Category: 3. Middle East

Iran has held a funeral for the country’s most influential defence figure, Ali Shamkhani, who was killed in Israeli-US strikes on February 28. Shamkhani was a key figure in Iran nuclear talks, chief of the country’s Defence Council…

A US-Israeli strike on a factory in Isfahan has killed least 15 people, according to Iranian media. Several sites, including an IRGC airbase, were also struck in the barrage.

Former CIA chief General David Petraeus says the US attacked Iran to scuttle its ability to defend itself against a premeditated Israeli attack. The comments back up those of Secretary of State, Marco Rubio who later tried to backtrack on…

Video has revealed the Iranian Space Research Centre in west Tehran has suffered significant damage from Israeli-US strikes. The ISRC is Iran’s leading satellite and intelligence mapping research agency.

March 14 (Reuters) – Russia is supplying Iran with Shahed drones to use against the U.S. and Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN in an interview excerpt aired on Saturday.

Zelenskiy told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that it is “100%…

When Israeli settlers attacked their West Bank village of Abu Falah, Milia Hamayel told her son not to try to fight them off, but the 30-year-old went to defend a friend’s land anyway.

“I called him two or three more times and he didn’t answer….

Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran’s onslaught, with influencers rallying behind the government’s message as authorities crack down on those sharing footage of strikes.

For decades, the Gulf was seen as an oasis…

AI-created videos circulating on Elon Musk’s X depict American soldiers captured by Iran, an Israeli city in ruins, and US embassies ablaze — a surge of lifelike deepfakes despite a policy crackdown to curb wartime disinformation.

The Middle East…

By Maya Gebeily, Emily Rose and Jarrett Renshaw

DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, March 15 (Reuters) – Iran threatened escalation across the Middle East to retaliate for American airstrikes on its energy hub and U.S. President Donald Trump urged…