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- At UN Rights Council, Iran Demands ‘Comprehensive Sanctions’ on Israel
- Israeli Naval Ships Move Toward Several Vessels in The Global Sumud Flotilla
- Trump’s Gaza Plan: A New Test of Strategic Arab Passivity
- Israelis Truely Worried about an Attack Bigger Than That of Oct. 7
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Araghchi Accuses US Of Blocking Progress in New York Negotiations
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Government Shutdown in US As Trump Threatens Mass Dismissals of Federal Workers The United States has gone into shutdown once more as Republicans were unable to reach a budget agreement with Democratic lawmakers
At UN Rights Council, Iran Demands ‘Comprehensive Sanctions’ on Israel Citing the findings of a recent United Nations report, Iran has called for swift and comprehensive sanctions against Israel over the ongoing genocide in Gaza
Israeli Naval Ships Move Toward Several Vessels in The Global Sumud Flotilla Activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla reported that their fleet is now 120 nautical miles from Gaza’s shoreline
Argentine Nobel Laureate Calls for Netanyahu’s Arrest Over Gaza Massacres Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine Nobel Peace Prize winner, filed a petition urging the arrest of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza-related war crimes
‘Israel’ Helped Shape Trump’s Gaza Plan The Wall Street Journal reports that “Israel” advocated for changes in Trump’s Gaza plan to better reflect its own interests
Continued Israeli Assault on Gaza Claims 30 Lives The casualties included seven Palestinians waiting for aid distribution
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Man Convicted of Collaborating with Israel’s Mossad Executed in Iran Iran’s Judiciary confirmed the execution of a key spy working for the Israeli regime’s intelligence agency, Mossad
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Araghchi Denounces US and EU3’s Snapback Action as Unfounded and Damaging to the UN Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi rejected the US and European troika’s attempt to reactivate UN sanctions through the JCPOA’s snapback mechanism
Israeli Soldier Killed in Car-ramming Attack in The West Bank as Retaliation An Israeli soldier was killed after a Palestinian carried out a retaliatory car-ramming attack in the northern West Bank
Iran Accuses Israeli PM of Using UN Speech to Hide Crimes Iran’s UN envoy dismissed the Israeli prime minister’s claims as unfounded
Israeli Assaults in Gaza Leave 40 Dead, With One Child Dying of Starvation Since dawn, Israeli forces have killed 40 Palestinians in Gaza, including 10 at Nuseirat refugee camp and 15 in Gaza City
Ayatollah Khamenei Calls Israel the Most Hated and Isolated Regime Globally Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has labeled Israel the most reviled regime in the world
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
Sunday 13 July 2025
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun disarming following a decision made by its leaders.
In this connection, on Friday in a symbolic event, 30 of the terrorist group members laid down their weapons and handed them over. The event took place with the presence of official and political figu ...
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New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure
Saturday 26 July 2025
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Kurdistan region have been tense and challenging over the issues of paying salaries to Kurdistan government employees and the oil sales case.
In this regard, Aref al-Hamami, a member of parliament from the SCF, revealed that “the Kurdish blocs, due to wider differences with the ruling parliam ...
Analysis
Why’s Iranian Branch of PKK not Disarmed?
Monday 28 July 2025
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Kurdistan Province, which resulted in the martyrdom of 3 border guards and the injury of several others. The details of these attacks are as follows:
- Armed clashes and the martyrdom of a border guard of the Baneh border regiment while monitoring and guarding the border strip, on July 22.
- Ambus ...
Analysis
Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
Saturday 16 August 2025
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Kurdistan region. The text of the Iran-Iraq security agreement has not yet been published, but according to the announcement of Iraqi government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi, Tehran and Baghdad have signed an agreement to prevent the movement of Kurdish terrorists from Iraq to Iran, hand over wanted in ...
Analysis
On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?
Tuesday 19 August 2025
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Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has done in Turkey.
Therefore, given the current complexities, the Kurdish issue in Syria remains one of the most sensitive and strategic issues, and several possible scenarios for its future are emerging:
Sharing of influence and control: In the most optimisti ...
Report
Does the US Plan to Stay in Iraq under "Security Partnership" Guise?
Wednesday 20 August 2025
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Kurdistan region, and complete withdrawal is untrue.
Therefore, the continuation of the activity of American forces in another form, including a bilateral security partnership, is a kind of deception to continue the occupation and only move from one point to another. Washington knows that a c ...
Analysis
Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
Wednesday 27 August 2025
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Kurdistan region is sinking in a dangerous disunity that risks its current existence. Alwaght- Though the Iraqi Kurdistan region has long lost the fragile unity it had after the end of the civil war of the 1990s and the agreements signed between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic ...
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US Redefining its Iraq Military Presence, Full Withdrawal Uncertain: Expert
Saturday 6 September 2025
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Kurdistan region. Currently, 2,500 military forces are in Iraq mainly serving under mission of cooperation with the Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight ISIS remnants and training Iraqi forces.
According to to a security pact between Iraq and Washington, the remaining American forces should leave Iraq ...
Report
Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications
Wednesday 10 September 2025
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Kurdistan Regional Government.
Their findings are forwarded to the board of the IHEC which makes the final ruling on candidate exclusions. These decisions can be appealed within a three-day window. A dedicated IHEC legal committee is then mandated to issue a final, binding verdict within approximat ...
Analysis
Ending Gas Waiver for Iraq: From Power Crisis to Profit to American Companies
Tuesday 23 September 2025
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Kurdistan region's gas fields. This proposal is part of Washington-Erbil agreement on production in Khor Mor gas field. According to the agreement, American-French Schlumberger oil and gas company was to produce and supply gas in this field, but since Iraqi Supreme Court's ruling announced K ...
