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Alwaght– The mysterious assassination of Hussein al-Allaq, a senior commander of Iraq’s Al-Salam Brigades (Saraya Al-Salam) as the military wing of the Sadrist Movement in the city of Amarah in southern Iraq has triggered serious concerns about the hidden hands seeking to destabilize Iraq. Earlier this week, unknown gunmen assassinated …

Alwaght– Over the past two nights, Gaza has underwent the toughest wave of cold that has become a new enemy to about 2 million displaced Gazans in the war-ravaged enclave. This is the third back-to-back winter with disasterous conditions for the residents of Gaza under rain and cold. In fact, …

Alwaght- Though the Israeli regime over the past years has shown it commits to no agreement and predominantly advances its plans using military force, the interim Syrian government led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, officially called Ahmad al-Sharaa, that is desperate in the face of the Israeli attacks has once again …

Alwaght– Weeks after announcement of parliamentary elections results in Iraq, the country has still not formed a new cabinet and the fate of two out of three key posts remains undetermined. While the talks at the heart of the capital Baghdad over reaching a name for the prime minister post …

Alwaght– While the US and Turkey earlier had set a deadline by end of 2025 for the Kurdish militias and interim Syrian government led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani to agree on a mechanism merging the Kurdish forces into the regular Syrian army, the two sides have failed to strike a …

Cuba’s minister of foreign affairs has strongly denounced the Trump administration’s hostile rhetoric toward his country, warning that Havana remains ready to protect its sovereignty in the face of escalating US aggression. In a message published Tuesday on the social media platform X, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla delivered a firm response …

Russia has reportedly dispatched a submarine and several naval vessels to escort an oil tanker being pursued by the US Coast Guard in the North Atlantic on Wednesday.  According to reports, the tanker is en route to the Russian port of Murmansk. US military aircraft were tracked over the North Atlantic …

Alwaght– Southern Yemen has been on the brink of major upheaval in recent weeks, as the intricate dynamics of power in the region continue to shift. At the outset of the latest developments, the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces appeared to be gaining the upper hand. They advanced through …

The US Justice Department has quietly scaled back its indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, retreating from a central Trump-era claim that he led a drug cartel. The original accusation, included in a 2020 grand jury indictment, portrayed the Cartel de los Soles as an organized criminal group allegedly led by Maduro …

News – Middle East: Israel has carried out a series of air attacks across southern and eastern Lebanon, continuing to violate a ceasefire that was meant to halt the Israeli aggression on the Arab country’s sovereignty. Israeli forces launched separate attacks on the towns of al-Manara in the Bekaa region …