Iranian authorities have unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters across the country since 28 December 2025, marked by security forces’ unlawful use of force and firearms and mass arbitrary arrests, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
Years ago, I was negotiating with Iranian officials for the release of American hostages held in Tehran. The talks were not going well.
At one point, my Iranian counterpart asked why Iran should ever make a deal with a country that constantly changes its government — in other words, a democracy?
Since Syria’s major shift following the fall of the former regime, Lebanese Syrian relations have entered an unprecedented phase in terms of the opportunities available, not the results achieved.
This transformation has not been limited to a change of faces in Damascus, it has also affected the political philosophy that shapes Syria’s approach to its neighbors, foremost among them Lebanon, which has long paid the price for an imbalanced relationship and for being used as an arena for influence and score settling, according to Lebanese researcher and journalist Sohaib Jawhar, who spoke to Enab Baladi.
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has decided to allocate several plots of land in North Sinai Governorate, including areas near Rafah, as part of its national plan to develop the Sinai Peninsula.
The Official Gazette published Presidential Decree No. 736 of 2025, which allocates state-owned land in North Sinai to the General Authority for Land and Dry Ports. The land will be used to establish logistics zones.
Reza Pahlavi is not a unifying figure, but remains a symbol of exclusion. A spent force, he is irrelevant to Iran’s future and unqualified to lead.
As Iran edges closer to possible collapse amid renewed nationwide protests – particularly in Awdanan, Malekshahi (Ilam), Kirmashan, and Luristan in Eastern Kurdistan – international conversations are turning to what might replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
He asserted that he had received “reliable reports” indicating the authorities were facing “a severe shortage of mercenaries to confront the millions of people in the streets.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the US and Israel for ordering “rioters” to create instability in Iran in a speech released Sunday.
As illegal Israeli settlements seize more land and violent settler attacks escalate, Palestine’s Christian community faces a quiet erasure
Beit Sahour – Overnight on 19 November 2025, Israeli settlers bulldozed the Ush al-Ghurab hilltop in the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, just east of Bethlehem.
Basim Saleh Yassin, who’s deaf, was beaten viciously by Israelis after they attacked a plant nursery in the West Bank, amid an uptick in settler violence.
Dozens of masked men armed with sticks beat and injured a Palestinian in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when they attacked a plant nursery, according to people who saw the attack and video footage obtained by The Associated Press.
As protests grow across Iran, the Mossad posted an unusual Farsi message urging demonstrators to act, saying it is with them in the streets, amid rising economic pressure and public unrest.
On Monday, the Mossad used its Twitter account in Farsi to encourage Iranians to protest against the Iranian regime, telling them that it will join them during the demonstrations.