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 74 current articles out of 473 reviewed.
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Qatar said Friday that official records it submitted to the UN show Iranian missiles struck civilian, commercial and residential areas in the country, rejecting Tehran’s attempt to cite a Qatari document as evidence that its attacks were limited to US military facilities, Anadolu reports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari made the remarks in a statement responding to a post on US social m...
BEHIND THE LINES: If and when the current strategy fails, the Kurds may need to be reached again. Hopefully, by the time this occurs, they will be able to take advantage of the moment in full.
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iran's Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters has warned the "terrorist" United States army of ‘more severe blows’ to warships if aggression continues.
“I can tell you categorically there is no plan of the Israelis to displace people out of Gaza against their will," Huckabee stated during a visit to the West Bank town of Turmus Aiya.
Israeli authorities issued a military order to immediately seize nearly 7.5 dunams (1.8 acres) of land in the town of Qabatiya in Jenin Governorate, northern occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports. The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement on Friday that the order was issued as “immediate and urgent” under “security and military” pretexts. The order targets 7.498...
Washington's use of nuclear weapons would trigger World War III, with the US being its first loser, says a former Iranian diplomat.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the occupied West Bank on Saturday, calling occupiers staging attacks against Palestinian “terrorists,” Anadolu reports. “I know that’s an uncomfortable word for some people, but when you try to create an atmosphere in which people feel uncomfortable living in their own homes, their children playing in their own lawns and yards, and people feeling that...
The UN on Friday urged Yemen’s warring parties to exercise restraint amid a sharp escalation in fighting, while expressing deep concern over the safety of civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, Anadolu reports. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the UN was “deeply concerned by the ongoing military clashes across multiple front lines in Yemen, including Ta’izz.” “We call on the Yemeni parties to ...
Huckabee labels some of the settlers committing violence as 'terrorists' though analysts say his visit is 'symbolic'.
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Washington could strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain site “very soon,” while describing the ongoing conflict with Tehran as “small potatoes” and saying the US is carrying out intermittent strikes, Anadolu reports. Asked whether the confrontation should be considered a war, Trump said he preferred to call it a “military conflict.” “A lot of people don’t call it...
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday said there was no plan to force Palestinians to leave Gaza after two Israeli ministers this week floated proposals for the mass removal of Palestinians from the coastal territory.• "I can tell you categorically there is no plan of the Israelis to displace people out of Gaza against their will," Huckabee ...
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.
Iran has been gradually shifting its military doctrine toward preemptive attack since the June 2025 war, an army spokesman said Friday. “When we face an American threat, we defend ourselves, and international law allows us to defend ourselves preemptively,” Mohammad Akraminia said during a program broadcast by Iran’s state television. Akraminia said Iranian forces targeted US bases stretching from...
Palestinian football returned on Friday with a club competition in the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and refugee camps in Lebanon after a nearly three-year suspension due to Israel’s genocidal war, Anadolu reports. The Palestinian Football Association organized the competition, “Thousand Martyrs Cup,” with opening matches held simultaneously in the three areas. Jabal Al-Mukaber faced Shabab A...
Aref declared that the recent wave of US military attacks on Iranian soil has permanently altered Tehran's security equations.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, in his administration's latest bid to play down the conflict ahead of crucial midterm elections. Trump's comments came a day after Vice President JD Vance said that "I wouldn't call it a war" despite an upsurge in clashes between Iran and the United States over the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States’ decision to impose counterterrorism sanctions on Palestinian activist Rawa Alsagheer and the Masar Badil movement has triggered expressions of solidarity across Brazil and Latin America, with activists condemning the measure as an attempt to criminalise Palestinian political organising and solidarity work. The US Treasury Department announced on August 26 that Masar Badil, also ...
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.
A Palestinian football championship has kicked off in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and refugee camps in Lebanon.
Trump's Gaza plan rests on reciprocity between Israeli withdrawal and Hamas' disarmament. But Netanyahu's government is blocking key steps, raising the question of whether security concerns – or electoral calculations – are driving Israel's resistance
A familiar pattern of occupier incursions under Israeli army protection, followed by fighting and soldiers opening fire on Palestinians is occurring with increasing frequency in the occupied West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Friday, Anadolu reports. Three incidents occurred in the past week, with Israeli soldiers shooting at least seven Palestinians, killing two,...
With a fateful election looming in under two months, we spoke to LGBTQ Israelis of every stripe about how their identities shape – or possibly clash – with their politics, how Oct. 7 and the Gaza war affected them, and what they fear most during this turbulent campaign season
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iran's foreign ministry spokesman urged Americans on Saturday to reject an Israeli proposal to recruit debt-burdened U.S. students to fight in an illegal war against Iran.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Friday renewed his description of occupiers who carry out attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as “terrorists,” saying their actions harm Israel’s image. Speaking to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, Huckabee said occupier violence against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank damages Israel’s reputation worldwide. KAN said Huckabee ag...
Tehran, IRNA — Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has called on the American people to refuse to be recruited into the war against Iran and not become “cannon fodder” in a war they never chose, and that was instead waged by Israel.
The US ambassador to Israel said Saturday that the Israeli government bore responsibility for West Bank Palestinians' safety and should impose "severe consequences" over violence, as he visited families after a surge in settler attacks. Mike Huckabee, long known as a staunch supporter of Israel and settlers, visited a Palestinian-American's home in the West Bank that has been repeate...
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iranian security forces dismantled a US-Israeli-backed terrorist cell in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in a joint operation involving the Intelligence Ministry, the IRGC Intelligence Organization, and provincial police.
About 50 military officers and civilian employees were questioned over disclosures to the press, including reports that the Iran war has depleted U.S. munitions stockpiles, The New York Times reported
According to an Axios report, the proposed strategy could include resolving the regional fallout of Hamas’s October 7 massacre against Israel and the resulting Israel-Hamas war.
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.
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – The Israeli regime's military has raided several towns in the occupied West Bank early on Saturday, local sources reported.
Thousands of Saudi-backed mercenaries have reportedly been dispatched to Ta’izz as the Yemeni Armed Forces scored military gains, taking control of large swathes of the province’s territory and advancing towards al-Mokha port.
Tehran, IRNA —The Hezbollah resistance movement, referring to the Israeli aggression, says the regime has continued its deadly onslaught with the backing of the United States, amid inaction of the Lebanese government and a complete silence from the international community.
Marc Rowan, the billionaire CEO of Apollo Global Management, has donated $1.5 million since the beginning of the year to the United Democracy Project, a super PAC (Political Action Committee) affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), according to Federal Election Commission filings, Anadolu reports. Rowan, whose net worth exceeds $8 billion, is an executive member of Tr...
By Ali Sawafta and Alexander CornwellTURMUS AYYA, West Bank, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday met with Palestinian Americans, including relatives of U.S. citizens killed by Israeli settlers, in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank that has been the target ofsettler attacks.The visit comes as settler violence, and what is widely perceived as the Israeli...
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force has dismantled a US-Israeli-linked terror team in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing two terrorists.
A US missile struck an Iranian oil tanker near Iran’s Kharg Island on Saturday, according to Iranian media, Anadolu reports. The tanker involved was a “small vessel,” Iran’s Student News Agency reported. It said no casualties were reported. Kharg Island is vital to Iran’s oil export system, handling roughly 90% to 95% of the country’s crude exports. US President Donald Trump previously threatened ...
A senior Yemeni official says the country’s naval units are conducting a military exercise in the Red Sea waters in anticipation of a potential US-Israeli war of aggression on the Arab nation.
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA).– Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, and Head of Russia’s Supreme Court Igor Krasnov met and held talks in India’s capital of New Delhi Friday on the sidelines of the judicial chiefs of the BRICS member states.
Japan’s Defense Ministry said Friday that Iran used its geographical advantage to “inflict unbearable costs at a relatively low military expense,” effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz by indicating that it had laid naval mines, Kyodo News reported. The ministry said Japan would strengthen its defense capabilities based on lessons from the US-Iran war, including by using defense equipment also ...
The Israeli army said on Friday that it killed a Palestinian man in the southern Gaza Strip, claiming he was a field commander in the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian group Hamas, Anadolu reports. Muhammad Mahmoud Marshad al-Qadi was killed in an attack in the Khan Younis area, the army said in a statement. It claimed that al-Qadi took part in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack...
Tehran, IRNA – Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says Iran stands against an enemy possessing the world’s full range of equipment and technology, describing modern warfare as a battle of willpower and endurance.
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Hezbollah resistance movement issued a statement on Saturday, criticizing the Lebanese authorities’ shameful insistence on misguided choices that encourag Israeli crimes
The United States said it struck and destroyed three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday in response to attempted missile attacks on naval vessels, in the latest exchange of fire since renewed hostilities flared between the foes. The new clashes, which began with US raids last week, come with both sides deadlocked in the six-month war as Iran keeps a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz ...
Throughout the war, Iran gained a better understanding of its military strengths and confidence regarding its capabilities, leading to a reluctance among Iranian leaders to end the war.
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.
Iran’s judiciary chief calls on BRICS members to condemn violations of Iran’s sovereignty and pursue those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Iran’s Army said it launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes on US military facilities in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates
At least two people were reportedly killed in earlier Israeli strikes in Lebanon, and local authorities in northern Israel told residents to expect explosions and gunfire throughout the evening as part of 'routine' IDF activity
Two young men were killed Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, Anadolu reports. The strike targeted the men riding a motorcycle near the Engineers’ Syndicate building in the city during the afternoon, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. The attacks come amid continued Israeli escalation against villages and towns across southern Lebanon despite an agree...
US investigators in August administered polygraph tests to 50 military officers and civilian officials following leaks concerning depleted American munitions stocks, according to multiple media reports on Friday, Anadolu reports. The probe targeted personnel with the Joint Staff, a group of senior military leaders advising the president, focusing on leaks regarding shortages of long-range missiles...
Whitaker said last month's attempted drone attack at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, which Berlin has blamed on Russia, was more worrying than other recent incidents NATO members have faced.
When Iran launched salvoes of drones and missiles at American bases, the message was clear. Strikes hit facilities in Kuwait, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates on September 3. Tehran wanted to signal that it retains complete dominance over the Persian Gulf. Yet behind these dramatic strikes lies a far more uncomfortable reality for Iranian leaders. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) f...
The Israeli army on Friday prevented around 100 Israeli peace activists from delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians who have been under occupiers’ siege for 28 days in the town of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank, according to the Peace Now movement. Since Aug. 9, Israeli occupiers have besieged three Palestinian homes in Qusra, while the Israeli army has also prevented the families f...
Let’s be done with the pretence of decency and soggy references to just resolution in the face of extreme circumstances. Be done with the hilarious stage acts of referring to legal doctrines that either do not exist or cannot exist in the bloodied context they are being forced to refer to. The State of Israel is intent, with every arm, administrative faculty and office bearer of consequence, to ...
The Pentagon reportedly subjects roughly 50 members of the US military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an unprecedented investigation into leaks to journalists, including reports about dwindling US munitions stocks during the war on Iran, according to officials briefed on the investigation.
The EU has joined the US-led “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign aimed at increasing financial pressure on Iran, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday, Anadolu reports. “The European Union has officially joined Operation Economic Outcast and we appreciate their strong and early stance,” Bessent said on US social media platform X. He said the US “stands firm with our allies” in seeking ...
Iran’s judiciary chief reaffirms Tehran’s determination to deepen strategic ties with China, emphasizing judicial, technological and AI cooperation while calling for greater coordination against aggression and global injustice.
Hundreds of Palestinians attend the funeral of 14-year-old Islam Ahmad Maher Ajouri in the Askar refugee camp.
Iran’s Chief Justice has slammed the United States and Israel for committing war crimes in Iran, as Indian religious leaders and intellectuals gathered in New Delhi.
As the Israeli elections draw closer, violence against Palestinians continues to intensify.
Germany on Friday strongly criticized an AI-generated video posted by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir depicting Palestinian prisoners being sent on a conveyor belt into a prison, with critics comparing the imagery to concentration camps, Anadolu reports. “I have taken note of this video. As far as I know, it’s been deleted by now, but that doesn’t make it any less terrible. Of c...
The EU rejects any attempt to make demographic or territorial changes in the Gaza Strip, a European Commission spokesperson said Friday, Anadolu reports. Christian Wigand was responding during the commission’s daily press briefing to an Anadolu Agency question about statements by Israeli officials concerning plans to displace Palestinians from the enclave. In accordance with UN Security Council Re...
Andy Burnham said sorry. He didn’t stop the weapons. Britain’s new prime minister built his early image on contrition. In July, before he even reached Downing Street, he called Gaza’s suffering “a scar on our collective conscience.” He admitted Labor “didn’t get it right.” He promised more pressure on Israel. Palestinian advocates in Britain welcomed the words, cautiously. Adnan Hmidan, Chair of t...
Iran has defeated successive military, economic, social and political efforts aimed at forcing the Islamic Republic to surrender or overthrowing it and is now preparing to confront a new phase of economic warfare, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says.
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei has urged the BRICS member states to slam the US and Israel for waging two wars against Iran and to prosecute the perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Iranian officials have condemned a new war crime committed by the US military that involved the bombing of a wedding ceremony in a coastal city in the country’s south.
US policymakers should stop treating E1 as an Israeli-Palestinian real-estate dispute. It is about who controls the roads, high ground, and military corridors in Israel.
Israeli assessments indicate Tehran is working to coordinate its regional allies for a simultaneous assault on Israel, seeking to avoid the lack of coordination seen during the October 7 attack.
From the Jordan Valley to the hills of Samaria, widespread settlement can deny terrorists sanctuary and strengthen Israel’s security.
A UN report published Friday said Israel forcibly displaced the entire Palestinian populations of three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank and continues to prevent their return, raising concerns of forcible transfer and “ethnic cleansing,” Anadolu reports. The UN Human Rights Office report said Israeli forces displaced residents of the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps during Operati...
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had been holding them until the SDF and Syrian government agreed to integrate, at which time US Central Command decided to facilitate a mass transfer.
Hezbollah says Israel is escalating its aggression against Lebanon amid international inaction and US support for Israel.