Iran’s militias in Iraq are an increasing threat

Iran’s militias in Iraq are an increasing threat

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq may be at the center of Iran’s plots against Israel. The militias have threatened Israel for years and, over the last year, have increasingly used drones to do so. Now, as Iran plots larger attacks, the Iraqi militias, who are eager to get more involved in the war, could be … Read more

Iran threatens escalation if Israel responds to Tehran’s aerial attack

Iran threatens escalation if Israel responds to Tehran’s aerial attack

The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned Israel on Thursday against attacking the Islamic Republic in retaliation for a missile barrage, as the Israeli military stepped up its offensive in Lebanon against Tehran-backed Hezbollah. Fears of a wider Middle East conflict have grown as Israel plans its response to the Oct. 1 missile attack … Read more

IRGC official claims Brig,-Gen. Esmail Qaani is alive

IRGC official claims Brig,-Gen. Esmail Qaani is alive

Commander of the Islamic Republic Guards Corps Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, is in full health, an IRGC General Ebrahim Jabbari claimed to state media on Wednesday, according to the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news channel.   The adviser to Qaani was further quoted in Tasnim News Agency as saying that the commander would be receiving … Read more

Canada evacuates diplomats’ families from Israel amid rising tensions – Israel Politics

Canada evacuates diplomats’ families from Israel amid rising tensions – Israel Politics

The Canadian government said on Wednesday it has decided to pull the children and guardians of its diplomats out of Israel, amid fears of a widened conflict in the Middle East, the Canadian Press reported. Israel’s tensions with Iran and Hezbollah have fanned fears of a broader conflict in a region already on edge … Read more

US to send aircraft to assist Israel against Iran, Hezbollah attack

US to send aircraft to assist Israel against Iran, Hezbollah attack

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has informed Israel about current and future changes to US forces in the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, amid threats from Iran and its allies Hamas and Hezbollah. The Pentagon added that Austin had not yet made a final decision about which forces to deploy. Officials have … Read more

Iran is supplying Hezbollah with technologically advanced new weapons

Iran is supplying Hezbollah with technologically advanced new weapons

Iran may be seeking to supply Hezbollah with new types of weapons that the terrorist group could use to target Israel’s energy grid. The Kuwaiti media outlet Al-Jarida, which has a track record of reporting details about security developments in the region, claimed on July 24 that “Iran has rushed to supply Hezbollah with … Read more

UAV crossing from Lebanon into Israel is struck down

UAV crossing from Lebanon into Israel is struck down

70 rockets were sent by Hezbollah in Lebanon into the Galilee region of northern Israel on Friday morning, including 15 in a single salvo, Israeli media announced. The group’s launches were reportedly in response to Thursday’s IDF attack on villages in southern Lebanon, according to Hezbollah-affilated Al-Mayadeen. Hezbollah also claimed to have carried out … Read more

Iran works to secure alliances against Israel, NY, Qatar

Iran works to secure alliances against Israel, NY, Qatar

Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani is on a diplomatic offensive in New York at the United Nations, while Iran’s president is also shoring up his alliances and partnerships in the region. Kani met with his Lebanese counterpart Bou Habib on Wednesday evening in New York. Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian also reached out … Read more

Iranian President will continue to support Hezbollah, enemies of Israel

Iranian President will continue to support Hezbollah, enemies of Israel

Iranian state media reported Tuesday about a letter from Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promising continued support for Hezbollah and other armed groups targeting Israel. According to Iran’s IRNA media the letter is “a clear message from the Islamic Republic to all the resistance groups in the region that Tehran … Read more

Nasrallah thanks Iran for support amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions

Nasrallah thanks Iran for support amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah publicly thanked Iran for its support of Lebanon on Saturday. Hezbollah’s leader thanked Iran following the Islamic Republic’s envoy to the UN addressing Friday night’s tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, and after he posted on his official X, formerly Twitter, account that, “if Israel expands its activities in Lebanon, … Read more