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'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters

Reports from UK officials suggest Iran used chemical substances to control protesters. Alleged delayed health reactions lead to deaths days later, sparking international concern.

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities
President of Iraq, Barham Salih, speaks during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, US September 23, 2021.

United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency

 Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian Foreign Minister, gives a speech during an election rally in support of  Iranian presidential election candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran, on June 24, 2024.

Iran 'paid heavy price' for supporting proxies, Palestinians, ex-FM Zarif says at Doha Forum

Then-US president George W. Bush (L) and then-vice president Dick Cheney (R) celebrate at the conclusion of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, September 2, 2004.

The Cheney era: How the powerful VP shaped US power, its Middle East missteps - analysis


Ramat Gan residents have faced their share of blasts

First came the Scuds, then a mob bombing. Compared to that, hosting relatives fleeing the 2nd Lebanon War was a pleasure for Elizah Yosef.

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Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 52 police recruits

Death toll continues to rise after suicide bomber stepped into crowd and detonated explosives-packed vest outside police station in Tikrit.

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Washington Watch: Does Ahmadinejad have a Saddam complex?

The Iranian president risks repeating the late Iraqi leader’s mistake: convincing his enemies that he’s too dangerous to ignore and must be removed.

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'Koran etched in Saddam Hussein's blood found in Iraq'

Report: Iraqi gov't unsure what to do, as destroying a Koran forbidden, but "to write it in blood is haraam [forbidden]," says Sunni sheikh.

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Why Obama should commute Pollard’s sentence

The opposing message, apparently, is that unauthorized transmittal of classified data about Arab states to warn Israel of existential threats is unforgivable.

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Terra Incognita: The enigma of Iraq’s Tariq Aziz

Saddam Hussein’s foreign minister, charged with several crimes, may soon find himself at the end of a rope.

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Tariq Aziz sentenced to death by hanging in Iraq

Former aide to Saddam Hussein charged with involvement in execution of Shi'ite groups; court did not say when he would be hanged.

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Yalla peace: No deals with the devil

Like the proverbial pact with the Germans during the British Mandate and Saddam Hussein inthe 1990s, cheering Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not help the Palestinian cause.

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Mideast Monitor: Lebanonization of Iraq

Teheran’s patronage over a portion of the Iraqi Shi’ite community and political leadership resembles Syria’s domination of the Lebanese political system.

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Ahmadinejad’s miscalculation

Israel is temperate, humane and pragmatic.

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