Kurds celebrate Nowruz amid Iran tensions, Ramadan overlap and regional unrest
While widely celebrated, the holiday holds particular cultural and political significance for Kurds throughout the Middle East and diaspora communities worldwide.
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Iran deployed about 100 IRGC officers to Lebanon post 2024 war, sources say
Trump's Board of Peace presents Hamas with new written disarmament proposal
IDF troops clash with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, kill terrorists with gun and tank fire
In Iraq, Iran’s proxy militias open a third front in war against the US and Israel
BEHIND THE LINES: Statistics indicate that a determined Iranian and allied campaign is indeed underway in Iraq, making the country a third front in the current war.
Iran claims US, Israel attack on Natanz nuclear facility, Israel says no knowledge of strike
The IDF told The Jerusalem Post that it was not aware of an Israeli strike targeting Natanz.
No war can destroy Iran's nuclear ambitions, IAEA director says
Even if facilities and equipment are damaged, Grossi emphasized that reconstruction would be "very possible," since Iran has the knowledge of how to build them.
Iran fires two missiles at US-UK military base beyond known Iranian military range - WSJ
Diego Garcia is located about 4,000 kilometers from Iran, double the 2,000-kilometer range that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran’s ballistic missiles had last month.
US military preparing for potential ground invasion of Iran - report
Senior US military officials have reportedly submitted detailed preparation requests to US President Donald Trump as Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian regime continues.
Ukraine deploys 228 specialists to five Middle East countries to intercept drones
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said teams had been sent to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan, states that have come under fire during the Iran war.
Iran's Quds Force chief Qaani lauds anti-US, Israel front, in first message since war started
Qaani made the remarks in his first statement since Israel's killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28 at the start of the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran.
Khamenei urges media to avoid Iran's ‘weaknesses,’ accuses Israel of ‘false flag’ attacks
Khamenei has not been seen in public since he was injured in a strike that killed his father, the previous supreme leader, raising speculation that he may have been seriously wounded or disfigured.
US deploying thousands of Marines, sailors to Middle East as Iran war rages
Trump told reporters on Thursday that he was not putting troops "anywhere," but that if he were to, he would not tell journalists.
From revolutionaries to royalists? Why some of Iran's former leftists now back Reza Pahlavi
IRAN AFFAIRS: Nearly half a century after the Islamic revolution, a number of former leftist revolutionaries are arriving at a conclusion that would once have seemed unthinkable.
