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Report: Trump to Unveil Multi-Billion Dollar Gaza Reconstruction Plan

President Donald Trump is set to launch a multi-billion-dollar initiative to rebuild Gaza and deploy a U.N.-authorized stabilization force, according to a report by Reuters citing senior U.S. officials. The announcement will take place at the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace next week. The officials said the fund for Gaza will ...

Iran Announces Enquiry Team to Investigate Deadly Protests

The Iranian government announced on Friday the establishment of a commission of enquiry to look into protests against the high cost of living that turned into anti-government rallies that left thousands dead. "A fact-finding committee has been formed with representatives from relevant institutions and is collecting documents and hearing ...

Most Families of Foreign Fighters Left IS-Linked Camp in Syria: Sources

Most foreign families have left northeast Syria's Al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of Islamic State group fighters, since the departure of Kurdish forces who previously guarded it, humanitarian sources told AFP on Thursday. The defence ministry meanwhile announced that the army had taken control of the Al-Tanf base after the withdrawal ...

Syria Defense Ministry Says Army Has Taken Control of Al-Tanf Base After U.S. Pullout

Syria's defence ministry said on Thursday that the army had taken control of the Al-Tanf base after the withdrawal of US forces deployed there as part of the coalition against the Islamic State group. "Through coordination between the Syrian and American sides," army units have taken control of the base "and have begun ...

Iranian Diplomats Allegedly Smuggled Millions in Cash to Hezbollah via Beirut

Iranian diplomats used diplomatic passports to ferry large sums of U.S. dollars to Lebanon in recent months, allegedly channeling cash directly to Hezbollah as the group struggles to recover from heavy military and financial losses, according to an investigation published by Iran International. The outlet reported that at least six senior Iranian ...

Iran Says Ready for Inspections to Prove It Isn’t Seeking Nuclear Weapons

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that his country would "not yield to excessive demands" on its nuclear program after Tehran resumed talks with the United States. He also said Iran was ready for "any verification" of its nuclear program and insisted it was not seeking an atomic weapon. Iran and the United States resumed ...

Israel President Says Hopes U.S.-Israel Talks Can Undermine Iran's 'Empire of Evil'

Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Wednesday he hoped talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump in Washington later in the day would help fight Iran's "empire of evil". Netanyahu, making his sixth visit to the United States since Trump took office, has said he will urge the US leader to take a harder line on ...

Over 4,500 IS Detainees Brought to Iraq from Syria

More than 4,500 suspected jihadists have been transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a U.S. operation to relocate Islamic State group detainees, an Iraqi official told AFP on Tuesday. The detainees are among around 7,000 suspects the U.S. military began transferring last month after Syrian government forces captured Kurdish-held territory ...

Khamenei Issues Pardons Excluding Protest Cases

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved pardons or sentence reductions for more than 2,000 convicts on Tuesday, according to the judiciary, while explicitly excluding those linked to recent nationwide protests. According to AFP, the decision, which covered 2,108 inmates, was made at the request of the head of the judiciary and ...

Iran Warns of 'Destructive' Influence on Diplomacy Ahead of Netanyahu's U.S. Trip

Iran warned Tuesday of "destructive" influence on diplomacy ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington for talks expected to focus on U.S. negotiations with Tehran. "Our negotiating party is America. It is up to America to decide to act independently of the pressures and destructive influences that are detrimental to ...

Iran Security Chief Meets Oman Ruler After U.S. Talks

Iran's top security official met Oman's ruler in Muscat on Tuesday, days after a new round of talks there between officials from Washington and Tehran. Ali Larijani, who heads the Supreme National Security Council, and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq "discussed the latest developments in the Iranian-American negotiations", the official Oman News Agency ...