Middle East
Iran Rounds Up Thousands in Mass Arrest Campaign After Crushing Unrest
Plainclothes Iranian security forces have rounded up thousands of people in a campaign of mass arrests and intimidation to deter further protests after crushing the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, sources told Reuters. Modest protests that began last...
Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Israel
Iran executed a man on Wednesday who was accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary's media outlet Mizan reported, naming him as Hamidreza Sabet Esmaeilipour. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with the Israeli intelligence service and facilitating...
Hamas Seeks Role for 10,000 Police Officers in Gaza Ahead of Disarmament Talks, Sources Say
Hamas is seeking to incorporate its 10,000 police officers into a new US-backed Palestinian administration for Gaza, sources say, a demand likely to be opposed by Israel as the internationally designated terrorist group debates whether to surrender its arms. Islamist group Hamas retains control of just under...
Syria Says It Hopes to Hold New Talks With Kurdish Forces as Western States Urge Adherence to Ceasefire
The Syrian government hopes to hold a new round of talks with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, possibly later on Tuesday, to spell out how the force would merge into the central state, a senior Syrian government official said. Syria's government and the SDF have been locked...
Iran Detaining Protesters Being Treated in Hospitals as Part of Crackdown, Says UN Expert
A UN expert on Iran said on Monday she had received reports of protesters linked to nationwide demonstrations being removed from hospitals and detained...
Hezbollah Chief Says Lebanese Terror Group Concerned With Confronting US Threat Against Iran
The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group, Naim Qassem, said on Monday that his group was concerned about confronting Washington's threat against Iran, particularly any...
US Threatens to Starve Iraq of Its Oil Dollars Over Iranian Influence, Sources Say
Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state - including potentially...
Syrian Kurds Hand Over New Prison to Govt Troops as Truce Deadline Looms
Syria's government took over a prison in the north on Friday after the negotiated exit of Kurdish fighters from...
Iraq Says It Will Prosecute Islamic State Detainees Sent From Syria
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria,...
Iran Rounds Up Thousands in Mass Arrest Campaign After Crushing Unrest
Plainclothes Iranian security forces have rounded up thousands of people in a campaign of mass arrests and intimidation to deter further protests after crushing the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, sources told Reuters. Modest protests that began last month...
Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Israel
Iran executed a man on Wednesday who was accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary's media outlet Mizan reported, naming him as Hamidreza Sabet Esmaeilipour. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people...
Hamas Seeks Role for 10,000 Police Officers in Gaza Ahead of Disarmament Talks, Sources Say
Hamas is seeking to incorporate its 10,000 police officers into a new US-backed Palestinian administration for Gaza, sources say, a demand likely to be opposed by Israel as the internationally designated terrorist...
Syria Says It Hopes to Hold New Talks With Kurdish Forces as Western States Urge Adherence to Ceasefire
The Syrian government hopes to hold a new round of talks with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, possibly later on Tuesday, to spell out how the force would merge into the central state, a senior Syrian...
Iran Detaining Protesters Being Treated in Hospitals as Part of Crackdown, Says UN Expert
A UN expert on Iran said on Monday she had received reports of protesters linked to nationwide demonstrations being removed from hospitals and detained by Iranian security forces - a major violation of the right...
Hezbollah Chief Says Lebanese Terror Group Concerned With Confronting US Threat Against Iran
The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group, Naim Qassem, said on Monday that his group was concerned about confronting Washington's threat against Iran, particularly any threat against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tensions between Iran and the United...
US Threatens to Starve Iraq of Its Oil Dollars Over Iranian Influence, Sources Say
Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state - including potentially its critical oil revenues - should armed groups backed by Iran be...
Syrian Kurds Hand Over New Prison to Govt Troops as Truce Deadline Looms
Syria's government took over a prison in the north on Friday after the negotiated exit of Kurdish fighters from the facility in what a senior official said was a...
Iraq Says It Will Prosecute Islamic State Detainees Sent From Syria
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria, after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria...
Iranian Regime Crackdown Went Beyond Protesters, Hitting Bystanders Too, Witnesses Say
Art student Arash was walking home through the streets of Tehran when a shotgun blast ended his life. He had not shouted slogans, joined protesters, or...
Syria Accuses Kurds of Breaking Truce in Threat to Chances of Deal
Syria's government said a drone strike by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed seven of its soldiers on Wednesday, though the SDF denied this, in an...
Israel Issues Veiled Warning to Turkey as Countries Clash Over Gaza Role
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday warned regional powers — in an apparent swipe at Turkey — to abandon any ambitions of restoring an...
Syria Gives Kurds Four Days to Accept Integration as US Signals End of Support
Syria on Tuesday announced a ceasefire with Kurdish forces it has seized swathes of territory from in the northeast and gave them four days to agree on integrating into...
Syria Tightens Grip After Kurdish Pullback, Says Islamic State Prisoners Escape
Syrian government troops tightened their grip on Monday across a swathe of northern and eastern territory after it was abruptly abandoned by Kurdish forces in...
