Despite setbacks, Iraq’s Iranian-backed militias continue to thrive politically, posing a lasting threat to Israel’s security ...

Iran is driving the Middle East toward its most dangerous crisis in decades, combining nuclear opacity, proxy warfare, and ...

As former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has acknowledged, Iran’s efforts to shape the region’s air defenses as a shield ...

This backgrounder provides an overview of the Axis of Resistance, a loosely aligned network of armed groups and state actors ...

This will be the sixth election in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, but analysts have warned enthusiasm is low — Zaid AL-OBEIDI Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying ...

Rarely in modern history has a military offensive been as loudly and persistently foreshadowed as the June 2025 Israeli and American strikes on Iran’s nuclear program. For more than three decades, ...

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mourners gathered Monday in Iran's capital to honor the unknown soldiers killed in the 1980–88 Iran-Iraq war, whose remains were recently recovered from former battlefields. The ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In June, President Donald Trump granted a longtime wish of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. For decades, Netanyahu pressured ...

Iraq's parliamentary election on November 11 arrives as Tehran's regional hand weakens and the outcome could determine whether it preserves a vital anchor in its sphere of influence, financing, and ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- When it comes to financial security for Iran’s jittery public after the 12-day war with Israel, all that ...