The U.S. said on Sunday that the agreement between Lebanon and Israel would remain in effect until Feb. 18, after Israel said on Friday it would keep troops in the south beyond the Sunday deadline set out in a U.

Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran's influence in the Middle East, Iraq's deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region and limit the power of armed groups.

Around 60 per cent of weapons captured by Israel during the fight with Hezbollah were made by the Soviet Union and Russia

Israel and Hezbollah agreed to withdraw from southern Lebanon, but Israel says that Hezbollah hasn’t upheld its promise and that the Lebanese Army isn’t ready to fill the void.

Lebanon has been shaped by other and often competing world powers for millennia, and several continue to have influential roles today, most notably Iran, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, France ...

Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump administration.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visits Lebanon on Thursday in the first trip to Beirut by Riyadh's top diplomat in 15 years, seeking a commitment to reform as the Gulf state reasserts sway in a country where Iranian influence is waning.

The speaker of the Iranian Parliament praised Hamas and the Palestinian resistance forces for their victory against the Zionist regime.

With its proxies effectively neutralized and its own credibility and security impaired, Iran now has every temptation to accelerate its pursuit of a nuclear capability.

Paramilitary forces in the Middle East are some of the largest in the world. They work in a region where traditional military operations are often tied in with internal security or even tribal affiliations.

On October 7, 2023, Bibi learned that lesson with all of us and said, Our eyes finally opened; we were going to kill all the (would-be) murderers. The IDF planned for ten days before really entering Gaza to make sure they didn’t fall into a trap and to think about how to spare the civilians.