Redrawing the map of Middle East
Israeli massacre of Gazans in 2014 revisited
Abdus Sattar Ghazali: ‘Gaza ceasefire hopes switch to Qatar as Arabs divided over Israeli offensive’. This headline in The Guardian on July 20, 2014 best reflected the collusion of major Arab states in the Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. According to AFP, as of July 20, the Palestinian death toll soared to 438 with around 100 Palestinians killed in one day on Sunday, July 20. Hamas last week rejected an Egyptian proposed ceasefire, which envisaged the end of Hamas rule in Gaza. Hamas described it as “not in the best interests of the Palestinian people”. Not surprisingly, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) accepted this proposal. Read More
The War on Gaza: A New Global Order in the Making?
By Amir Nour: Since the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, a new “Sykes-Picot” seems to be taking shape in the region. But while the secret Franco-British agreements of 1916 aimed to “facilitate the creation of a State or a Confederation of Arab States”, the current process aims to dismantle existing States. The October 2022 Biden-Harris Administration’s National Security Strategy document states that We will effectively compete with the People’s Republic of China, which is the only competitor with both the intent and, increasingly, the capability to reshape the international order, while constraining a dangerous Russia.” Read More
June 2025
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 88 civilians in 24 hours
Al Mayadeen: The Gaza Strip has witnessed another devastating day of bloodshed as the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Saturday that 88 Palestinians were killed and 422 others were wounded within 24 hours, amid a continued Israeli onslaught that began on October 7, 2023. Read More
0.7 Million Gaza Genocide Deaths Demand End Killing & Human Rights Denial NOW
by Dr Gideon Polya: From data published in The Lancet by expert epidemiologists it is estimated that by 25 April 2025 about 680,000 Gazans had been killed in the Gaza Genocide, 28% of the pre-war population and mostly children. Yet racist and lying Western Mainstream media presently report about 50,000 Gaza deaths. We must acknowledge the deaths and apply draconian sanctions on US-backed Apartheid Israel and all its supporters in the absence of an immediate end to the killing and human rights denial. Read More
Iran denies rumors about talks with US, says no date set
Al Mayadeen: Iran’s deputy foreign minister says no indirect talks with the US are scheduled, calling recent reports "unfounded" as Tehran weighs its national interests. Read More
Iran arrests Mossad agent in Tehran for drone espionage plot
Al Mayadeen: Iranian security forces arrested a Mossad agent in Tehran who was involved in assembling drones and transmitting sensitive air defense and infrastructure data to Israel. Read More
The end of Israeli invincibility
Press TV: The myth of Israel’s invincibility has been shattered. Iranian missiles proved they can reach any target, sending a clear message: the settler-colonial entity is no longer untouchable or safe. Read More
The Israel / US Aggression on Iran & the changing balance of power
by Feroze Mithiborwala: The Iranian hypersonic missile systems proved way too powerful for the American anti-missile systems to apprehend. Thus the Patriot, Iron Dome, David’s Sling & Thaad, all failed. Israel has faced massive damage and it’s major military, intelligence, energy & ports infrastructure lie in ruins. The financial drain on the Israeli economy is also unsustainable. Read More
Iran Is the Sixth Country on the List of the Countries America Is to Destroy for Israel
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: Why does Trump need another war when he is already in one in Ukraine and seems determined to pick a fight with China? Here is Trump’s ridiculous excuse as provided by his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt: “Let’s be very clear: Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon. All they need is a decision from the supreme leader to do that, and it would take a couple of weeks to complete the production of that weapon, which would of course, pose an existential threat not just to Israel, but to the United States, and to the entire world.” Read More
US ‘plans to attack seven Muslim states’
Al Jazeera: A former commander of NATO’s forces in Europe, General Wesley Clark says the White House devised a five-year plan after the 9/11 strikes to attack seven majority-Muslim countries. Read More
Muslims struggle to find mosque location in central Prague
Deutsche Welle: In 2024, the central mosque in the Czech capital, Prague, was shut down. Since then, the Muslim community has not been able to establish a new one. Read More
At least 13 soldiers killed in suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan
Al Jazeera: More than a dozen soldiers have been killed and dozens of people were wounded in a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. Read More
Israel bombs heavily populated Gaza City area, at least 20 killed
Al Jazeera: Israeli air attacks on al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City have killed at least 20 people, including nine children, according to medical sources. In its latest daily update, the Health Ministry in Gaza says Israeli attacks over the latest 24-hour reporting period have killed at least 81 people and wounded 422 others. Read More
Putin confirms he wants all of Ukraine, as Europe steps up military aid
Al Jazeera: Ukraine’s European allies pledged increased levels of military aid to Ukraine this year, making up for a United States aid freeze, as Russian President Vldimir Putin reaffirmed his ambition to absorb all of Ukraine into the Russian Federation. Read More
Iran holds grand funeral for martyrs of Israeli-US aggression
Press TV: Iran is holding a grand funeral service for those martyred in the 12-day aggression by Israel and the US against the Islamic Republic. The funeral in capital Tehran for 60 nuclear scientists, military commanders and civilians martyred in Israeli strikes began at 8:00 am (0430 GMT) in Enqelab Square on Saturday, proceeding to Azadi Square, about 11 kilometers across the sprawling metropolis. Read More
Sirens sound in Israeli-occupied territories as Yemen launches fresh missile attack
Press TV: Air raid sirens have sounded across multiple locations in the Israeli-occupied territories following the launch of a ballistic missile by the Yemeni Armed Forces toward the occupying Zionist entity in retaliation for the regime’s ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. According to Israeli media, the fresh missile attack from Yemen triggered sirens in Beersheba, Dimona, and towns in the surrounding area south of the occupied lands on Saturday morning. Read More
Israeli strike kills Red Crescent nurse in Gaza, raising medic death toll to 50
Press TV: The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says a nurse at one of its clinics in Gaza has been killed in a new Israeli attack, bringing the number of PRCS medical personnel killed since the start of the genocidal war in October 2023 to 50. In a statement on Friday, the PRCS said Haitham Bassam Abu Issa, a nurse at the PRCS clinic in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, was killed while off duty on Thursday. Read More
Defiant Khamenei says Iran will ‘never surrender’ to the US
Press TV: Iranian supreme leader says US strikes on nuclear sites ‘did nothing significant’ in first comments since a ceasefire was agreed with Israel. Leader congratulates Iranian nation on victory, says Zionist regime was crushed. In his message following the end of the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic and the regime’s unilateral declaration of a ceasefire, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Thursday congratulated the Iranian nation on its glorious victory. Read More
Iran asserts right to peaceful nuclear energy under NPT
Press TV: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has reiterated the Islamic Republic’s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes as per Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying the country is determined to preserve it “under any circumstances.” Read More
Israeli regime forces massacre over 90 Palestinians in Gaza after 7 troops killed
Press TV: Israeli troops have massacred more than 90 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip after seven regime soldiers were killed in the besieged territory in an ambush. At least 31 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza so far this morning, local reports cited sources in hospitals in the territory as saying on Thursday. Read More
BRICS+ remains credible counterweight to Western hegemony
Hamzah Rifaat: The acronym BRICS stands for the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, each of which is a founding member of an intergovernmental organization that prioritizes middle-income, emerging economies and economic cooperation. Founded in 2009, BRICS has now expanded to BRICS+ to include countries such as Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia, adding high-income, emerging, and established economies in a framework geared at catering to the world’s largest markets in the absence of provocations and unilateralism. Read More
Mapping Israel’s expanding battlefronts across the Middle East
By Mohamed A. Hussein: A fragile ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Iran, one day after US President Donald Trump announced a truce, ending 12 days of fighting that erupted following Israeli strikes on Tehran’s nuclear and military sites. An analysis of data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) shows that between October 7, 2023, and just before Israel attacked Iran on June 13, 2025, Israel carried out nearly 35,000 recorded attacks across five countries: the occupied Palestinian territory, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran. Read More
Tehran halts IAEA access over silence on US-Israeli aggression
Al Mayadeen: Iran’s Parliament announced a major shift in nuclear oversight policy on Wednesday, voting to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unless the safety of its nuclear facilities is guaranteed. The move comes in the wake of recent Israeli-US aggression targeting key nuclear sites, which Iranian lawmakers say the IAEA failed to condemn. Read More
627 martyred, 4,870 injured in Israeli aggression against Iran
Press TV: Iran’s health ministry on Wednesday announced that 627 people have been martyred and 4,870 others injured in the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic. Read More
Iran’s ‘Operation True Promise III’ shatters the illusion of Zionist regime’s invincibility
By Musa Iqbal: The Zionist aggression is over, at least for now. After 12 days of war, the Israeli occupation, which initiated the unprovoked and unlawful armed aggression against Iran on June 13, has cowered behind the US, pleading for a “ceasefire” deal with Iran. After getting pounded for 12 days, it was the embattled Israeli regime headed by a war criminal that was forced to halt its surrender. It was not the Islamic Republic of Iran that approached the US, but Benjamin Netanyahu, who realized Iran is not Lebanon or Syria. Read More
The steadfastness of Iran is unmatched in recent history
By Janna Kadri: As the US and Israel escalate aggression against Iran, the confrontation reveals not just a military gamble but a desperate imperial bid to preserve collapsing hegemony, met by Iran's enduring resistance, a resistance now emblematic of the Global South's wider struggle against capitalist plunder, settler colonial violence, and a dying empire's last war. Read More
Iran becomes 100% self-sufficient in production of military drones
Al Mayadeen: The commander of Iran's air forces, Brig. Gen. Hamid Vahedi, has said that Iran has achieved full self-sufficiency in supplying its air forces with combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). “We have achieved 100% self-sufficiency in the field of unmanned aircraft, but we must not stop in these efforts," the IRNA news agency quoted Vahedi as saying. The commander also noted that Iran has become the leading state in the Middle East in the field of combat drones. Read More
Iran says powerful military response forced Israel to halt aggression unilaterally
Press TV: Iran's top security body says the powerful Iranian military response as part of True Promise III forced the Israeli regime to halt its aggression unilaterally. The Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has said the Israeli regime was forced to unilaterally end its aggression against the Islamic Republic following a determined and powerful response from the Iranian armed forces. Read More
Is the 12-day Israel-Iran war really over – and who gained what?
Al Jazeera: Since Sunday, the Middle East has lurched from escalating war to fragile ceasefire. A truce seems to be holding, and what US President Donald Trump called “The 12 Day War” between Israel and Iran seems to be over – for now. Meanwhile, Trump, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s leaders have all claimed that the pause in the conflict happened on their terms. So, what’s the truth? What did Israel achieve? Did Iran manage to defend its strategic assets? And is the truce a pathway to peace? Read More
How Israel failed in Iran?
Al Jazeera: The very real damage to the Israeli heartland should also be considered. Israel achieved aerial dominance over Iran very quickly and struck almost at will. Iranian missiles, however, repeatedly managed to penetrate the famed Israeli air defense system, strike at the heart of Israel and across the entire country, and bring it to a standstill while inflicting an unprecedented number of casualties as well as massive destruction. Read More
Israel kills more than 80 people in Gaza, including dozens of aid seekers
Al Jazeera: More than 400 Palestinians have died at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites since their operation began in rising daily killings of the hungry. Israeli forces and drones have killed at least 86 Palestinians since dawn, including 56 near aid distribution centres, in the latest attacks on desperate people seeking aid in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to medical sources in hospitals. In Rafah alone, in the south of the enclave, 27 aid seekers were gunned down by the Israeli military on Tuesday. Read More
Five Israeli soldiers killed in double ambush by Gaza Resistance
Al Mayadeen: Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 17 others were wounded, some critically, after being lured into a complex ambush in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Tuesday evening. According to the details, Israeli sources noted that the casualties involved two military units from different brigades and division-level formations. Read More
2025: A historic turning point for Türkiye’s aerospace industry
Anadolu Agency: The year 2025 is proving to be a landmark for the Turkish aerospace sector, with a series of high-profile announcements and international agreements that underscore the country’s growing prominence in global defense and aviation markets. On May 14 - Madrid: Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the Spanish Ministry of Defense, and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the export (and joint manufacturing of selected subsystems) of the Hürjet, Türkiye’s advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft. Read More
India forcibly sterilised 8m men: One village remembers, 50 years later
By Yashraj Sharma: When everybody ran, towards the jungles and nearby villages, or dived into a well to hide from government officials, Mohammad Deenu stayed put. His village, Uttawar, in the Mewat region of northern India’s Haryana state, about 90km (56 miles) from the capital, New Delhi, was surrounded by the police on that cold night in November 1976. Their ask: men of fertile age must assemble in the village ground. Read More
Trump says ceasefire reached between Israel and Iran
Al Jazeera: United States President Donald Trump says that Iran and Israel have agreed to a “complete and total” ceasefire, which will come into effect in the coming hours. Trump’s announcement on Monday came shortly after an Iranian missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses US troops. “On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR,'” Trump said in a social media post. Read More
Qatar mediated US-backed ceasefire between Israel and Iran
India Today: Qatar's Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, secured Tehran's agreement to a US-proposed ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Iran, a senior official involved in the negotiations said, as reported by Reuters. The move came after US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance reached out to Qatar's Emir, urging him to help de-escalate rising tensions in the Middle East following Iranian missile strikes on a US air base in Qatar on Monday. Read More
America Joins Israel’s War—Again
By Habib Siddiqui: Israel has done it again—dragged the United States into another war it didn’t start. For over three decades, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lobbied Washington to help dismantle Iran’s nuclear program. In April 2025, he demanded U.S. bunker-buster bombs be used to destroy Iran’s underground Fordo facility. This time, he got his wish. As I write this on Saturday night, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.S. had “completed a successful attack.” American warplanes dropped their full payload on Iran’s most critical nuclear sites: Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan. Read More
The US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, including Fordow
Al Mayadeen: In a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at dawn that the United States carried out what he described as a "very successful attack" on three Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Trump stated that a "full payload of bombs" was dropped on Fordow, the primary target, and confirmed that all US aircraft involved in the operation have exited Iranian airspace and are "safely on their way home." Read More
Iran: Minor damage to nuclear sites after US attack, no radiation
Al Mayadeen: In a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at dawn that In its first official response to US airstrikes targeting nuclear facilities inside the country, Iranian authorities stated early Sunday that the attacks caused no radiation leaks or risk to surrounding populations and confirmed that the structural integrity of the targeted sites remains intact. Read More
True Promise 3, wave 20: Ben Gurion, military, research sites struck
Al Mayadeen: A new wave of Iranian ballistic missile strikes targeted central and northern parts of "Israel" on Sunday, marking the first such attack since US airstrikes hit Iran’s nuclear facilities on Sunday at dawn. Sirens were activated across multiple areas, with Israeli authorities urging settlers to remain in shelters. Read More
Strikes so far against Israel just a warning, punitive operations to follow: Iran’s top general
Press TV: In a stern and strongly-worded warning to the Israeli regime and its Western backers on Tuesday, Iran’s top military commander said the “punitive operations” will be carried out soon. Major General Sayyid Abdolrahim Mousavi, the newly-elected Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, in a televised message, said the operations carried out so far since Friday have served as a deterrent warning, and the actual punitive operations will be executed soon. Read More
Iran vows to ‘break the back’ of Zionist regime; says new missiles being used
Press TV: Iran’s defense ministry has vowed to “break the back” of the Israeli regime and continue with its retaliatory military operations against the Zionist aggressors. In a televised interview on Iran’s state broadcaster on Tuesday, ministry spokesperson Brigadier General Reza Talayi-Nik said the Iranian armed forces will continue their retaliatory military action, vowing a crushing blow to Zionist regime. Read More
Prestigious Mossad-linked Weizmann Institute reduced to rubble by Iranian missile strike
Press TV: Iranian missile strikes have reduced the renowned Weizmann Institute of Science, located in the city of Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, to smoldering ruins. Once a pillar of the Zionist regime’s scientific and military collaboration, the institute with close links to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, now stands dysfunctional and devastated. Read More
Israel is doing the dirty work for us: Germany’s Merz
Al Mayadeen: In a revealing interview with ZDF this morning, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz openly endorsed "Israel’s" continued military aggression against Iran, framing it not only as justified but as a global service. “This is the dirty work Israel is doing for all of us. We are also victims of this regime,” Merz said, referring to Iran. He labeled the Iranian government a “mullah regime” responsible for “death and destruction to the world.” Read More
Israel targets civilians in Tehran; most victims are kids
Al Mayadeen: The emergency department at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini hospital was hit by a surge of injuries late Sunday night following direct Israeli airstrikes on the city. Medical staff described the aftermath as a “bloodbath” as victims from nearby blasts overwhelmed the facility. “It was a bloodbath. We were overwhelmed by chaos and the screams of grieving family members. Dozens upon dozens of people with life-threatening injuries, minor wounds, and even bodies were brought in,” one doctor, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Guardian. Read More
Springboks Whip Kangaroos in ICC WTC Final
By Syed Rifaquat Ali: South Africa, rated as a mediocre Test team by cricket pundits and media, triumphantly defeated the number 1 Test team in the world Australia lastweek in the final of International Cricket Council (ICC) World TestChampionship at Lord's before a huge crowd. Read More
Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran; Tehran death toll at 78
Al Mayadeen:The Israeli occupation continued its cross-border aggression against Iran on Friday, launching a wave of coordinated strikes targeting multiple provinces across the country. Iranian state media reported that one of the key targets was the Natanz nuclear facility in Isfahan province. The site, a cornerstone of Iran's nuclear infrastructure, has previously been the focus of Israeli sabotage operations. Read More
Strikes have been confirmed in the following locations:
Iran launches hundreds of drones toward 'Israel' to overwhelm systems
Al Mayadeen: Iranian media reported on Friday that hundreds of Shahed drones were launched toward the occupied territories in a coordinated retaliatory attack aimed at engaging and overwhelming its air defense systems. Read More
Israeli attack against Iran’s military commanders, scientists bears Western hallmark
Iran: American government responsible for the Israeli attack on Iran
Press TV: Iranian Foreign Ministry official, Issa Kameli, said Friday Irans held the American government responsible for the “very dangerous and widespread consequences of the regime’s adventurism.” Read More
