3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1096+ words) For months, the south Lebanon hill of Ali al-Taher was treated by Hezbollah as an exception to a strategy it had otherwise adopted since the beginning of the war with Israel on 2 March: avoid fighting to hold fixed geographical positions…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (135+ words) Middle East Eye Opinion: The UAE, like the US and Israel, is normalising a permanent state of war in the Middle East It took the Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 full months after his invasion of Ukraine to call what his…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (119+ words) Middle East Eye Iran accuses US of making world pay for war it started Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei has accused Washington of blaming Tehran for turmoil caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran. In a post on X,…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (111+ words) Middle East Eye Two Palestinians were injured in the occupied West Bank and nine others were detained during raids by Israeli forces, Wafa news agency reported. A 50-year-old Palestinian man who sustained wounds to his hand and leg during firing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (85+ words) Middle East Eye Iran threatens expanded strikes on US warships if blockade continues Iran’s unified military command has warned that it could intensify and broaden attacks on US naval vessels if Washington maintains its maritime blockade and continues the “harassment…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (71+ words) Middle East Eye Palestinian child wounded by Israeli gunfire near Gaza City Israeli army gunfire wounded a Palestinian child near Gaza City, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The Israeli army opened fire on a camp for displaced people in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (143+ words) Middle East Eye Iran urges regional nations to build 'homegrown' security architecture Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said that China’s emphasis on fostering common security “reflected a principle long championed” by Iran, urging regional nations to build a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (54+ words) Middle East Eye Iran vows ‘pre-emptive operations’ against perceived threats Iran will conduct “pre-emptive operations” wherever it perceives a threat, army spokesman Brigadier-General Mohammad Akrami Nia said in comments carried by Iranian broadcaster IRIB. “Our military doctrine has shifted toward…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (309+ words) Iran responded decisively to the US attempt to weaken or eliminate the Iranian forces’ control over the Strait of Hormuz, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said. In a statement carried by IRNA, General Akraminia revealed more details about…...