Category: 2. Middle East

US President Donald Trump said he does not favour regime change in Iran, warning that such a shift would cause “chaos,” Sky News reported Tuesday, Anadolu agency reported.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to a NATO summit in The Hague, Trump said he does not wish to see regime change in Iran, arguing the transition would “make chaos.”

The statement represents a shift from Trump’s former position, when over the weekend he suggested he…

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called for coordinated international, Arab, and Islamic efforts to pressure for an end to the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip and the daily massacres against starving civilians.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hamas said the Israeli occupation army continues to commit daily massacres against starving Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, killing more than 90 starving citizens seeking humanitarian aid.

“The…

More than 90 people were killed on Tuesday due to ongoing Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, as fierce clashes were reported between Israeli forces and resistance fighters in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, according to local press sources.

The latest figures from the Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that 79 people were killed and 289 others injured by Israeli fire over the past 24 hours. Among the dead were 49 individuals and more than 197 injured while they…

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that “great progress” was being made to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as a new ceasefire push began more than 20 months since the start of the conflict.

“I think great progress is being made on Gaza,” Trump told reporters ahead of a NATO summit in the Netherlands, adding that his special envoy Steve Witkoff had told him “Gaza is very close.”

He linked his optimism about imminent “very good news” for the Gaza Strip to a ceasefire agreed on Tuesday…

France on Tuesday condemned recent Israeli strikes on civilians near an aid distribution center in Gaza, Anadolu agency reported.

“France condemns the Israeli strikes that hit civilians gathered around an aid distribution center in Gaza last night, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries,” a Foreign Ministry statement said.

The statement reiterated France’s “full support” for UN agencies and their humanitarian partners, underlining that humanitarian…

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has stated that his country’s nuclear programme is still ongoing.

According to Al Hadath TV channel, Araghchi said that “Israel is isolated”, highlighting that Iranian diplomacy has remained “active and effective” despite a peak in tensions.

His remarks came after a bloody conflict between Iran and Israel that ended with a ceasefire agreement.

On 13 June, Israel launched a 12-day offensive against Iran,…

In a notable scene, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, made a public appearance in central Tehran on Tuesday, taking part in “victory celebrations” held after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

His appearance comes in response to Israeli claims that he had been assassinated during recent attacks on Iranian territory.

This is Qaani’s second public appearance in a year, as similar…

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that US strikes led to the “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear capabilities and set the country’s atomic programme back “decades”, while Israel said it was still early to fully assess the damage.

Over a 12-day conflict, Israel pounded Iranian nuclear and military sites while Iran launched waves of missiles at its foe during their deadliest-ever confrontation.

The United States joined the fray in support of its ally, hitting two nuclear facilities…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States would hold nuclear talks with Iran next week, teasing the possibility of a deal even after boasting that recent US strikes had crippled the Islamic republic’s atomic programme.

Trump credited the unprecedented US attacks with the “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and said they had set the country’s programme back “decades”.

But leaked US intelligence cast doubt on that assessment, saying the strikes had likely…