An armed assailant fatally shot two notorious Iranian judges inside the Islamic Republic’s supreme court on Saturday. Judges Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini were known for ordering harsh sentences, including executions, during their decades-long careers. Such judges are known as “judges of death” and “executioners” in Iran. Iran’s judiciary said a “planned assassination” was carried […]
WASHINGTON — After dealing devastating blows to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel is now directing its military prowess at another key force backed by Iran: the Houthi rebels in Yemen. On Friday, Israel said it had attacked Yemen’s international airport in the capital of Sanaa as well as several power plants and seaports, all under […]
Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested on Dec. 19, but news of her detention only became public on Friday. The reason for the arrest of Ms. Sala, a well-known reporter, has not been made public.
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Syria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people’s will and the country’s sovereignty. In a post on X, Shibani said: “Iran must respect the will of the Syrian people and the country’s sovereignty and security. We […]
Iran’s National Security Council has paused the implementation of the controversial “hijab and chastity law”, which had been due to come into force on Friday. President Massoud Pezeshkian called the legislation “ambiguous and in need of reform”, signalling his intention to reassess its measures. The proposed new law – which would introduce harsher punishments for […]
The militant group’s leader admits that the toppling of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, cut off an important land route from Iran.
DAMASCUS, SYRIA – People wave guns in the air, as they gather to celebrate the fall of the Syrian … [+] regime in Umayyad Square on December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images) Getty Images Assad’s departure from power unleashed tumultuous scenes of joy and horror: celebrations at being freed […]
The early days of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime — which came to a stunning end this weekend after 13 long years of civil war as rebel forces entered the capital of Damascus and Assad fled into exile — were defined by two famous pieces of graffiti. The first was written by a […]
WASHINGTON — The stunning overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad by Islamist rebels half a century after his family took power raises an old question when it comes to regime change in the Middle East: Will the new governing forces behave any better than those that have been deposed? “The Assad regime has fallen,” President Biden […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was a “direct result” of Israel’s military campaign against Iran and its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah. “This is a historic day in the history of the Middle East,” he said. But in a sign of the potential danger […]
