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U.S. Designates Muslim Brotherhood Branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon as 'Terror' Groups

This is Beirut, 13/01 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States designated three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations on Tuesday, including on the group’s Egyptian, Jordanian, and Lebanese branches, alleging they pose a threat to U.S. interests. The State Department designated the Lebanese branch as a "foreign terrorist organization" (FTO), the most ...

Iran Protest Toll Mounts as Government Stages Mass Rallies

This is Beirut, 12/01 21:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A violent crackdown on a wave of protests in Iran has killed at least 648 people, a rights group said on Monday, as Iranian authorities sought to regain control of the streets with mass nationwide rallies. The government's call for rallies in support of the Islamic republic drew thousands on Monday, a turnout supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

The ‘Five-Nation Committee’ Confirms Support for Lebanese State

This is Beirut, 12/01 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The five-nation committee of ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar, Egypt, and the United States met with Lebanese Prime Minister Salam to discuss the ongoing weapons inventory, among other issues, reaffirming their support for the Lebanese state and urging timely progress on the disarmament file. Egyptian diplomat Alaa Moussa said, “We ...

Trump Says Iran Wants to "Negotiate"

This is Beirut, 12/01 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s leadership had called him seeking “to negotiate” after he repeatedly threatened to intervene militarily if Tehran killed protesters. He added, however, that the U.S. "may have to act before a meeting.” Trump has not elaborated on what the U.S. is considering, but said on Sunday that ...

U.S. Says Iran Deployed Foreign Militias to Quell Protests

This is Beirut, 10/01 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The United States said on Saturday it was concerned by reports that the Iranian regime had resorted to foreign fighters to suppress peaceful protests inside the country. In a message published in Persian on X, the U.S. State Department said that members of Hezbollah and Iraqi militias had allegedly been deployed against demonstrators. Washington ...

Iran FM Says US, Israel 'Directly Intervening' in Protests

This is Beirut, 09/01 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran's foreign minister accused the United States and Israel on Friday of fueling a growing protest movement in the country, while dismissing the possibility of direct foreign military intervention after US warnings over crackdowns on demonstrators. "This is what the Americans and Israelis have stated, that they are directly intervening ...

Iran at the Edge: Uprising, Exhaustion, and the Fate of the Islamic Republic

Salam El Zaatari, 08/01 23:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Amid growing protests, Iran’s rulers face one of their most dangerous moments since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with the pillars that have long sustained the regime now visibly cracking. Protests that erupted in late December 2025 over imploded living conditions have evolved into a nationwide revolt against the ruling system itself, fueled by ...

Aleppo Clashes Between Syria Govt, Kurdish Forces Rage into Third Night

This is Beirut, 08/01 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish forces in Aleppo raged into the night Thursday on the third day of fighting, as Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi warned the violence undermined talks with Damascus. Global Response Washington's special envoy to Syria on Thursday issued an "urgent appeal" to the Syrian government and ...

Iran Warns of Retaliation as President Orders Restraint on Protesters

This is Beirut, 07/01 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests in which at least 35 protesters have reportedly been killed. "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the escalation of hostile rhetoric against the ...

Fresh Clashes Kill Six in Iran Cost-of-Living Protests

This is Beirut, 02/01 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday, with six reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out. The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation, and have since spread to other parts of the country. On ...

Deadlock in the Second Phase of the State Monopoly on Arms

Bassam Abou Zeid, 2025-12-31 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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By the last day of 2025, the Lebanese government was expected to have completed the disarmament of Hezbollah nationwide, following a decision made at a Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace on August 5. The official statement tasked the Lebanese Army with drawing up an operational plan to restore the monopoly of weapons exclusively to the ...

Iran Designates Royal Canadian Navy a Terrorist Organisation

This is Beirut, 2025-12-30 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Iranian foreign ministry designated the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organisation on Tuesday in what it said was retaliation for Canada's 2024 blacklisting of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. In a statement, the ministry said that the move was in reaction to Ottawa declaring the Guards, the ideological arm of Iran's military, a terror group ...

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