Iran’s gamble in the war could bring itself a new enemy

The joint US-Israeli operation against Iran has produced a development few could have imagined on the eve of the attack: the Islamic Republic of Iran has launched about 3,000 missiles and drones... Read more »

Iraq’s oil lifeline under pressure: US-Iran war reshapes Baghdad’s economic calculus

Shafaq News The intensifying confrontation between the United States and Iran is rapidly transforming from a military showdown into a strategic economic test for Iraq, whose oil-dependent economy sits directly in the... Read more »

Iran War update

Iran has named a son of its late supreme leader as his successor. U.S. President Donald Trump already had expressed disdain for Mojtaba Khamenei, calling him “unacceptable.” The Islamic Republic’s war strategy... Read more »

Iran names Khamenei’s shadowy, hardline son Mojtaba as new supreme leader

Iran’s ruling clerics on Sunday appointed their slain leader’s son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, after the US called him unacceptable and Israel vowed to kill whomever the... Read more »

IDF chief warns ‘no safe place’ for Iranian regime as fighting enters second week

Israel Defense Forces chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir warned on Sunday that there was “no safe place” for the Iranian regime to hide as Israel and the US continued to strike targets... Read more »

Israel must compel Lebanon to adopt the ‘Black September’ model

Following the Six-Day War in 1967, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians moved into Jordan. Palestinian terrorist organizations soon began launching a variety of terrorist attacks against Israel. Gradually, these organizations acquired an... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: Washington eyes Kurdish unrest to pressure Tehran

2026-03-08T12:03:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Washington The administration of US President Donald Trump is betting on internal unrest —particularly among Iranian Kurdish groups— as part of a... Read more »

Who really runs Iran?

Pezeshkian’s statement was not a marginal episode. It raises a fundamental question: who is actually in charge of Iran right now? The assumption that the Iranian system was resilient enough to withstand... Read more »

Crusades, martyrdom and radical Piety: The Hasidei Ashkenaz

As people who were born in the in latter half of the 20th century, the way we see the Holocaust as like a thing that requires an entire reorganization of Schwab: Jewish... Read more »

Trump joining grieving families for return of US soldiers killed in war in Middle East

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Saturday is joining grieving families at the country’s Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six American... Read more »