Iran has announced transition plans following the killing of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a joint Israeli-US attack of unprecedented scale. Also playing a central role is Iran’s top security chief Ali Larijani. Here is a look at the key figures overseeing the transition:The president President Masoud Pezeshkian, 71, is …

For decades, Syria’s unions have been under the control of political parties and the state, and have not developed into independent institutions capable of defending their members’ rights. Even so, they remain a pivotal part of life for millions of Syrians. In principle, these bodies are meant to pursue members’ …

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed Sunday to confront the United States and Israel over their strikes on the group’s key backer Iran. “We will undertake our duty of confronting the aggression,” Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said in a statement, adding that his movement would not leave “the field of honour …