Slipping popularity. Iranian President Hassan Rohani poses at the inauguration a newly built extension of the Chabahar port last December. (AP) February 25, 2019 Afghanistan began exports to India through an Iranian port on Sunday, official said, as the landlocked, war-torn nation turns to overseas markets to improve its economy. Officials said 23 [...]
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov talks during a meeting with representatives of Palestinian groups as a part of an intra-Palestinian talks in Moscow, Russia February 12, 2019. (Reuters) February 18, 2019 Tensions between Fatah and the Islamic Jihad movement persisted as they continued to trade accusations over the failure to reach an agreement on [...]
Israeli paratroopers walk a dirt road on their way to a Lebanese village during the second Lebanon War, Aug. 12, 2006. (AP) August 27, 2018 Israel has accused Lebanon’s “Hezbollah” and Iran of plotting an attack on a military patrol in the West Bank. Palestinian security forces this week thwarted the bombing attack [...]
A group of protesters chant slogans at the main gate of old grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 25, 2018. (AP) Track Persia- July 6, 2018 Anti-Palestinian chants in Iran have been condemned by the Palestinian movement Fatah, which de facto runs the West Bank. Iranians have been protesting since late last [...]
A man holds a burning scarecrow with flags of Israel and US during a rally in Teheran June 23, 2017. (Reuters) By Majid Rafizadeh May 28, 2018 If you listen to Iranian politicians, the speeches of the Supreme Leader or Friday prayers in Iran, or study its state-controlled newspapers and other media, you will notice that hardly [...]
Al Sabreen movement activity expanded in Gaza when it was under the control of Hamas. (Supplied) February 4, 2018 The Palestinian Al Sabreen movement, active in Gaza and the West Bank, was in the news again when the State Department on Wednesday announced that it was listing the organization on its terror black [...]
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves as he gives a speech on Iran's late leader Khomeini's death anniversary, in Tehran, Iran June 3, 2016. (REUTERS) By Hossein Alizadeh December 13, 2017 When Iranian freestyle wrestler Alireza Karimi intentionally lost a match in November, it was an unprecedented event in the history of sports. Karimi, Iran’s [...]
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah kisses the arms of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, August 3, 2016. (Reuters) By Abdulrahman al-Rashed December 11, 2017 Those who are angry by the low interest and lack of reactions with Washington's decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem must understand how and why. Events in [...]
Salah Bardawil. (Asharq Al-Awsat) By Mohammad Nabil Halmi November 26, 2017 Hamas’ political wing official Salah al-Bardawil renewed his party’s pledge to not go forward with forming a unilateral government should the party win over a dashing majority in the upcoming Legislative Council elections. “I want to reassure everyone—despite currently securing 60 percent of [...]
