Tensions between Israel and Iran’s proxies were already running high before the killing of Haniyeh, which took place the day after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed Fuad Shukr, a top-ranking commander of Hezbollah. The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said after the Beir...
By Dalia Dassa Kaye
On the Sky News Daily, host Matt Barbet examines how Iran and Israel's "shadow war" has moved out into the open, alongside defence and security analyst Michael Clarke. Matt is also joined by Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, affiliated lecturer in international relations of the Middle East at the ...
Syria’s regime and Iran back Hezbollah. Once the ceasefire began, however, HTS launched its attack in northern Syria. In all likelihood, the defeat of Hezbollah by Israel contributed to the timing of the attack. There is no evidence that the US and Israel are cheering over the attack by ...
as well as its behavior and the statements of Iran, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and many other Arab groups sworn to extirpate Israel. There is of course no mention of the events of October 7, 2023, but the book came out on October 1, 2024, and perhaps, given that there’s about a yea...
And on the world's hotspot issues like the protracted Ukraine crisis and the still-raging Palestine-Israel conflict, they have their distinctive points of view. As British scholar Martin Jacques has argued, the Global South needs the right of their civilizations to be heard and represented. ...
Oil prices were falling sharply on Monday. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, declined 6% to $67.50 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, dropped 5.6% to $71.37 a barrel. Both contracts are down more than 10% over the past three mo
So, for now, some international sanctions will be lifted from Iran as it continues to build its peaceful nuclear technology. However, there is a grave threat that Israel, using U.S.-provided weapons, will act unilaterally to bomb Iran. The consequences of such an action would be far greater...
accredited to Mossadeq or someone else, as the Embassy had heard that an imperial firman had been issued naming Zahedi as Prime Minister. Riahi denied that the firman had been "authentically signed" and stated that: "Iran and its people are more important than the Shah or any particular gove...
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