Everyone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing president pretends he is winning Now is the twilight of Donald Trump’s supremacy. The US is still the richest and most heavily armed nation on Earth. That status is secure.
Report: Iranian attacks caused billions in 'unprecedented damage' to US intelligence sites in the Middle East Iranian attacks have caused "unprecedented damage" to US intelligence facilities and surveillance equipment across the region, according to a report by NBC News citing four sources. The missile and drone strikes damaged buildings and intelligence-gathering equipment used by the CIA and other US spy agencies, with repair and replacement costs expected to be in the billions of dollars. According to the report, the scale of destruction waged on the US intelligence agencies is greater than any damage previously sustained.
Iranian minister warns US against 'inflicting harm', says Tehran would 'reveal new capabilities' Iran's deputy foreign minister warned that if the US continues to inflict harm on Tehran, the country "will reveal new capabilities", state-linked news agency Nournews reported. Kazem Gharibabadi expressed that Iran "will no longer deal with America in the same way as before". "Today, we are in a situation where, if harm is inflicted on us, we plan both to mitigate the harm and to inflict reciprocal harm," Gharibabadi he said.
Qatar slams Israeli defense minister's entry into Syrian territory Qatar condemned the Israeli defence minister's entry into south western Syria, calling it a "transgression of international borders". “The State of Qatar strongly condemns Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz's illegal entry into Syrian territory and transgression of international borders,” the ministry said in a statement. It went on to describe the move as a "violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and its territorial integrity".
Ben Gvir celebrates Israeli raid on West Bank Unrwa office Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, posted a video of himself sitting at what he said was the director’s desk of Unrwa in Qalandiya Refugee Camp, celebrating the raid on the UN agency. On Tuesday, Israeli forces stormed Unrwa vocational centres in Qalandiya and Kufr Aqab that serve about 16,000 Palestinian refugees across the occupied West Bank. "On my shift there is no Unrwa, no management, they will not be here.
Israeli explosions, shelling and strikes reported across south Lebanon Israeli forces carried out several explosions on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town of Srebbine in the Bint Jbeil district, state media reported. The National News Agency added that shelling from military tanks was reported in the town of Mansouri, south of Tyre. Overnight air strikes were also reported in al-Qantara, Marjayoun.
Houthi leader underlines support for Palestinians, slams Saudi 'tyranny' Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi has restated support for Palestinian fighters, according to the Houthi-run SABA news agency, saying they would "spare no effort" in backing the Palestinian people until the fall of Israel. In the statement, he also accused the Saudi Arabia of committing "tyranny and injustice" against the Yemeni people, adding that the situation demanded "new moves using all legitimate means" to counter Riyadh’s policies. Houthi also condemned what he called as an "unjust siege" and "aggressive occupation" carried out by Riyadh with US backing.
Israeli troops advance into Syrian village, attack southern Lebanon Israeli forces are advancing into the village of Jumla in the Yarmouk Basin, located in Syria's Daraa province, according to Al Jazeera. The network also reported that the Israeli military launched an air strike targeting Kafr Rummana in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon.
Yemeni forces claim killing of eight Houthi fighters Yemeni government forces said they repelled an attack by Houthi fighters in the south western province of Taiz, saying they killed at least eight. The military command said that clashes erupted in al-Safa, and it involved heavy exchanges of fire.
Death toll from Israeli attack in north Gaza rises to four An Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza has killed four people so far, local media reported. The strike hit an area in the vicinity of the Abu Hussein school.
Israeli army conducts major blast in south Lebanon town Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) has reported that the Israeli military carried out a large-scale detonation in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam. This comes after earlier Israeli strikes targeted al-Mansouri and the town of Sarbin in southern Lebanon, according to NNA.
Trump's 'Board of Peace' warns Hamas against flying kites The US-led board supervising a Gaza peace plan on Tuesday warned Hamas against flying kites, after Israel threatened retaliatory strikes. "All militant activity in Gaza must stop, including the flying of kites. We have conveyed this message directly through the established mechanism," an official on President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" said on condition of anonymity.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister says Hormuz remains closed despite temporary Oman deal Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a televised interview on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite a temporary transit agreement with Oman. “America and other countries should know that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened except through Iranian arrangements,” Gharibabadi said, adding that Iran remains “in a state of war”. Gharibabadi says Iran and Oman have held talks over the past 40 days on a transit arrangement through the waterway, agreeing on a temporary route seven miles (11 kilometres) wide, with the entry point and part of the exit route running through Iranian territorial waters.
Turkey won’t abandon Syria or let Israel draw ‘red lines’, Erdogan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy. Israel carried out several strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria, approximately 70km from the Turkish border, claiming that Ankara was preparing to deploy air defence systems there. Israeli officials have repeatedly said that the Turkish military's use of airbases in Syria would constitute a "red line," arguing that such a presence could restrict Israel's freedom of action in Syrian airspace.
Arms trade watchdog says countries are failing in their obligations to report weapons trade ATT Monitor team, the body charged with overseeing the global Arms Trade Treaty, condemned on Tuesday a lack of transparency around states reporting the weapons they are buying and selling. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, the treaty aims to regulate the international flow of conventional weapons to stop their illicit trade. While its 118 member states are supposed to submit annual reports on their weapons imports and exports, just 46 countries - less than 40 percent - submitted their 2025 reports on time, Alexandra Marksteiner, a member of the monitoring team, told a press conference in Geneva.
Head of Kurdish forces in Syria announces their dissolution The head of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, announced on Tuesday the group's dissolution, as part of a deal struck with the new authorities in Damascus. "We announce today the end of the mission of the Syrian Democratic Forces and declare, with full responsibility, their dissolution as an independent military force," Abdi said in a televised speech at the presidential palace. The SDF was founded in 2015 and has spearheaded the fight against the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An anti-Zionist group named “Cyber Support Front” said that in its latest operation, it has dealt a heavy blow to one of the Israeli regime’s oldest military parts suppliers.
Turkey won’t abandon Syria or let Israel draw ‘red lines’, Erdogan says Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Tue, 08/25/2026 - 18:14 Erdogan suggests "moribund" Netanyahu is stoking tensions with Turkey to shore up domestic support This handout photograph taken and released by the Turkish Presidential Press Service in Istanbul, Turkey on May 24, 2025, shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) shaking hands during their meeting. (Handout / Turkish Presidency) Off Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy. Israel carried out several strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria, approximately 70 kilometres from the Turkish border, claiming that Ankara was preparing to deploy air defence systems there.
Ending the war and preserving unity is our priority, says Iranian president Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that ending the war is the government's priority and the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) was not signed out of submission, but "out of logic and awareness". He added that Iran’s enemies realised they could not defeat the country militarily, so they focused on creating social problems and economic discontent, after the US announced what they described as "economic D-Day" of sanctions on Iran. Ending the war and preserving unity are priorities of my government, the Iranian president said in comments carried by Iranian media.
Three killed in Israeli bombing near Unrwa school in Jabalia camp Three Palestinians were killed and others injured on Tuesday after an Israeli drone attack in the vicinity of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) school sheltering displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wafa news reported.
