Middle Orient

Iran Update, August 25, 2025

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected recent calls by Iranian reformist officials to reform Iran’s domestic and foreign policies.[1] Khamenei delivered a speech on August 24 in which he claimed that “Iran’s enemies” failed to defeat Iran during the Israel-Iran War and are now trying to do so by “creating …

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It’s time for Gaza’s silenced majority to reclaim Its power

The images of thousands of Gazans pouring, unarmed, toward aid distribution points in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation crystallize that a profound transformation has taken place in the relationship between society, resistance, and power in the Gaza Strip. Where once crowds mobilized spontaneously to shield homes, chase soldiers, …

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Security Deal With Israel Is Likely, Syrian President Says

Latest Developments Talks in ‘Advanced’ Stage: Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told representatives of Arab media outlets that Syria and Israel are in “advanced” talks on a security pact based on the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement, adding that the chances that a deal will be reached are high. Sharaa …

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Israel has already started erasing Gaza City, amid continued international silence

Palestinian Territory – Israel has begun executing its unlawful plan to destroy and occupy Gaza City. The army is carrying out simultaneous bombing and demolition operations across the south, east, and north, advancing from three axes towards the city’s centre in a campaign of comprehensive destruction and systematic erasure. This …

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Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital

Gaza’s civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing regret over the “tragic mishap”. Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera all issued statements mourning their slain contributors, …

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Syria’s Faultlines and Regional Implications

Bottom Line Up Front In recent weeks, Syria’s southern province of Suwayda — home to the country’s Druze minority — has been engulfed in some of the deadliest violence since the 2011 Syrian civil war.Israel intervened militarily in the conflict, citing the need to protect the Druze community, intensifying its …

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Tirana stands in solidarity with Palestine – K2.0

Protestors called for an end to the atrocities and genocide in Gaza. As global outrage toward the state of Israel grows over the escalating humanitarian crisis and atrocities against Palestinians, several hundred citizens gathered last night in Skënderbeg Square in Tirana to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and to …

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United Nations body declares famine in Gaza

The UN food insecurity monitor declared, ‘Over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions’ A United Nations body has declared a famine in Gaza as Israel’s genocidal assault intensifies. Israel has been starving millions of Palestinians for months. On Friday the Integrated Food Phase Classification …

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The ‘slow genocide’ in the West Bank—Palestinian speaks out

“Every day there is a new demolition operation. Every day settlers take more and more land. Every day there is violence. ” Gaza is not the only focus of Israel’s terror regime. In the West Bank, settlers and the Israeli occupation is destroying the lives of Palestinians. Mahmoud lives in …

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