Israel kills at least two Palestinians in Gaza in last 48 hours Israeli forces have killed at least two Palestinians and wounded four others in attacks across Gaza in the last 48 hours, the enclave's health ministry is reporting. It said that at least 1,285 Palestinians have been killed and 4,252 wounded since the so-called ceasefire was implemented in October 2025.
Israeli drone strike in Syria wounds at least one person An Israeli drone strike targeting a truck in Beit Jinn village in southwestern Syria has wounded at least one person, Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting. The latest attack follows a series of Israeli strikes on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur military airbase on August 18.
US ambassador to Turkey breaks with Washington on Israel's occupation of Syria's Golan Heights US ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has said Israel’s occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights continues even though it ran against UN resolutions and international law. Barrack’s remarks put him at odds with his own government, as US President Donald Trump recognised Israeli sovereignty over the territory in 2019. Golan Heights, a strategic plateau straddling Israel and Syria and overlooking southern Lebanon, was captured by Israel during the Middle East war of 1967 and subsequently annexed in a move never recognised by the international community.
Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land, Tasnim says An Iranian military official called on Qatar on Saturday to transfer detained Iranian pilots to a hospital on land, saying they were being held on water and were in "poor physical condition", Tasnim news agency reported. Mohammad Baqerzadeh, commander of the Committee for the Search for Missing Persons of Iran's Armed Forces General Staff, said the location where the pilots were being held was unsuitable and requested that the International Committee of the Red Cross send an air ambulance to Qatar to expedite the return of injured and sick detainees to Iran.
Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact? Submitted by Joseph Massad on Fri, 08/21/2026 - 21:54 The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani pact reinforces the US-run regional order that analysts claim it defies - which explains why Trump was so quick to bless it Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 7 August 2026 (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters) Off The recent Mecca Joint Defence Agreement , signed by Saudi Arabia , Turkey and Pakistan , has reinvigorated longstanding US ambitions for a subcontracted "Middle Eastern", "Arab" or "Muslim" Nato to serve US regional security interests. Some pro-American and pro-Israeli analysts have misconstrued the agreement as an alliance against Israel, while others see it as a sign that the Saudis are seeking new security guarantors in light of US failures to fully protect the kingdom and its Arab neighbours.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Qatar has agreed to allow an Iranian expert team to meet with Iranian pilots held in the Arab country, a military official said, as Tehran continues efforts to determine their condition and secure their return.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A pro-Palestinian demonstration was held in central Budapest on Friday in solidarity with Palestinians detained by Israeli regime forces.
Muslim World League denounces new Israeli E1 settlement tender The Muslim World League has condemned Israel's announcement of a tender for the construction of 1,234 settlement units under its so-called E1 settlement plan in the occupied West Bank. Secretary-General and Chairman of the Muslim Scholars Association, Mohammed Al-Issa said the project poses a threat to Palestinian statehood and is aimed at altering the geographic and demographic character of the occupied Palestinian territroy. He further called for international pressure to halt Israel's settlement policies and preserve a two-state solution.
As the president tries to extract the US from his Iran war quagmire, leadership in Tehran is only too happy to crush his midterm dreams In the aftermath of his devastating election defeat, the US president remained haunted by regrets over Iran . Months before Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan , eight US servicemen died in a botched high-risk rescue mission that failed to secure the freedom of dozens of US hostages seized in Tehran. Continue reading...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran has doubled its production of defense weapons and equipment over the past year, the spokesman for the Defense Ministry said, stressing that domestic production has continued uninterrupted even during wartime.
Tehran says Iraqi oil tankers allowed passage through Hormuz Tehran says it has allowed a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's state news agency IRNA reported that Iraqi parliament Haibat al-Halbousi speaker asked his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, for permission while the latter was visiting the country.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli forces carried out heavy artillery shelling and extensive demolition operations across several areas of southern Lebanon early on Saturday, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Muslim World League (MWL) condemned the Israeli regime’s E1 settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, warning that the project threatens the territorial viability of an independent Palestinian state.
Exclusive: UK's advertising regulator not investigating Great Israeli Real Estate Event Submitted by Imran Mulla on Fri, 08/21/2026 - 10:50 British government says it referred the event promoting illegal settlements to the Advertising Standards Authority Israel's controversial wall separating East Jerusalem from the Palestinian village of Abu Dis in the West Bank Off The UK 's advertising regulator is not investigating a real estate event, referred to it by the government, which promoted properties in illegal Israeli settlements, Middle East Eye can reveal. On 16 June, the then foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said in parliament that ministers had asked the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to "urgently" investigate the Great Israeli Real Estate Event. On 15 June MEE had reported that properties in illegal Israeli settlements were advertised at the event, which was held a day earlier at the Edgware United Synagogue in London.
New posts 09:49 Tehran Rejects 'Unprecedented' Sanctions Proposed By US Tehran has dismissed Washington's latest plan for crushing economic sanctions that US President Donald Trump described as "unprecedented" and "economic D-day" for the regime, which is already struggling to arrest the price hike and devaluation of the currency.
New posts 15:48 Iran Offers Women Double The Reward To 'Kill Or Capture' US Soldiers An Iranian state TV presenter fired at a United Arab Emirates flag during a broadcast amid signs of growing public militarization in Iran.
Lebanon economy to contract by 6. 4 percent due to war, World Bank says The World Bank projects that Lebanon's economy would contract by 6. 4 percent this year, as the ongoing war derailed the country's efforts at recovery.
Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers, US President Donald Trump said he views the Strait of Hormuz as “an American territory” and reiterated that the US “cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon”. His remarks came hours after he said he did not think that Iran was ready make the "right deal," and that Washington was observing "what happens" in the war. Tehran, meanwhile, said that new US sanctions against Iran amounted to a “declaration of war” on all nations and went beyond “an illegal economic war against a single nation”.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson warned that the US’ latest sanctions against Iran go beyond economic pressure on Tehran, arguing that they amount to an attempt to impose US authority on sovereign states around the world.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, stressed the need to maintain consultations between Tehran and Muscat to help strengthen peace and stability in the region.
