After Maduro: The Challenge of Dismantling Hezbollah in Venezuela

Claudia Groeling, 26/01 09:35 - Reading : 9 minute(s)

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After U.S. special forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on January 3, Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed that Washington would uproot Hezbollah and Iranian influence in the South American country. “We are not going to have a country like Venezuela in our own hemisphere, in the sphere of control and the crossroads for ...

Iran May Have Slaughtered 30,000 Protesters in Intense Crackdown - TIME

This is Beirut, 25/01 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As many as 30,000 people may have been killed across Iran during a two-day crackdown on January 8 and 9, TIME reported on Sunday, citing two senior Health Ministry officials and a separate compilation of hospital data shared with the publication.  The figures have not been independently verified and far exceed numbers publicly cited by ...

Yoav Gallant: Lebanon at a Crossroads

This is Beirut, 23/01 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant wrote an article titled “Written in Ink, Signed in Fire,” in which he offers a description of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, arguing that agreements alone do not produce lasting peace unless they are backed by military superiority that imposes facts on the ground. In the article, ...

Iran Dismisses Trump’s Claim He Prevented 800 Hangings

This is Beirut, 23/01 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran's Attorney General said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's allegations that Tehran stopped the execution of 800 detained protesters because of his intervention are "absolutely incorrect.”  According to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency, Mohammad Mohebi said, “This claim is entirely ...

Iran Orders Protesters in ‘Riots’ to Surrender Within 72 Hours

This is Beirut, 20/01 10:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Middle East Will Not Heal Until Iran Is Free

Rawan Osman, 20/01 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As Iranians flood the streets in mass demonstrations, demanding freedom at extraordinary personal risk, a fundamental truth has become impossible to ignore. The Middle East cannot heal until Iran is free from the Islamist regime that has poisoned the region for nearly half a century. I came to this conclusion from lived experience, not ideology ...

CEO of Iranian Telecom Operator Fired for Failing to Block Internet

This is Beirut, 19/01 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The chief executive of Irancell, Iran's second-largest mobile phone operator, was dismissed for failing to comply with the government's decision to shut down the internet, the Fars news agency reported Sunday. In an unprecedented move, Iran cut off all communications on January 8 without warning, as calls intensified for anti-government protests, ...

Khamenei Accuses Trump of "Incitement, Destruction"

This is Beirut, 17/01 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday alleged U.S. President Donald Trump was responsible for the slaughter of protesters in Iran, saying "We see the president of the United States as a criminal, because of the deaths, destruction and incitement he has committed against the Iranian nation.”  “We do not intend to lead the country to ...

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Officials Over Crackdown on Protests

This is Beirut, 16/01 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The U.S. on Thursday unveiled a new round of sanctions targeting Iranian officials accused of involvement in the violent suppression of nationwide anti-regime protests that have swept across Iran and directly challenge the country’s theocratic leadership. Among those sanctioned is the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, ...

What Iran’s Fate Could Mean for Hezbollah and Lebanon

Marwan El Amine, 16/01 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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As Iran’s nationwide protest movement intensifies, a key question is dominating regional and international discourse: what lies ahead for the Islamist regime if unrest continues, and how might its potential collapse impact Middle Eastern states shaped by four decades of Iranian policy? Since Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in 1979, Iran has ...

Exclusive: Lindsey Graham Says Arab States are “Not a Very Good Ally”

This is Beirut, 15/01 21:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lindsey Graham U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina) and Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said that if Arab countries intervened on Iran’s behalf to block U.S. military action in Tehran, then “they are not a very good ally,” warning that such behavior would call future partnerships into question. He added that he believes “the regimes ...

Trump Says Killings in Iran Subsiding

This is Beirut, 15/01 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had received assurances that the deadly crackdown on protests in Iran had come to an end. The U.S. president nevertheless maintained ambiguity over a possible American military intervention, as the international community remains on high alert in the face of a major crisis in the Middle ...