Middle Orient

Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif tweeted that Iran has halted its implementation of the Additional Protocol. Iran has begun restricting inspections of its nuclear facilities by the global atomic watchdog, the Iranian foreign minister said Tuesday. A law passed by Iran’s hard-liner-dominated parliament in December called for stopping the country’s …

The Syrian Democratic Forces’ recent campaign to conscript youth for military service is compounding economic hardship in Deir ez-Zor province, one of the poorest areas of Syria. In villages where the campaign is most active, young men are staying home for fear of arrest, forgoing daily wages and delaying grocery …

Some Hamas representatives claimed that they were warned by Israeli authorities against presenting their candidacy. Israel is trying to prevent Hamas from participating in the Palestinian parliamentary election, slated for May 22, Hamas officials said Tuesday.

Former senior defense officials express support for Biden’s position not to lift Iran sanctions unless it returns to 2015 deal A group of former top officials from Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, the IDF and the Mossad sent a letter on Monday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing support for a …

Russia has made territorial gains against the SDF, recapturing areas near Ayn Issa in northeastern Syria, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. On Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it documented the killing of three members of the Suleiman Shah faction, loyal to Turkey, in addition to the wounding of …

A commission has called for an appropriate and legal mechanism to allow people to deal in foreign currencies, according to Enab Baladi. The Syrian Commission on Financial Markets and Securities has demanded to amend the decree on criminalizing those who deal in dollars in the areas controlled by the Syrian …

Opposition militia HTS has denied the opening of a so-called “corridor” for residents of Idleb to return to government-held regions, writes Zaman Al-Wasl. On Monday, Taqi al-Din Omar, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) media relations manager, denied to Zaman Al-Wasl the recent allegations that the Bashar al-Assad regime has been propagating …

After a spike in violence between the government and opposition forces, northwest Syria has experienced a brief respite, reports North Press. The de-escalation zone in northwest Syria witnessed an uneasy calm Tuesday after a break-in bombing between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed armed opposition groups.

In order to strengthen their illegal presence in Syria, the US forces brought military armored vehicles and logistics equipment from Iraq into the Al-Ramelan area on the outskirts of al-Hasakah, northeastern Syria. On Tuesday, Local sources reported that in the northeastern outskirts of al-Hasakah, an American convoy of 40 armored …

The Arabs say they are worried because Iran sees Biden as a “weak” president, and that is why the mullahs in Tehran and their proxies in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon have increased their terrorist attacks in the Middle East. Arabs are turning to the Biden administration with the frank …