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 66 current articles out of 478 reviewed.
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Israeli forces have abducted eight Palestinians in the village of Ad-Deqaiqa in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron following an attack by Israeli settlers.
The terrorist is believed to have acted alone in both the attack and his escape attempt, Army Radio cited security officials as saying.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Israeli military forces have carried out 1,068 incursions into southern Syria since the fall of Assad’s government in early December 2024.
By Jana Choukeir and Doina ChiacuDUBAI/WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States exchanged new threats on Sunday, with President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it didn't make a deal, and the Iranian military saying it would retaliate harshly to any fresh attack.The conflict has looked stalemated for months, with no sign ...
The Kuwait Specialty Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, announced on Sunday the suspension of operations in all departments, except for emergency care, due to a halt in fuel supplies amid the Israeli blockade, Anadolu reports. “We regret to announce the suspension of operations in the hospital’s departments, with the exception of the emergency department, starting today, Sunday, due to ...
Turkish defence company Havelsan and Egypt’s Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) signed a sales agreement for the Hamza-1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the El Alamein International Airshow last week, […]
Tehran says it has information Washington is preparing a major attack; warning comes after Houthi strikes targeted Saudi Arabia amid renewed fighting in Yemen
Pop star Ed Sheeran said Saturday the situation in Gaza is "unjustifiable," following a wave of criticism that he had failed to back his opening act who was booted from the tour after making pro-Palestinian comments. The singer, who had previously maintained an apolitical stance, broke his silence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his first show since the controversy involving U...
Marking the fourth attack this week, Israeli settlers attacked Burqa, where an elderly man was beaten. A day earlier, an 18-year-old woman was injured by shrapnel from settler gunfire. An activist told Haaretz: 'They kicked me as hard as they could'
Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said regime officials and military members are quietly breaking away, claiming the opposition has entered a new phase against Tehran.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin asserted that up to 1,600 Ukrainian drones heading toward Russia were intercepted by air defense systems.
The Syrian Defense Ministry said Saturday that 11 soldiers were killed in Friday’s explosion at an army site in the Ayyash area west of Deir ez-Zor province in northern Syria, Anadolu reports. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the ministry, said the soldiers’ procession was set out from the National Hospital in Deir ez-Zor city. The authorities have not yet disclosed the cause or circumst...
Lebanon marks the anniversary of the Israeli massacre in the refugee areas of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut in 1982.
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Two Palestinians were injured during an attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank on Sunday morning.
Thirteen Yemeni soldiers were killed in two days of clashes with Houthi forces in the southwestern provinces of Taiz and Lahj, the army said on Saturday, Anadolu reports. The army-affiliated Tur al-Bahah Military Axis only reported the fatalities in a statement, without giving further details. Several fronts across Yemen have seen renewed fighting in recent days between government forces and the H...
NEAR RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Violence flared in the occupied West Bank on Sunday when a suspected Palestinian gunman shot dead an Israeli man, police said, and Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian motorist who the military said was attempting to run them over. The gunman opened fire from his vehicle at Israelis gathered at a spring near the settlement of Neve Tzuf, near Ramallah,...
BRUSSELS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The European Commissioner for the Mediterranean said on Sunday that she discussed the European Union's relationship with Israel, regional stability and Gaza recovery efforts with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.Dubravka Suica said in a post on X after the call that they discussed EU-Israel "relations and our shared interest in security and stability across the Mi...
Sirens warning of incoming missiles and combat drones launched from Yemen have sounded in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh and elsewhere in the kingdom.
The Iranian armed forces’ Khatam al-Anbia Central Command has warned the US and regional countries that any mistake could make them targets of the country’s painful attacks.
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Ukraine launched one of its largest waves of drone attacks toward Moscow, with Russia saying have downed more than 1,600 drones, including 450 aimed at the capital.
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.
Around 100 Israeli occupiers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday morning under the protection of Israeli forces, the Jerusalem Governorate said, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the governorate’s media office said the occupiers raided the compound’s courtyards and performed Talmudic rituals under the protection of Israeli police. The incident comes a day after ...
Tehran, IRNA – The advisor to the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), hailing the resilience of the Iranian people and Armed Forces against foreign aggressors, says US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and their supporters will face the same fate as former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Singer Ed Sheeran addressed the controversy Saturday surrounding rapper Macklemore’s removal from his US tour before performing at Lincoln Financial Field in the state of Pennsylvania, saying his “heart has been broken” by the devastation caused by the war in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports. “I don’t want to disappoint fans, and I’ve never wanted to be an activist musician, but this has put me in ...
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.
The United States warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escalate rapidly" after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed. US President Donald Trump cut short a weekend at Camp David, a secluded presidential complex in rural Maryland, to return unexpectedly to the White House.
Pakistan and China have officially put their Boundary Joint Commission into operation.
Tehran, IRNA – Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination, referring to the US-Israeli imposed war, says the enemies must leave the region after facing disgrace and humiliation at the hands of the Iranian Armed Forces.
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.
Syria’s ruling HTS regime has reportedly turned down a formal request from Saudi Arabia to dispatch combatants to the kingdom to help counter advancing Yemeni Armed Forces.
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 73,913, and the number of injured has risen to 174,935.
In her documentary 'Underwear and Undershirts,' Smadar Zamir turns her camera on the home front of 1973. What she finds both echoes October 7 and departs from it
King Hussein offered Israel more concessions to end the Six-Day War than those outlined in the U.N. resolution, including navigation rights in the Gulf of Aqaba and deeper influence over the Suez Canal.
A Yemeni governmental body said on Sunday that nearly 147,000 people have been displaced this month amid ongoing military escalation in the war-torn country, Anadolu reports. The Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons Camps documented the displacement of 21,583 families, comprising 146,943 people, between Sept. 1 and 18 due to deteriorating security conditions. It said the displace...
At the height of some of the most consequential military campaigns the Nigerian Air Force had against Boko Haram in 2016, some of Nigeria’s Franco-German Alpha Jet aircraft, acquired decades […]
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Israeli forces have continued their attacks on southern Lebanon overnight, local sources reported.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir affirmed that should the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack is not killed during the manhunt, "he belongs on the gallows."
Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed it launched missile and drone attacks on “sensitive targets” in the Saudi capital Riyadh alongside a separate attack on facilities of oil firm Saudi Aramco in coastal Yanbu, Anadolu reports. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on US social media company X on Friday that the group carried out two operations using “a large number of ballistic and cruise missi...
US media reports suggest that the Pentagon has undercounted the real number of casualties among its troops during the war with Iran.
Tehran, IRNA - The Iranian Army has intercepted an advanced Orbiter reconnaissance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, the latest in a series of American unmanned aircraft brought down by the country's armed forces during the war.
A US senator has denounced the Israeli regime’s abduction of Palestinian-American journalist Naqaa Hamed as a wrongful detention and demanded her immediate release.
The US on Saturday urged Americans outside the Middle East to seriously reconsider travel to and through the region, citing a complex security environment and the potential for rapid escalation, Anadolu reports. The State Department’s Travel.Gov account on a US social media platform said Americans in the Middle East should exercise heightened vigilance and be prepared for possible flight cancellat...
As Russian ships resupply Moscow’s remaining military presence and US companies arrive seeking investment opportunities, Damascus is trying to build ties with Washington without abandoning Moscow.
An adviser to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander-in-chief has warned that US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and their supporters will face the same fate as former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Saudi Arabia spent seven years fighting the Houthis before agreeing to a cease-fire. Now, with the Bab el-Mandeb in their grip, the Houthis are seeking recognition, Iranian flights and a new political order in Yemen – while ruling out a new war too
The Israeli army has closed two checkpoints in the northern West Bank, preventing more than 100 Palestinian teachers from reaching schools, an education official said Sunday, Anadolu reports. Azmi Balawneh, director of education in Tubas Governorate, said 104 teachers were unable to reach their schools after the army had shut the Tayasir and Ein Shibli checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley, th...
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.
ANKARA, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia may have military needs due to theongoing attacks by Yemen's Houthis and that Turkey was ready to help under a trilateraldefence pact that also includes Pakistan."We see there are very serious attacks on Saudi Arabia's territorial integrity, sovereignty. We have an alliance agreement in our pact. We...
The source, quoted by UAE outlet The National, owned by the president's brother, did not outright deny a Haaretz report from earlier this month, according to which Mohammed bin Zayed warned Netanyahu of a Hamas attack before October 7, 2023
A top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, has placed a hold on a $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel, The Hill reported on Friday. Shaheen has voiced frustration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not addressed concerns raised by Democratic lawmakers over civilian deaths in Gaza, Israeli strikes in Syria, and growing violence against Palestinian...
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – The advisor to the lead commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC says the US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister and their backers will face the same fate as the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Mojtaba, a three-day-old Iranian infant killed with his family during the recent war, became a symbol of the civilian toll of the US-Israeli war on Iran, and is remembered through Parisa Rashidi’s painting inspired by the events of Ashura.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in Cairo on Sunday with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and called for an agreement to resolve the Iran crisis and restore regional stability, Anadolu reports. Sisi expressed Cairo’s “full support for efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive agreement that resolves the Iranian crisis, thereby contributing to the restoration of regional security and stabilit...
The terrorist is believed to have opened fire on Israelis ritually immersing in a nearby spring ahead of Yom Kippur from a passing vehicle.
A senior Israeli source familiar with Iran's nuclear program told Haaretz that Netanyahu's claim that Iran possessed nuclear bombs was 'a complete lie.' Eisenkot said Netanyahu is 'inventing a reality, and that's how he frightens the Israeli public'
Political commentator, Syed Mohsin Abbas, says all efforts to stop the Trump administration from arming the Israeli regime are positive, but will likely fail as governments often find ways to bypass the law.
US President Donald Trump said his proposed triumphal arch will become a military complex to store and deploy drones, sniper ammunition and other equipment for national security needs.
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has announced the dismantling of three operational cells linked to the terrorist groups on Sunday whose aim was planning to carry out assassinations and sabotage economic infrastructure.
Munhal Amer was killed by fire from a Syrian helicopter while fighting on the Golan Heights. His brother and former crew members remember a shy, courageous young man who never got to fulfill his greatest dream: becoming a painter
Tehran, IRNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei says US President Donald Trump waged a foolish war on Iran and is foolishly continuing it. However, Iran stands ready to give a stronger and more painful response should the US resume military aggression, as it did during the 40-day conflict that began earlier this year.
Tehran, IRNA - Saudi Arabia has carried out 760 airstrikes on Yemen since it intensified its attacks against the country, the spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces said Sunday night.
Morocco has finalized a contract to buy 10 H225M Caracal helicopters from Airbus Helicopters, giving the Royal Moroccan Air Force a modern combat search-and-rescue and special-operations platform to replace its […]
The rapid advance of Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) along the country’s Red Sea coast and the YAF’s consolidation of its control over the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait have heightened concerns in Israel about the ongoing crisis at the Port of Eilat, Israeli media reports say.
The United Arab Emirates’ EDGE Group has delivered six ANAVIA HT-100 NAVAL unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Angolan Navy, completing a milestone in the broader one billion euro programme […]
From the Palestinian issue to Israel's relations with Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iran, most parties offer voters little sense of where they want the country to be a decade from now
Paramount and Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL) unveiled the Mbada, a new 4×4 light armoured modular vehicle (LAMV), at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition (AAD 2026) at Air Force […]