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Iraqi and Lebanese authorities say they have shut down what they described as the Middle East’s largest Captagon factory, a major blow against the region’s booming trade in the amphetamine-like drug.

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah, tells that the West must establish a “strike fund” to support civil resistance and incapacitate the government.

Iraqi forces are intensifying their efforts to combat Captagon smuggling along the Syrian-Iraqi border, following a recent seizure that comes after last week’s interception of an attempt to smuggle 30,000 Captagon tablets in the same area, Al-Baghuz.

Five arrested after Salwan Momika reportedly killed during TikTok live stream, hours before trial verdict due.

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Events in Syria have moved at lightning pace over the last two weeks.

A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over false claims of abuse made against British troops fighting in Iraq.

The new law would repeal one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in the Middle East, and has sparked a massive campaign from Iraqi women, with the support of some MPs

Airstrikes launched against suspected Kurdish militant targets after PKK blamed for Tusaş attack

A prominent Iranian theologian, Mustafa Karami, recently claimed that Israel’s success in eliminating Hamas and Hezbollah commanders can be attributed to an army of djinns that Israel has allegedly enlisted.

Analysts suggest proxies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen fighting hidden conflict could be targets for Israel as it considers retaliation against Tehran

One TikTok video from an Isis sex slave kidnapped as a child led to a secret rescue operation to get her out of captivity.

A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant groups for years. An OCCRP investigation shows how the fraud works in practice.

Seven American troops injured during battle in Anbar desert, says central command

Passengers and crew held hostage after a 1990 British Airways flight landed are suing the airline and the UK government for “deliberately endangering” them.

RAF jets were already being used to shoot down Iranian drones on Saturday night, after Tehran announced it had launched an attack on Israel in what threatens to become a major regional escalation

The daughter of tragic serviceman Mark Carman was just 11-years-old when police turned up at her school disco to tell her the harrowing news that her father had been killed

The Miami FBI uncovered a sick plot targetting Donald Trump's allies by an Iranian military assassin, in revenge for the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, another influential Iranian officer

City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered; a ship docked in the harbor carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq

Fears are mounting about whether Britain and The US will be forced into a wider conflict and face attacks on their soil after fighting erupted across multiple fronts this winter.

Kataib Hezbollah commander Abu Baqir Al-Saadi was blown up in his vehicle on Wednesday, prompting militia calls for an attack on the American embassy in the Iraqi capital

The USS Gravely, USS Carney and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were among the warships to have launched strikes at Houthi forces - dramatic video shows the moment they

The UK and the US struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen overnight in the third wave of airstrikes this month as David Cameron issued a warning to Iran

Former US President Donald Trump told Fox News that Iran officials personally called him before launching their strikes in Iraq and said that it was out of 'respect'