Middle East

Iranian-backed Islamic group of Hamas said Tehran funded new houses in the Gaza Strip to former Palestinians prisoners who had been held by Israel, Ashraq Al-Awsat reported on Friday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday a weekend airstrike against Iranian targets in Syria, destroying numbers of their weapons caches in Damascus airport, The Time of Israel reported.

Shah Hussein Mortazavi, one of the Afghanistan’s spokesperson, criticized authorities in Iran’s foreign ministry of their huge support of Taliban.

As Americans decided to leave Syria behind, Tehran has increased supply flights to Damascus, The Algemeiner news agency reported.

John Bolton, White house national security advisor said on Sunday that Turkey will not attack US allies in Syria without their agreement despite Washington’s withdrawal.

Iran plans to join Russia in another naval exercises with Russians in the country’s Northern Caspian Sea, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.

Israel’s military intelligence chief Major General Tamir Hyman said Iran may use its increasing influence in Iraq to attack Israel, Sputnik News reported on Tuesday.

A report by New York Times on Thursday suggests that Syrians face a “brittle future” as Iranians, Russians, Turks, Bashar Assad and ISIS divide the territory among each other.

Hashd al-Shabi an Iranian-backed Shia militia that took control over Kurdish areas of Shingal and Kirkuk in October 16, 2017 is now trying to convince the Yezidis to convert to Shiite Islam, dwellers told Avatoday.

The chief of Israel Defence Forces Gadi Eisenkot announced that Iran is seeking further influence in Syria by enormously increasing its current ground troops in Syria.