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Iran won’t engage in any direct negotiations with the US as long as the Islamic Republic is subject to pressures, sanctions and threats, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stressed. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Tehran on Tuesday, Araqchi said Iran’s stance on the nuclear negotiations …

Despite a Sunni majority in Syria, the Assad regime has managed to maintain its dominance through a combination of autocratic and kleptocratic rule, using patronage to secure loyalty. On 8 December 2024, following a 10-day uprising, Bashar al-Assad, son of Hafez al-Assad, was brought down along with the entire Assad …

It has the feeling of a ghastly ending, one pushed along by desperation and eagerness. First, levelling Gaza and turning it to an uninhabitable moonscape, with the promise of a territory free of Palestinians. Then, displacing and destroying the already precarious holdings of Palestinian residents in the West Bank, all …

Depuis plus d’une décennie, le fonds NERD du département d’État américain a secrètement injecté des centaines de millions dans les initiatives de changement de régime en Iran, en déguisant la guerre numérique et le financement de l’opposition en «promotion de la démocratie» – mais un gel soudain des financements a …

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Enough already of the media’s lazy indifference to the vast undercount of the Palestinian death toll from Netanyahu’s genocidal daily bombing and shelling of Gaza’s defenseless civilian population. I’m referring to all the media – the corporate media, the public media, and the independent media. They all stick with the …

After a series of political and military losses, the funeral held on Sunday for Hezbollah’s slain leaders dramatically showed the group’s wide popular support Hezbollah successfully managed to draw a massive crowd to the funeral of its slain leaders on Sunday, in what analysts believe is a show of force …

The following is a special installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” covering the final month of the Syrian regime’s existence and the implication of Assad’s downfall on the future of ISIS. All previous 2024 monthly installments can be found here, as well as a review of developments throughout …

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israeli forces will continue to occupy strategic locations in Lebanon and Syria. Speaking at a graduation ceremony for combat officers, he stated, “We demand the complete disarmament of southern Syria under the new regime.” He used …

Barzani stressed the importance of ensuring equal rights and political participation for all Syrian communities, including the Kurds, Syria TV writes. On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani to discuss the …