Critics of the killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, a key figure in the cease-fire negotiations, say it heightens the chances of all-out war between Israel and Iran.
Forget the genocide of Palestinians, writes Jonathan Cook. Only when Israel exploits the deaths of Syrians living under its military occupation are there “consequences”to worry about.
On the day the U.S. remembers its war dead, a look at how compensating for civilian deaths caused by the U.S. military — in ground, air and nuclear massacres — has never been a priority, writes Nick Turse.
The Islamic Republic has been confronted with the most important challenge it has faced since Saddam Hussein mounted his invasion of the country in 1980, writes John Wight.
From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North.
Seven people including Iranian diplomats and an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps senior commander were killed in Israel’s airstrike Monday on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus.
The attacks on Wednesday came hours before top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken, whose stated goal is to restrain regional escalation of the Netanyahu regime’s war on Gaza, arrived in Tel Aviv.