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Iran

Iran had started rebuilding its air defences – yesterday, Israel dismantled them again

Israeli jets also struck key military-industrial sites following Iran’s missile attack on Sunday

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An Iranian military truck carries parts of the S-300 air defence missile system during a parade in Tehran (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

'The Iranian regime is the weakest it's been in all my years of service,' claims outgoing IDF spokesman

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The Iron Dome air defence system intercepts missiles fired from Iran over central Israel on June 19, 2025 (Flash90)

Israel blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firm

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Young Jews arriving in Israel to join the IDF (Image: Flash90)

New IDF initiative offers fast-track reserve duty for immigrants to Israel

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Hamas is looking at the 60,000 dead and the Western hatred of Israel and thinking: job done

With the terror group having survived the war, another meeting with the US in the bag and Israel-hate peaking in the West, Hamas sees the last two years as a success

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November 20, 2025 16:35

Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-America hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025 (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey wants to use the Gaza deal to recreate the ‘ring of fire’ around Israel

From sending troops into Syria to seeking involvement in the reconstruction of the Strip, Israel must keep a close watch on Ankara’s designs on the region, say analysts

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October 16, 2025 16:34

Syrian president Ahmed Al-Sharaa (left) meets Turkish leader Reçep Tayyip Erdoğan (Image: Getty)

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

A failure of phase two could lead to resumption of war, former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror warns

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October 13, 2025 17:17

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on October 3, 2025, shows an Israeli army soldier behind a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Mossad has penetrated the Houthis –and the Saudis may have helped

Decapitation attack in Yemen is a landmark advance against the terror group

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August 29, 2025 11:18

Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saree speaks during a rally in solidarity "with the people of Gaza" in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on December 13, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Jihadists surrounding al-Sharaa haven’t abandoned his extreme vision

‘It is more likely that they have come to the realisation that it is worthwhile to let [al-Sharaa] play the West's game to establish his rule and begin to rehabilitate Syria, and then return to the original path from a position of strength’

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July 22, 2025 11:56