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November 8, 2024 | |

Iran Executes At Least 23 Prisoners in Two Days

Executions Surge: Iran executed at least 23 people over the course of two days, the Norway-based nonprofit Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported on November 7. The clerical regime killed...

November 7, 2024 | |

Anti-West Axis Reacts to Trump Election Victory

Iranians Hopeful as Regime Scoffs: Iranian officials played down the election of Donald Trump, despite U.S. intelligence officials accusing Iran of trying to assassinate him...

November 7, 2024 | |

UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Planning Imminent Visit to Tehran

Grossi Seeks New Cooperation with Iranian Officials on Nuclear Program: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said on November 6 that he may travel...

June 6, 2024 | |

Iranian Protester Partly Paralyzed After London Attack

An Iranian dissident may have permanently lost the ability to walk after Tehran loyalists assaulted him in London, The Jewish Chronicle reported on June 5. Navid Bavi, 32, to whom...

November 25, 2023 | |

Palestinian Authority Sidesteps Gaza Governance

U.S. and European officials have been pushing Israel to consider having the Palestinian Authority (PA) govern the Gaza Strip if Israel removes Hamas from power. Secretary of State...

November 9, 2023 | |

UAE Building Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip 

Latest Developments The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is building a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, sending a total of 16 cargo planes full of supplies, equipment, and building material to Egypt as of...

October 13, 2023 | |

Hamas Network Spreads Dangerous Disinformation

The social threat intelligence company Cyabra said Hamas and its supporters are successfully spreading propaganda and disinformation online, The Jerusalem Post reported on October...

October 10, 2023 | |

U.S. Wrong to Involve Qatar and Turkey in Israeli Hostage Negotiations  

Turkey and Qatar are reportedly working with the United States to broker a “ceasefire” or “hostage exchange” between Israel and Hamas. At the same time, Israeli...

October 7, 2023 | |

Hamas Terror Against Israel Sponsored by Iran

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has hosted numerous meetings with its proxy organizations and called for united action against Israel over the past months, culminating...

September 28, 2023 | |

Iran-backed Houthi Strike in Saudi Arabia Kills Three

A third Bahraini soldier died on September 27 from injuries sustained in a Houthi drone strike in Saudi Arabia on September 25 that killed two Bahraini soldiers. At the time of the...

September 13, 2023 | |

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Latin America-Based Hezbollah Financial Network

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 12 sanctioned three people and their Latin American-based companies for conducting illicit financial activities for Hezbollah. The...

September 1, 2023 | |

UAE Condemns Hezbollah as UNIFIL Mandate Renewed  

Latest Developments  The United Nations Security Council voted to renew the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year on August 31. However, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

August 30, 2023 | |

Saudi Arabia Moves to Assert Influence in West Bank as Normalization with Israel Appears Possible

Saudi Arabia is offering to resume financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank in exchange for security guarantees, The Wall Street Journal reported...

August 10, 2023 | |

Lebanese Central Bank Governor Hit With Sanctions From U.S., UK, Canada 

The United States, UK, and Canada sanctioned the former governor of Lebanon’s central bank, Riad Salameh, for “corrupt and unlawful actions” on August 10 but stopped short of sanctioning the...

July 28, 2023 | |

IDF Intelligence Warns of Growing Threat at Israel-Lebanon Border 

Israeli intelligence personnel have issued increasingly dire warnings about security on Israel’s northern border, Israeli media reported on July 28. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli Prime Minister...

July 25, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Elaine K. Dezenski

The Russia-Serbia Nexus – EU Has to Step Up and Do its Part

“The West must do a better job of imposing costs on destructive Balkan actors. But to do so effectively, the West must act as one.”

July 19, 2023 | |

Secretary of State and Arab League Chief Meet After U.S. Condemns League’s Readmission of Syria

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with League of Arab States Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at the State Department on July 19. Blinken and Aboul Gheit did not discuss the specifics of their...

June 28, 2023 | |

Iran Pledges Support for Putin After Failed Mutiny

The chief of the Iranian armed forces general staff, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, invited Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to visit Iran during a phone call on June 28. According to a readout...

May 17, 2023 | |

Protests in Iran Persist Eight Months After Death of Mahsa Amini

May 16 marked the eight-month anniversary of Iran’s murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for her alleged failure to wear her hijab properly, sparking nationwide protests that continue...

March 15, 2023 | |

Israel Suspects Infiltrator From Lebanon in Rare Roadside Bombing

Latest Developments Ending a two-day official silence, Israel said on Wednesday that its forces had intercepted and killed an infiltrator from Lebanon whom it blamed for a rare roadside bombing at the Megiddo...