Category: 3. Middle East

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for shelling an Israeli military site in the north of the occupied territories.

In a statement, the group said it had targeted the Mishmar HaCarmel site, south of the…

By James Mackenzie

BERLIN, March 2 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a delicate task on Tuesday when he visits Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump, now overshadowed by the U.S.-Israeli attack that killed Iran’s…

Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Monday that Tehran will not enter into negotiations with the United States, rejecting a report that claimed Iran was seeking to revive…

A favourite tactic of war is to try to decapitate the enemy leadership. While such strategies might work in certain contexts, in the Middle East, they have proven to be a disastrous choice.

For sure, the…

By Francois Murphy

VIENNA, March 2 (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog has no indication Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran have hit any nuclear facilities, its chief Rafael Grossi told the agency’s Board of Governors on Monday, moments before…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that any street protests or actions deemed to disrupt public security will be treated as collaboration with the “enemy”, amid escalating military…

West African nations have agreed to activate a regional standby force to combat waves of violence by cross-border armed groups in the region.

The decision was made last week at a days-long security meeting of military chiefs of the Economic…

Britain, France and Germany have announced coordinated cooperation with the United States and its allies regarding the escalating confrontation with Iran, signalling a widening international involvement in the…

MOSCOW, March 2 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was in constant contact with the Iranian leadership about what it called the “outright aggression” against Tehran and was deeply disappointed by how events had unfolded.

Russian…