#Middle East Politics
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Articles (19)
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🇬🇧 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei obituary
[United Kingdom]
<p>Supreme leader of Iran who maintained theocratic rule at home and an anti-western axis of resistance in the Middle East</p><p>Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has died aged 86 in...
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🇺🇸 Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year iron rule
[USA]
Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's second supreme leader, has been killed. He had held power since 1989, guiding Iran through difficult times — and overseeing the violent suppression of dissent.
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🇺🇸 Iran's supreme leader presumed dead after U.S.-Israeli strikes, Israeli officials say
[USA]
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumed dead after a joint attack Saturday by the U.S. and Israel, Israeli officials tell CBS News. Tony Dokoupil anchors a Special Report.
Related: #Geopolitical Conflict, #Leadership Transition -
🇺🇸 Targeted by airstrikes, Ayatollah Khamenei has Iran in iron grip
[USA]
Related: #Leadership, #International Relations
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🇺🇸 Oman foreign minister expresses dismay at US strikes on Iran: 'This is not your war'
[USA]
Oman Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who had been a key player in talks aimed at preventing a war between the U.S. and Iran, expressed dismay at the Saturday morning strikes by the U.S. and Israel. ...
Related: #International Relations, #Conflict Resolution, #Diplomacy, #U.S.-Iran Relations -
🇺🇸 Al Jazeera reporter on the streets of Tehran as missiles hit the city
[USA]
Missiles fired by the US and Israel have struck multiple targets in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Related: #International Conflict, #War and Conflict Reporting, #US-Iran Relations, #Israeli-Iranian Relations -
🇺🇸 Moment of Iran strike on US military base in Bahrain
[USA]
Video shows the moment an Iranian missile struck a United States military base in Bahrain.
Related: #International Relations, #Military Conflict, #Retaliation, #US-Iran Relations -
🇺🇸 Global reaction to Israeli, US attacks on Iran
[USA]
Related: #International Conflict, #Nuclear Proliferation, #Military Escalation, #U.S.-Iran Relations
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🇺🇸 With U.S. on brink of Iran attack, mediator asks for 'enough space' to reach deal
[USA]
President Trump said he was unhappy with the progress of diplomacy with Iran, and indicated he might "have to" use the military. That came in contrast to a statement from the mediator of the talks, wh...
Related: #International Relations, #Diplomacy, #Military Conflict, #U.S. Foreign Policy -
🇺🇸 Arab Leaders Condemn Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Israel
[USA]
The ambassador, Mike Huckabee, seemed to endorse Israeli control of lands stretching from Egypt to Iraq. He said his comments were taken out of context.
Related: #US-Israel Relations, #International Law -
🇺🇸 Outcry after Ambassador Mike Huckabee suggests Israel has God-given right to Middle East land
[USA]
Arab states have reacted with fury after U.S.
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🇺🇸 U.S. ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East
[USA]
Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East.
Related: #Diplomatic Relations, #Territorial Disputes, #Religious Interpretation -
🇺🇸 Why Attacking Iran Could Be Riskier Than Capturing Maduro
[USA]
Iran’s extensive military abilities and network of regional proxies could draw the United States into a prolonged conflict.
Related: #Military Strategy, #International Relations -
🇺🇸 Power Shift in Syria Upends an Archipelago for ISIS Prisoners
[USA]
America’s Kurdish allies oversaw two dozen sites holding thousands of members of the terrorist group and their families. Their withdrawal has left the system in chaos.
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🇺🇸 Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools — Again
[USA]
Netanyahu has gotten Trump to focus on Iran and ignore the destructive things Bibi is doing in Gaza, in the West Bank and inside Israel.
Related: #US-Israel Relations, #Leadership Strategy -
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says US deal with Iran must dismantle nuclear infrastructure
[USA]
Related: #Diplomacy, #Nuclear Proliferation
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🇺🇸 Iran’s Missile Program Tops Israel’s Concerns as Netanyahu Meets Trump
[USA]
President Trump is focused on Iran’s nuclear program, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees a more immediate threat from Tehran’s rapid rebuilding of its ability to launch missiles at Israel.
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🇺🇸 Iran says negotiations with U.S. to continue, but warns of mistrust
[USA]
After a round of indirect talks with Trump's envoys in Oman, Iran's top diplomat says the country will keep negotiating, but stresses a lack of trust.
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🇺🇸 Cash-strapped Lebanon finds itself sitting on a gold mine, as precious metal prices surge
[USA]
Tiny Lebanon sits on one of the largest gold reserves in the Middle East and its government is weighing whether to use that stockpile to restore a crippled economy while its citizens are looking at go...
Related: #Economics, #Finance