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Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant today hinted that Israel is preparing to launch a ground offensive against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. “Removing (Hezbollah leader) Nasrallah is a very important step, but it is not everything. We will utilize all the options we have,” Galant said to soldiers …

President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an interview with the American “NBC News,” stated that he does not consider Hamas a terrorist organization but rather a resistance group defending its country, Anadolu Agency reported. Erdogan, who was in New York for the 79th United Nations General …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on the United Nations General Assembly to recommend the use of forces, in accordance with the resolution passed in 1950, if the UN Security Council does not stop Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reported. The UN General Assembly should …

The involvement of the Houthis in the Israel–Hamas war has affected the progress of the negotiations between the internationally recognised government of Yemen and the Houthis. The intra-Yemeni dialogue which was advancing since the agreement between the government of Yemen and the Houthis in April 2022 and the rapprochement between …

At least one thing is now obvious in the Middle East: The Biden administration has failed abjectly in its objectives there, leaving the region in dangerous disarray. Its primary foreign policy goal has been to rally its regional partners to cooperate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremist government. Simultaneously, …

2 days agoIran Update, September 28, 2024Johanna Moore, Siddhant Kishore, Alexandra Braverman, Katherine Wells, Annika Ganzeveld and Nicholas CarlTIPxMake a text selection to add commentsInformation Cutoff: 2:00pm ET The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks a role for Turkey in Gaza’s post-war reconstruction if not governance, and the Biden administration appears ready to accede to this request. Others also see Turkish involvement after the conflict as a fait accompli. “It’s tough to imagine any long-term solution to the Gaza …

Ruling mullahs duly rolled into New York City to attend the U.N. General Assembly, led by Iran’s new “moderate” president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Two years have passed since the murder of Jina (“Mahsa”) Amini, a young Kurdish-Iranian woman, at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s morality police. Amini was …

Israel’s pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah, which have been followed by an ongoing air campaign, signal a new phase in the conflict amid heightened regional tensions. The sophisticated remote pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah on 17–18 September were followed by an intensive Israeli air campaign against the militant …

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has miscalculated, and in the process dragged Lebanon into a bloodbath that the already impoverished, isolated, and desperate Lebanese can ill afford. The world is trying to help him save face, although first he must agree to many concessions before Israel lets him off the hook. …