We've collected the top geopolitical conflict articles from the Middle East and brought them all here. If you're tired of only having access to MSM versions of the story, you've found the right place. We’ll include all of the outlets we know of. For this post, we looked at 10 news sites and located 63 current articles out of 478 reviewed.
Europe’s bid to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran has ignited a fierce backlash, with Iran denouncing the move as “illegal” and vowing firm retaliation.
Sources told the NYT that the shortage could last beyond the Trump administration’s tenure in office, leaving future presidencies vulnerable to Russian and Chinese attacks.
With all due respect to the IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon, 36 politicians will compete next week for just 16 realistic spots in the Likud primaries. Meanwhile, two Likud stalwarts have launched a party without a name – but not without a reason
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a 15-point plan approved by US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza, insisting that Israeli forces will not withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas is disarmed, Anadolu reports. “Israel rejects the 15-point document published by the Board of Peace for Gaza,” Netanyahu said in a video statement after the start of a...
Netanyahu stressed Hamas must disarm of all its weapons, including heavy and light arms, which according to the plan, would be subject to Palestinian law. A senior Hamas official said the group remained committed to the roadmap
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Yemen's Armed Forces said they hit Saudi Arabia's Aramco refinery in Jizan with a drone on Sunday, describing the strike as precise and carried out in response to Saudi drone violations of Yemeni airspace.
Tehran, IRNA — Hundreds of Palestinian supporters have protested in the German capital of Berlin against the Israeli regime’s continued aggression in Gaza.
Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out a large-scale operation against Saudi-backed mercenaries in the southwestern province of Ta’izz, killing and wounding dozens of them.
Hezbollah says the Lebanese people must recognize the dangers posed by Beirut's continued policy of concessions and negotiations with Israel.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has vowed the group will not disarm while Israeli occupation persists, denouncing Lebanon’s cabinet decision on its weapons as a US-driven move that risks sparking civil strife.
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has paid homage to the work done by journalists in the country during the US-Israeli war of aggression, especially their narration of Iran's dignified fight against the aggressors.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States complied with a list of demands, including paying compensation for war damage. Iran has effectively blockaded the crucial energy conduit since the United States and Israel attacked it in late February, and wants to charge tolls for passage, striking ships it accuses of a...
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Saturday that an Israeli legal organization operating under the cover of government bodies provides legal and social protection to occupiers who kill Palestinians and commit acts of violence in the occupied West Bank, while Palestinians face pressure and sanctions over payments made to prisoners held in Israeli jails, Anadolu reports. The statement ...
General Daniel Caine is urging Trump administration officials to seek a way out of the war with Iran amid growing concerns over Iranian retaliation and dwindling military options, according to a report.
Chehour, a village in South Lebanon’s Tyre district, is among many communities that have played a central role in the region’s history of resistance against occupation.
Beirut says it will take months to implement the pilot zones demilitarization program and Israel is not anxious to withdraw its military from the IDF-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz “quietly” approved the reconstruction of an area under army control in eastern Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Without a public announcement, Netanyahu and Katz approved “infrastructure works in ‘Green Rafah,’ in eastern Rafah, to establish a residential project for Palesti...
IDF soldiers who served in the West Bank tell Haaretz how settlers in local army battalions, though formally subordinate to the military, are using IDF operations to actively fuel friction with Palestinians
Hasson was indicted for Sherman's murder on May 14, with additional indictments for intentionally causing the death of two others, obstruction of justice, and possession of weapons without a permit.
Turkey said Egypt could join the Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan defense pact after technical issues are resolved, adding the NATO-style alliance does not target Iran unless Tehran attacks a member, and will have a Saudi-based secretariat
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Rosatom Chief Executive Alexey Likhachev announced that an initial team of five Russian specialists is now working at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran.
British trade unions urge UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to stop contributing support to the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran.
KYIV, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Odesa seaport sustained damage from an overnight Russian attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, adding that eight people had been wounded in the city."In this way, the Russians are at war with the world's food security," he said. Odesa's seaports are the main artery for Ukraine's vast agricultural exports. Ukraine's energy ministry said Russia had a...
A new bill in the United States stipulates that financial assistance to Lebanon is contingent upon the disarmament of Hezbollah resistance movement.
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Israeli forces carried out a massive explosion in the Mansouri area of southern Lebanon on Sunday and set forested hills ablaze with drone-dropped bombs, triggering widespread fires across several locations.
By Nayera Abdallah, Steve Holland and Enas AlashrayDUBAI/WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday that a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages but reiterated that the waterway would only reopen once the United States met other conditions.A U.S. official told Reuters on Friday that an agreement between Iran and Oman was close and c...
This arrest therefore marks an unusual case of a minor with no previous extremist ties being detained for offenses related to international terrorism.
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s top security official says the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until the United States changes its policies towards Tehran, laying out a list of conditions that includes an end to military aggression and sanctions against Iran.
The new triple-axis doesn't necessarily pose a new military threat, but could reshape the region to their liking: a constrained Trump Middle East policy, a weaker Israel with less influence in Washington, and a new regional stance on Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The IRGC spokesman said Sunday the United States has accepted defeat in the war without achieving any of its goals, and that the Strait of Hormuz is now a "geography of battle" that Iran will hold until its conditions are met.
Pro-Palestinian groups charge the association with a failure to speak up for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been held in Israel without charge since late 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a US-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of close elections. After more than a week of gradually escalating criticism of the plan, and despite receiving assurances that Israel would not need to start withdrawing in Gaza immediate...
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian and wounded nine others, including four children, in separate attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, medical sources told Anadolu Agency. The latest casualties came amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, which has been in force in Gaza since Oct. 10, 2025. A medical source told Anadolu Agency that a young Palestinian man was killed aft...
As Netanyahu demands 'genuine' Hamas disarmament before considering pull-out from Gaza, a look at what happens next.
Massive protests erupt across Lebanon as citizens reject a US-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah, warning it would expose the country—especially its southern border—to increased Israeli aggression and undermine national security.
A Brussels-based advocacy group has filed a criminal complaint with Vietnamese authorities against Israeli reservist Matan Jerafi, accusing him of war crimes, genocide and incitement to genocide during Israel’s wars in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, Anadolu reports. The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) said in a Saturday statement that Jerafi is the CEO of the Israeli organization Im Tirtzu and s...
The Pentagon orders US military companies to accelerate weapons production as the Iran war has significantly depleted critical American missile and ammunition stocks.
By Steven Scheer and Nidal al-MughrabiJERUSALEM/CAIRO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his rejection of Donald Trump's latest Gaza plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government on Sunday, even as Israel's military has effectively halted attacks in the territory under pressure from the U.S. President.
Palestinian group Hamas reaffirmed Sunday its commitment to a roadmap agreed with mediators and the Board of Peace to complete the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the movement said it remains serious about “responsibly engaging” on implementing the 15-point plan and establishing a clear timetable for it. “The priority at this stage must b...
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump privately floated the idea with senior aides, with Iran's reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping a key condition.
Iran set preconditions on Saturday for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including compensation for war damages, complicating a potential deal to open the waterway essential to the world economy. Tehran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel struck Iran in late February, and wants to charge tolls for passage, attacking ships it accuses o...
Israeli forces have carried out fresh strikes in southern Lebanon despite recent US-brokered talks between Beirut and Tel Aviv in Rome.
Speaking at a cabinet meeting, PM says IDF 'will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed' • Netanyahu: Iran knows Israel will deal 'powerful blow' if it strikes
Aug 9 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery, they said on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.The alliance with Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, Turkey and Pakistan, is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of agg...
Iran’s top security official said Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US changes what he described as its hostile policies and meets a set of Iranian demands, Anadolu reports. In a statement, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Washington must “correct its behavior” before the strategic waterway can reopen. He listed six...
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warns that Israel is attempting to erase war crime scenes in Gaza by removing rubble before independent investigators can document or examine them.
Experts warn Israel's new administrative zones in Gaza seek to erase the Palestinian cause and force mass displacement.
The nine-member ISIS cell allegedly collected weapons, transported explosives, and carried out other activities supporting the terrorist group, according to Damascus's Interior Ministry.
Demonstrators in Berlin staged a protest in support of Palestine on Saturday, Anadolu reports. Protesters carried banners and Palestinian flags as they marched through the city and chanted slogans to express solidarity with Palestine. Since Israel launched its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Israeli army and occupiers have intensified attacks across the occupied West Bank, kil...
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - After months of U.S. military strikes on Iran, sanctions and a blockade, President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration is watching economic pressure mount on Iran, according to an interview with Axios."We are low keying it," Trump was quoted as saying during a brief phone call. "We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its...
Geopolitical analyst Syed Muaz Shah says Netanyahu’s rejection of the US-backed 15‑point Gaza peace plan highlights growing disunity between Washington and Tel Aviv.
Israel treats Gaza as a war, the West Bank as a security dispute, and the weeks-long withholding of a Palestinian body as a procedural issue, compartmentalizing Palestinians in ways that obscure the broader project connecting them
Syria and Russia have reached a memorandum of understanding to reorganize Russia’s presence at the Hmeimim and Tartus bases in western Syria following about 18 months of negotiations, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Sunday, Anadolu reports. Under the memorandum, Syria will assume management of civilian facilities, including Hmeimim Airport and the fourth commercial berth at Tartus port, gradually...
Israeli military forces stormed into a village in Syria’s southern Dara’a province, abducting a young man in yet another violation of the Arab country’s sovereignty.
Since the ceasefire was declared, the clans have helped secure the Yellow Line and the area west of it, while also assisting in locating weapons and terrorist infrastructure above and below ground.
The company argued that strong public views over the Gaza war could prejudice proceedings and affect its ability to receive a fair hearing. The filing underscored how tensions over the war in Gaza have become in the U.S.
The IRGC says foreign media outlets’ acknowledgment of US President Donald Trump’s failure in the war against Iran is the result of the efforts of Iranian revolutionary media outlets to counter the enemy’s disinformation.
Israeli terrorist spy agency, Mossad, has dismissed two of its most senior officials who were closely involved in developing a failed plot to overthrow Iran's government, according to Israeli media reports.
ANKARA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - A defence pact signed between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is technically the same as NATO's Article 5 mutual defence agreement, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday, adding the accord was not targeting Iran.Fidan also said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wanted to see the alliance expand, and that Egypt was a potential candidate to join, among othe...
Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian academic who lived in France for eight years, has been unjustly detained for condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza on social media.
Ali Akbar Velayati, Senior Adviser on international affairs to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said Saturday that “foreign forces” must leave the region, arguing that their presence is the main cause of insecurity, Anadolu reports. “Recent developments reflect the resilience of the armed forces, the steadfastness of Iranians, and the courage of the Resistance Axis,” Velayati said on US social media platfor...
New trade routes, financial links, energy projects and industrial partnerships are drawing Tehran and Moscow closer, creating economic ties that could endure well beyond today’s geopolitical pressures.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said that now is the “best time” to reach an agreement with the US, Anadolu reports. “When people talk about reaching an agreement, I believe now is the best time, because there is cohesion, strength and unity in the country. As far as I know, Iran is regarded as having emerged from this war and this conflict victorious and strong,” Pezeshkian said a...