Middle East

With large expat populations and large numbers of foreign workers, Gulf States thrive based on trade and having airports open and oil tankers able to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Baghdad has been seeking a deal to move oil through the Kurdistan Region to Turkey, but the Kurds want Iraq to lift the trade embargo it has imposed on the territory.

In the wake of the devastation suffered by the groups, who are some of the most significant figures remaining in Hamas and Hezbollah?

Khatib was not your average minister. Appointed by Khamenei in 2021, he was a Shia cleric with deep roots in the security world and a history inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

While Trump has for years disparaged news coverage he deems unfavorable, his recent comments mark an escalation of threats against the news media.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency corroborated that petrochemical facilities in South Pars were targeted, stating that the extent of damage was not yet clear.

Before the assassination was confirmed, two sources gave The Jerusalem Post different indications on the likelihood of the success of the operation, which took place Tuesday night.

On Tuesday afternoon, the IDF issued an unusual countrywide warning that intelligence had shown that Hezbollah would try to hit Israel with an escalated rocket assault.

Araghchi said Iran’s political system will stay intact despite reported assassinations of senior officials, saying “the presence or absence of a single individual does not affect this structure."

Pahlavi cautioned that the Iranian government has "no hesitation in suppressing people," and is prepared to kill hundreds of thousands to remain in power.