Civil War

Iran's Supreme Leader warns of Israeli, US divisions threatening regime, undermining 'resilience'

Iran’s Supreme Leader says Israel is trying to divide the country after a military setback, urging citizens to counter fear, mistrust, and despair with unity and vigilance.

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, May 8, 2026.
A portrait of a Hezbollah fighter is seen damaged amidst the rubble of a building damaged by an Israeli air-strike in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, on April 20, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Hezbollah still strong enough to drag Lebanon into civil war, expert warns

Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, delivers a speech during a protest rally organized by Myanmar people residing in Japan outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo, Japan, December 14, 2025.

Myanmar to free more than 4,000 prisoners in amnesty

The aftermath of a strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, March 20, 2026.

Strike on Darfur, Sudan health care center kills at least 64, including 13 children, WHO states


Are Israel's zealots the same as ancient Judea's zealots?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The zealot attacks regardless of his resources, training or skill.

 DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE the US Consulate in Tel Aviv on March 7 call on the US to intervene to stop the government’s judicial overhaul.

Voices from the Arab press: Conspiracy theories won't stop Saudi reforms

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 GLASS CUBE: Apple’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue, New York City.

9 Adar: A call for constructive conflict among the Jewish people - opinion

The Beit Shammai-Beit Hillel confrontation must serve as a warning of what can go wrong when one group bulldozes legislation against the will of a major constituency.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin stands behind his chair next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, last week. The Beit Shammai-Beit Hillel confrontation must serve as a warning to what can go wrong when one group bulldozes the passage of legislation, says the writer.

Netanyahu must respect opposition to avoid Israeli civil war - editorial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains dismissive of the massive opposition that the reform plans have encountered.

 A silhouetted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Protesters prepare as Knesset readies to bring judicial reform to vote

Bezalel Smotrich: "I am telling you that the person who is to blame for preventing dialogue on the reform is one person, opposition leader Yair Lapid."

 An aerial view shows the massive protest on Monday in Jerusalem. A compromise is only possible the moment both sides want it.

My Word: Protests, politics, and a presidential compromise

The fact that the country has not descended into civil war despite the splits in the past is largely due to the way that the Right has said that nothing was worth that price.

 Tens of thousands of protesters participate in a colorful demonstration against the government’s judicial reform outside the Knesset on Monday.

Israeli Right to protest judicial reform in Jerusalem Saturday night

Former communications minister and New Hope MK Yoaz Hendel is the central figure promoting the demonstration.

 Israelis protest against the government’s proposed judicial reforms in Tel Aviv on February 4.

After decade of civil war, Yemen is in ‘Critical Stage’ - prime minister

Yemen has fallen but not collapsed thanks to the support of some neighboring Gulf countries, Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed told the World Government Summit in Dubai

 Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed speaks during a ceremony of the delivery of cranes as a grant from Saudi Arabia to the Aden port, Yemen December 12, 2018.

The time for dialogue is now! - opinion

The current crisis can be an opportunity to rectify the constitutional vacuum through broad compromise on the rules of the game.

 KNESSET CONSTITUTION, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman (center) presides over a committee meeting on Wednesday.

Historian sheds light on famous story about Abraham Lincoln, New York cantor

A new book untangles one of the best-known incidents involving Jews in the American Civil War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S Second Inaugural Address, Arthur Szyk, 1946.