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Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, arrives in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 27, 2025.

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How Larijani's killing could narrow diplomatic offramps for Iran war

The IRGC, already strengthened by its central role in the war and its ties to newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, may consolidate further influence over security and foreign policy.

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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.

Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani killed in Israeli strike: Katz

Israel announced that it killed Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, in an overnight strike in Tehran.

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انقسام في قاعدة ترامب الشعبية يظهر مع استقالة جو كينت بسبب الحرب الإيرانية

يعكس رحيل رئيس المركز الوطني الأمريكي لمكافحة الإرهاب انقساماً متزايداً داخل قاعدة ترامب، حيث يزداد غضب الجناح المناهض للحرب في حركة "لنجعل أمريكا عظيمة مجدداً" بسبب الصراع الإيراني.

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In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

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الصين سترسل مساعدات إلى إيران ولبنان والعراق والأردن بعد تأجيل ترامب قمة بكين

يأتي إعلان المساعدات في الوقت الذي قال فيه الرئيس دونالد ترامب يوم الثلاثاء إنه سيتم تأجيل زيارته إلى الصين في أواخر مارس.

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الكويت تعتقل 16 شخصاً للاشتباه في صلتهم بحزب الله، بينهم 14 مواطناً.

A flag of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah flutters above the rubble of a building that was hit in January by an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Qannarit, on Feb. 16, 2026.

السلطات السورية تقيّد بيع الكحول في دمشق: ما يجب معرفته

People drink and chat in a bar in the old town in Damascus on June 19, 2025 in Damascus, Syria.

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

A smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026.

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بواسطة Adam Lucente

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

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

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

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Smoke rises after an explosion at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, following a rocket and drone attack, according to security sources, March 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Maher Nazeh

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Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia's Rosatom condemns strike on territory of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant

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FILE PHOTO: Ali Larijani, former chairman of the parliament of Iran, attends a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo

Factbox-Facts about deceased Iranian security chief Ali Larijani

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Argentina's President Javier Milei (L) speaks next to Presidency Secretary Karina Milei (2-R) and Israel ambassador to Argentina Eyal Sela (R), during a ceremony to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the 1992 bombing at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires

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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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إلى متى ستستمر الأسواق في ترقبها لمدى صمود دول الخليج في ظل استمرار الحرب؟

The city skyline is pictured in Dubai on March 11, 2026.

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

A smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026.

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

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هل سيؤدي اغتيال لاريجاني إلى تقوية المتشددين في إيران؟

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