting that Hezbollah is…

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on Monday with U.S. envoy Jared Kushner that a U.S. general should supervise Hamas' disarmament and said Israel would not pull troops from Gaza until then, an Israeli official told AFP.

After Saudi Arabia announced efforts to establish a US-backed multinational naval coalition to counter Yemen's maritime blockade, Sanaa declared it is ready for a naval confrontation with the proposed alliance.

Iran is linking any deal on the Strait of Hormuz to wider demands, while Houthi attacks in the Bab el-Mandeb add pressure on the U.S. as economic strains deepen in Tehran.

LAS VEGAS/WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said talks with Tehran seemed "to be working out quite well," reiterating his positive portrayal of the negotiations on the Iran war without elaborating on the specifics of the discussions. DETAILS: • "I hear they are doing very well," Trump said in an interview on the…

A marathon meeting Monday between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear, with officials signaling moderate optimism but offering no concrete commitment by Israel to the latest U.S.-proposed plan.

The victory of Abdulrahman (Abdul) El-Sayed in the Democratic Party’s primary elections in Michigan has garnered widespread interest in Egypt and the Arab world, not only because he is an American of Egyptian descent, but also because it raises a recurring question whenever a politician of Arab or Islamic origin rises in the United States:…

Aug 5 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said it had begun targeted strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in response to a "Hezbollah violation", a day after the latest round of U.S.-facilitated talks between ‌Israel and Lebanon took place in Rome. The Lebanese health ministry said an Israeli strike on the southern town of Tibnin…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender.