Israel's defense minister has for the first time acknowledged that Israel killed Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.
Israel Katz made the comments in a speech vowing to target the heads of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in (...)
Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held talks with senior Arab diplomats on Monday, signaling growing regional engagement and cooperation following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad on December 8.
Sharaa, whose group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led (...)
Activity at Russia's Hmeimim Air Base, a strategic hub that played a pivotal role in the Syrian civil war since 2015, has significantly declined amid the collapse of regime forces and shifting dynamics in the region.
Following its establishment as a (...)
Iran said on Friday that it has successfully conducted a space launch with its heaviest payload ever, the latest development in a program the West alleges improves Tehran's ballistic missile program.
The launch of the Simorgh rocket comes as Iran's (...)
An Iranian rapper who was sentenced to death for supporting anti-government protests has been released from prison after two years.
Toomaj Salehi was arrested in October 2022 after publicly supporting protests that erupted throughout Iran following (...)
Former British army soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of spying for Iran.
Khalife, who escaped prison while awaiting trial, collected information and passed it to Tehran and was found to have gathered the names of special forces soldiers. (...)
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has warned that the "space for negotiation and diplomacy...is getting smaller" over Iran's advancing atomic program as conflicts in the Middle East rage on and Donald Trump gears up to return to the (...)
The United Nations has accused Israel of "severe violations" of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in "engineering groundwork activities" that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
"Violations of the 1974 (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Chief of the General Staff Gen. Fayyadh Al-Ruwaili discussed on Sunday with his Iranian counterpart Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri opportunities to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries in the military and defense (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he and US President-elect Donald Trump see "eye to eye on the Iranian threat".
Netanyahu revealed that he had spoken with Trump three times in recent days, describing their discussions as (...)
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Mariano Grossi, announced on Sunday that he will travel to Iran in the coming days to discuss the country's nuclear program. The visit takes place amid rising tensions in the Middle East due to the (...)
Ukraine has officially terminated its air traffic agreement with Iran, a government official announced on Friday.
Taras Melnychuk, a representative of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, confirmed the decision on Telegram, stating, (...)
Iran has strongly rejected allegations that it was involved in a plot to assassinate former and current US officials, including President-elect Donald Trump, calling the claims "completely unfounded."
In a statement issued on Saturday, Iranian (...)
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a sharp warning to the US and Israel on Saturday, pledging a "crushing response" for actions against Iran.
In a speech delivered in Tehran, Khamenei stated, "The enemies – whether the Zionist (...)
Germany ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in the country on Thursday following Tehran's execution of Iranian-German dual citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, who had spent four years in an Iranian prison on terror charges.
Sharmahd, 69, a (...)
RIYADH — Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that Saudi Arabia is working to diversify its international partnerships. Speaking at a dialogue session in the 8th Future Investment Initiative (FII8) conference in Riyadh on Thursday, he said (...)
Iran has executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, following his conviction for "leading terror operations", state media is reporting.
Sharmahd was sentenced to death last year for "corruption on Earth", having been accused of leading a (...)
In his first reaction following an Israeli airstrike on Iranian military sites, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated Sunday that the attack must "neither be exaggerated nor underestimated."
Speaking at an event in Tehran, Khamenei (...)
Syrian air defense systems successfully intercepted an Israeli missile attack early Saturday, according to the state-run Sana news agency.
The strikes targeted military sites in the southern and central regions of Syria, with the assault commencing (...)
Following a brief suspension due to missile attacks on several Iranian cities early Saturday, flights in Iran resumed at 9 a.m. local time (0530 GMT), authorities confirmed.
A spokesperson for civil aviation announced the resumption and advised (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has expressed its condemnation of the military targeting of Iran, deeming it a violation of the nation's sovereignty and international laws.
The Kingdom reaffirmed its steadfast position against the ongoing escalation in the (...)
Israel announced early Saturday that its military has executed "precise strikes" against military targets in Iran, with explosions reportedly heard in Tehran.
"Right now, the Israel Defense Forces is conducting precise strikes on military targets in (...)
Antony Blinken has told Israeli leaders that "much more needs to be done" to get humanitarian aid to civilians in besieged northern Gaza, raising possible consequences in US law if action isn't taken, a senior Biden administration official says.
On (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Monday for Israel and other unspecified countries in the Middle East as the United States seeks to move forward on efforts to resolve the conflict in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya (...)
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers after they engaged and killed three militants during ground operations in Gaza on Thursday, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said.
"This is a significant military and moral achievement for Israel (...)
