Middle East

New Rallies in Iran as Son Of Shah Calls for City Centers to be Seized

This is Beirut 10/01 12:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted Shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centers. The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although ...

Syrian Army Says Controls Aleppo District, Kurdish Forces Deny Claim

This is Beirut 10/01 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syria's army said it had completed a "security sweep" on Saturday of a neighborhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, who denied losing control of the area after defying calls to surrender. Government forces began striking the Sheikh Maqsud district overnight after a deadline elapsed for Kurdish fighters to withdraw during a ...

Syria Army Warns Will Strike Kurdish District of Aleppo: State Media

This is Beirut 09/01 20:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria's army warned on Friday it would renew attacks against a Kurdish-majority district of Aleppo and urged residents to evacuate, state media reported, hours after a ceasefire was announced. The army said it would target military sites used by Kurdish fighters in the Sheikh Maqsud district, in statements published by state news agency SANA ...

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Qassem: Hezbollah to Continue "Cooperation" With LAF to Expel "Occupation"

This is Beirut 09/01 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday in Lebanon, where the two discussed cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces “to expel the occupation” and reconstruction efforts. According to a statement by Hezbollah, Qassem talked about “the continuation of the ...

Iran FM Says US, Israel 'Directly Intervening' in Protests

This is Beirut 09/01 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran's foreign minister accused the United States and Israel on Friday of fueling a growing protest movement in the country, while dismissing the possibility of direct foreign military intervention after US warnings over crackdowns on demonstrators. "This is what the Americans and Israelis have stated, that they are directly intervening ...

Egypt-Lebanon Gas Deal: Israeli Gas at the Heart of the Agreement

Claudia Groeling 09/01 12:50 - Reading : 83 minute(s)

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Two eastern Mediterranean natural gas deals announced twelve days apart highlight shifting energy dynamics amid dramatic geopolitical transformations in the region, with Lebanon aiming to benefit. On December 17, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, describing the agreement as ...

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Khamenei Says "Arrogant" Trump Will be "Overthrown"

This is Beirut 09/01 12:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protesters who he called "vandals" and "saboteurs", in a speech broadcast on state TV. Speaking to supporters in his first comments on the escalating protests since January 3, Khamenei said U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

Syrian President Sharaa Meets With EU Chief von der Leyen: State Media

This is Beirut 09/01 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday, state media said, as she became the highest ranking EU official to visit since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was ousted. After the meeting, Ursula von der Leyen said Europe would do everything possible to assist Syria's recovery and ...

Syrian Government Announces Ceasefire in Aleppo

This is Beirut 09/01 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Syria's defence ministry announced a ceasefire in Aleppo on Friday after days of deadly clashes between the army and Kurdish fighters forced thousands of civilians to flee. U.S. envoy Tom Barrack on Friday welcomed a ceasefire in the city of Aleppo after days of deadly fighting between the army and Kurdish fighters forced thousands of ...

AnalysisIran at the Edge: Uprising, Exhaustion, and the Fate of the Islamic Republic

Salam El Zaatari 08/01 23:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Amid growing protests, Iran’s rulers face one of their most dangerous moments since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with the pillars that have long sustained the regime now visibly cracking. Protests that erupted in late December 2025 over imploded living conditions have evolved into a nationwide revolt against the ruling system itself, fueled by ...

Trump Says US Will Hit Iran 'Very Hard' if Protesters Are Killed

This is Beirut 08/01 22:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to take severe action against Iran if its authorities "start killing people" who are protesting in the country, where an economic crisis has led to mounting civil unrest, according to AFP. "I have let them know that if they start killing people, which they tend to do during ...

Aleppo Clashes Between Syria Govt, Kurdish Forces Rage into Third Night

This is Beirut 08/01 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish forces in Aleppo raged into the night Thursday on the third day of fighting, as Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi warned the violence undermined talks with Damascus. Global Response Washington's special envoy to Syria on Thursday issued an "urgent appeal" to the Syrian government and ...