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Ali Larijani, former Iranian parliament speaker, addresses the media following his registration at the elections registration office, ahead of the country's election of a new president next month, Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2024.

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لماذا ترى إيران في الإمارات هدفاً جذاباً في الحرب ضد الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل؟

لقد استُهدفت الدولة الخليجية أكثر من جيرانها، حيث كررت طهران حقها في ضرب البلاد.

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In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

An Iraqi oil tanker waits at the Khawr Abd Allah canal leading up to Al-Faw port in southern Iraq, on June 6, 2024.

في محاولة يائسة لبيع نفطها، يلجأ العراق إلى تركيا وسط المواجهة مع الأكراد

بينما يسعى العراق إلى تحويل مسار النفط إلى تركيا، تستخدم بغداد أيضاً هذه الخطة للضغط على الأكراد العراقيين للموافقة على الصادرات عبر أراضيهم.

An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds toward southern Lebanon from a position in the upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border on March 15, 2026.

هل تخطط إسرائيل لإنشاء منطقة عازلة في لبنان أم أنها ستتجاوز الليطاني؟

بحسب التقارير، يتمثل أحد الشواغل الإسرائيلية الرئيسية في احتمال تسلل وحدات الكوماندوز التابعة لقوة رضوان التابعة لحزب الله إلى الحدود لمهاجمة المجتمعات الإسرائيلية الشمالية.

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مع تزايد ضغوط ترامب على حلفائه بشأن دعم هرمز، تتزايد العقبات التي تحول دون إعادة فتح الحدود.

A cargo ship is pictured off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate, on Feb. 25, 2026.

لا يوجد أي اتفاق لوقف إطلاق النار في الأفق، بينما يزعم ترامب أن إيران تريد اتفاقاً.

Black smoke rises following an airstrike, as Iranians take part in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran on March 13, 2026.

إيران تعتقل أكثر من 500 شخص بتهمة التجسس لصالح إسرائيل والولايات المتحدة: ما يجب معرفته

Funerals are held for members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and other military figures at Enghelab Square on March 11, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

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يؤكد هاكابي تحالف الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل بشأن إيران، ويقول إن حماس ستنزع سلاحها "عاجلاً أم آجلاً".

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الذكاء الاصطناعي والأمن السيبراني من أهم أولويات الشرق الأوسط وسط التنافس التكنولوجي العالمي: شركة تك ماهيندرا

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أحمد الطيبي يتهم حكومة نتنياهو باللامبالاة تجاه حياة العرب الإسرائيليين، واصفاً إياهم بـ"الأعداء".

Arab-Israeli parliament member Ahmad Tibi poses for a picture during an interview with AFP at his office at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) building in Jerusalem on June 25, 2024. The 65-year-old leader of an Arab-majority party told AFP that after October 7, "hundreds of Arab citizens were hunted down, chased by the Israeli police for writing a post or a story empathising with the children of Gaza or saying no to the war." (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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يادلين: هدف إسرائيل من الحرب هو إضعاف إيران، وليس تغيير النظام بشكل فوري

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كيف ستكون مكاسب وخسائر روسيا في ظل تقلص صادرات النفط الخليجية جراء الحرب مع إيران

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In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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ليست تركيا وإيران غريبتين عن الاضطرابات، لكنهما ستحافظان على علاقاتهما في عهد مجتبى خامنئي.

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كيف يرسم الحرس الثوري الإيراني مسار الحرب بعد خليفة خامنئي

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