Middle East


Doctors in Tehran report hundreds of eye injuries from gunshots during Iranian protests

Mourners carry a coffin during a funeral procession for members of security forces and civilians said to be killed in protests on Sunday, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab from a video released on January 11, 2026.

Iran accuses Trump of inciting violence, threatening sovereignty in UN letter

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Thousands protest in northeast Syria over expulsion of Kurdish fighters from Aleppo

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire after shelling amid renewed clashes between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo, Syria, January 8, 2026.