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Iranian forces kill six militants in the southeast, state media says

Iran's southeast has been the scene of sporadic clashes between security forces and armed groups, including Sunni militants and separatists who say they are fighting for greater rights and autonomy.

 A demonstrator holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iraqi people attend a rally to show solidarity with Iran, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in the Shi'ite district of Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq, June 21, 2025.
A pro-government cleric hugs a policeman during a rally against the recent protest gatherings in Iran, after the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran September 23, 2022.

Five policemen killed in attack in restive southeast Iran

A member of Iranian militia forces (Basij) gestures during an anti-Israeli march in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2025; illustrative.

At least five killed, 20 wounded in attack on Iranian courthouse

Druze gather to contact their relatives on the Syrian side of the border from the Israeli Golan Heights.

More than a dozen killed in sectarian clashes near Syrian capital


Yemeni people continue to bear burden of weaponization of Houthis - opinion

The Houthis are a fundamentalist Shia group. The ex-president, Saleh, although a Sunni Muslim, decided to collaborate with them in a bid to return to power.

 HOUTHI MILITARY spokesman Yahya Saree delivers a statement during a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen, earlier this month. The writer asks: ‘The Houthis are still acting on Iran’s behalf, but frankly, how much are they really contributing to Iran?’

Lebanon's next PM extends hand to Hezbollah, aims to rebuild Lebanon

Salam said he would work for justice for the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion, which killed at least 220 people and no senior official has taken responsibility for.

 Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam getures at the presidential palace on the day he meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, in Baabda, Lebanon January 14, 2025.

'Yemen is built off Iran': Cutting off Tehran's supplies will stop the Houthis, expert says

Baram proposes strategic alternatives to using the Israeli air force to defeat the Houthis, including targeting maritime supply routes and dismantling piers.

Yemen's Houthi followers brandish weapons and chant slogans as they take part in a protest against the Israeli air strikes on Yemen on December 27, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen.

Iraq considers Syrian intervention as rebels advance

Iraqi forces bolster border defenses as Sunni rebels threaten Assad's hold on Syria.

 Raising the opposition flag at the Aleppo Citadel in the center of the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Dec. 1, 2024.

Pro-Iranian militias enter Syria, President Bashar Assad's Aleppo Palace invaded

Battling Israel left Tehran too weak to deal with Syria, researcher says • Airstrikes in northwestern Syria kill 25 people

 Illustrative image of Syrian opposition fighters,

Insurgents kill ten Iranian border police officers in southeast Iran

The attack, which took place 1,200 kilometers southeast of Tehran, involved gunfire that targeted two police vehicles.

 A watchtower between Afghanistan and Iran is pictured at the Milak border crossing Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran September 8, 2021.

Iran's criminal exploitation of the Arabs: When will it stop? - opinion

For Iran, everything that followed the terrorism of October 7 is just another bargaining chip, as long as the blood being spilled isn't Persian.

 ‘A MONSTER’ – Members of the IRGC attend a ground forces military drill in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2022.

Calls for Sunni self-rule in Iraq gain momentum as September conference looms

Calls for the establishment of a Sunni self-rule region have surfaced multiple times over the years, beginning with the sectarian war in 2006.

Iraqi demonstrators hold the Koran in Baghdad, Iraq July 22, 2023.

Drones target Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase, no casualties, say military sources

It was the second attack against US forces in Iraq since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.

(Illustrative) A drone is launched during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 6, 2021

Iran, Bahrain to start talks on releasing Iranian funds, resuming political relations

Bahrain, home to the US Navy Fifth Fleet, has long blamed Tehran for stirring up its own majority Shi'ite Muslim population against the country's Sunni monarchy.

Iranian waves Iran and Bahrain flags 370

Six injured and at least one Iraqi fighter killed in explosion north of Baghdad

Two different explosive devices were detonated at the checkpoint on Saturday evening, according to the Iraqi Security Media Cell.

A view of a damaged building following missile attacks, in Erbil, Iraq, January 16, 2024