Biden Confronts Limits of U.S. Leverage in Israel and Ukraine Wars
President Biden’s influence over Israel and Ukraine seems far more constrained than expected, given his central role as the supplier of arms and intelligence.
Gaza Strip
U.S. Approves $320 Million Sale of Guided Bomb Equipment to Israel
Israel has been using the kits during its bombing campaign in Gaza.
Blinken Warns Iran Against Widening the Israel-Hamas Conflict
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Iran during a weekend of diplomacy in the Middle East. The U.S. military posted a photo of one of its submarines in the region.
Iran, Saudi Arabia urge OIC to hold emergency summit meeting on Gaza
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan have called for an emergency summit meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the ongoing developments in the Gaza Strip which…
Jordan Drops Medical Aid to Its Field Hospital in Gaza
It appeared to be the first time in the war that aid was dropped from a plane. Israel’s siege of Gaza has put some hospitals out of service.
Israeli minister’s threat of nuking Gaza undermines TPNW: Iran
Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani lashed out at an Israeli minister for his comments on the possibility of dropping an atomic bomb on Gaza, saying such a threat weakens the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Iran Leader: Muslims should pile up political pressure on Israel, US to stop Gaza massacre
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution says Muslim nations should increase the political pressure on Israel and its main supporter, the United States, to stop the killing of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
As Gaza Hospitals Collapse, Medical Workers Face the Hardest Choices
Doctors say they are performing surgeries without anesthesia after weeks of Israeli bombings and siege left severe shortages of medicine, water, food and fuel. “We choose who gets ventilation by deciding who has the best chance of survival,” one doctor…
Iran president: US lies about truce efforts, gives Israel free rein to commit crimes
The Iranian president says the United States’ claims that it is pushing efforts to bring about a badly needed ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to stop a weeks-long killing rampage by the Israeli regime are ‘sheer lies’.
Raisi to Pope: Israel committing ‘biggest genocide of century’ by killing thousands of Palestinians
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in a phone call with the Pope, has strongly condemned the massacre of Palestinian women and children by the Israeli regime in its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, describing it as “the biggest genocide of the cent…