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Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman"
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (852+ words) Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman' Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the Middle East does not need the United States to be a "regional policeman,” with the two countries at war and vying…...
Lebanon Moves to Protect Land Ownership in Occupied South
2+ day, 43+ min ago (1565+ words) Lebanon’s government has approved a draft law banning property sales in Israeli-occupied parts of the south, seeking to prevent wartime displacement and destruction from being exploited to transfer land through intermediaries, front companies, or fictitious buyers. The cabinet approved on…...
IMCTC, Türkiye Discuss Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (669+ words) Secretary-General of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) Major General Mohammed Al-Moghedi received on Monday Turkish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Emrullah Isler at the coalition's headquarters in Riyadh to discuss deepening cooperation in areas of mutual interest. They also…...
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman Reaffirm Commitment to Market Stability
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (1272+ words) The seven OPEC+ countries, which previously announced additional voluntary adjustments in April and November 2023, namely Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman met virtually on September 6, 2026, to review global market conditions and outlook, SPA reported. The seven participating…...
Hezbollah Throws Blame on Lebanese State for Israeli Escalation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1446+ words) Lebanon’s Hezbollah party continues to throw the blame on Lebanese authorities for Israel’s military escalations in the South, as a ministerial source questions the party’s silence over the fall of the strategic Ali al-Taher hill following reports of an Iranian-US…...
Thousands of Lebanese Students Still Displaced by War as School Year Nears
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1648+ words) The schoolyard in southern Lebanon echoed with the squeals of playing children despite the beating sun and distant booms of Israeli airstrikes. But for most of the youth there, the public school isn't where they learn. It's where they live....
Lebanon: Post-Ali al-Taher…Israeli Political Pressure Mounts
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1683+ words) Israel’s announcement that it has established what it called “operational control” over Ali al-Taher ridge marks a new phase in southern Lebanon, raising questions that go beyond the site’s fate: what comes next militarily, and how the development could shape…...
Asharq Al-Awsat Reveals Details of Operation to Kidnap Senior Hamas Official
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1650+ words) Sources in Hamas have revealed new details about the operation to kidnap the group's senior security official, Moeen al-Arabid, last Tuesday by an Israeli special forces unit that carried out a rare operation deep inside Hamas-controlled territory west of Gaza…...
Bahrain Condemns Iranian Attack on Saudi Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1002+ words) Bahrain strongly condemned and denounced the heinous Iranian attack targeting the Saudi oil tanker SIDR while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which resulted in fatalities among the tanker's crew, the Saudi Press Agency said on Thursday. Bahrain affirmed…...
Lebanon Central Bank Says New Audit to Scrutinize Transactions for Graft
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1614+ words) Lebanon's central bank said Wednesday that an outside firm had begun a forensic audit into past transactions linked to its foreign assets, scrutinizing them for evidence of graft in the wake of the country's economic collapse. The move is part…...