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Bondi Beach vigil, Army Radio closure - December 21, 2025

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A rabbi lights the menorah during a tribute for the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 20, 2025.
Footage from the supposed underground base used by pro-Iran militias, December 20, 2025

Secret Iranian underground base supposedly revealed in new footage from Syria

 (Illustrative) Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold up weapons as they rally to show support to Palestinians and Lebanon's Hezbollah in Sanaa, Yemen November 8, 2024.

Iran rushing to rearm Mideast terror proxies after IDF, US strikes on Tehran - WSJ

 US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by US Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at the White House in Washington, D.C., US June 21, 2025, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Trump: Countries expressed interest in joining Abraham Accords after Iran strikes


Danon to UNSC: Take action against Iran's attempted attack on Israel

Not for the first time, says Danon, "major Iranian attack intended to escalate" region's security, and Syria knowingly allows this.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine, at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., December 18, 2017

Syrian opposition documents Iranian missile caches in country - report

Israel has warned Tehran against stockpiling weapons in Syria, says it's a redline.

Iran displays its arsenal of missiles

Iranian-backed militias threaten US forces in Iraq

Video shows armed group trying to stop patrol and warning against ‘provocations’

A US soldier guards a convoy with anti-ISIS envoy Brett McGurk in it last year.

Russians won't be able to push Iran out of Syria, expert says

"I wouldn't trust the Russians as far as I could spit" says Philip Smyth.

   Members of a Shia militia guard a house in Iraq. The new NDAA warned about the presence of Iranian-backed militias

Iran expert: Deterring Iran in Syria key, but still far from direct attack

INSS Arms Control Director Emily Landau said that clandestine and cyber operations in the Islamic Republic itself were other ways to try to alter Iranian behavior.

FOREIGN MINISTERS Sergei Lavrov (C) of Russia, Walid al-Muallem (L) of Syria and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran attend a news conference in Moscow in April.

Erdogan vows Turkey to continue buying Iranian oil despite U.S. sanctions

Erdogan said Turkey will continue to buy natural gas from Iran in line with its long-term supply contract despite Trump's threats to punish countries doing business with Iran.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 25, 2018

Netanyahu to Nasrallah: Want a fight? You’ll get ‘unimaginable’ response

Jerusalem trades barbs with Hezbollah as IAF head tries to convince Moscow that Israel can’t be blamed for loss of plane.

ISRAEL AIR FORCE Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin (second right) meets with senior Russian officials in Moscow yesterday

Bolton: Iran one of four countries trying to meddle in U.S. elections

This is Bolton's first trip to Israel since assuming his new position in April, though he has been in the country on numerous occasions in other capacities.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton

Analysis: Congress’s NDAA gave Trump a green light to confront Iran

The Act encourages the Defense Department and State Department to come up with a strategy to confront Iran in Syria and prevent US support for Iraq aiding Iran's allies.

   Members of a Shia militia guard a house in Iraq. The new NDAA warned about the presence of Iranian-backed militias

Russian envoy: Israel agrees to removal of Iranian troops 85km from Golan

New footage of Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria released.

IDF tanks are seen along the Golan Heights border with Syria