Preempting the proxy: Israel moves to contain Hezbollah before Iran clash - analysis
Israel intensifies strikes on Hezbollah’s missile sites, preparing for potential conflict with Iran and reducing the group's threat capacity.
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Iranians prefer Israeli 'precise' strike over US 'destructive' attack, Tehran resident tells KAN
Five Kurdish groups form political coalition to challenge Iran’s regime
US sets 48-hour deadline for Iran proposal ahead of new Geneva talk - Axios
Iranian protesters cry ‘death to Khamenei’ as Trump, Iranian FM clash over casuality numbers
A video circulating from the scene showed students dispersing while chanting, “Don’t be afraid, we are all together,” according to the outlets.
Khamenei takes steps to ensure succession amid rising fears of US strikes, assassination - NYT
Iran’s supreme leader has appointed his close ally, Ali Larijani, as the country’s de facto leader, sidelining the elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Why Mike Huckabee's interview with Tucker Carlson matters for the Middle East - analysis
The interview has led to a debate in some sectors about how views on Israel and the Middle East are shaping US policy, and also how religious views have shaped policy in the region.
Weakened but willful: Experts tell ‘Post’ Hezbollah role in potential Iran war possible but costly
The assessment comes only days before the Saudi media outlet Al-Arabiya reported that Hezbollah is now being led by officers from Tehran’s IRGC.
Huckabee tells Carlson Israel ruling entire Middle East 'would be fine,' drawing Arab backlash
The controversy began when Carlson and Huckabee discussed a biblical verse that indicated land that including parts of Egypt, Syria and Iraq belonged to Israel.
Crisis-driver or Gaza stabilizer? Why Turkey believes it switched roles with Israel - analysis
Ankara feels that from the Horn of Africa to the Eastern Mediterranean and Syria and Iraq it has increased its influence greatly in the last years.
United States, Iran clash over sanctions relief, uranium enrichment in nuclear talks
"The negotiations continue and the possibility of reaching an interim agreement exists," the official said.
Iran could be close to enriching uranium for bomb-making material, US envoy Steve Witkoff claims
The US envoy left out that Iran currently has no access to its material, no machines to enrich it, and no weapons program to use it for any operational purpose.
Islamic State begins new phase of operations against Syrian regime with two terror attacks
The terrorist group said on its Dabiq news agency that it had targeted “an individual of the apostate Syrian regime” in the city of Mayadin in Deir al-Zor province using a pistol.
Voices from the Arab press: Turkey’s strategic bet on energy
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