More than 140 people died in the Crocus City Hall assualt in Moscow on March 22, 2023.
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A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
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The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
Human rights activists gather in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2024, to condemn executions of political dissidents in Iran.
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In the wake of the death of Jîna Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022, Iranian authorities have executed political dissenters at what the UN chief described as ‘an alarming rate.’
Esmail Ghaani, head of Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force, speaks at a ceremony in Tehran on April 14, 2022.
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Esmail Ghaani took control of the unconventional warfare wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following the killing of predecessor Qassem Soleimani.
The people’s choice (although candidates for Iran’s parliamentary elections have all been pre-approved by the religious authorities).
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Candidates have been pre-approved to favour the religious right.
A paratrooper with a NATO flag performs during an air show in Radom, Poland, in August 2023.
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Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that NATO gives it, as well as the stability it helped create in Europe.
‘Pressure cooker of despair’: Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt.
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A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
Armed and dangerous: fighters from Iran’s Quds Force at a funeral for comrades killed in the February 2 US airstrikes in Iraq.
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Iran funds a large network of armed groups across the Middle East as part of its ambition to replace the US as regional power.
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The Biden administration has calibrated its strikes so as not to provoke a wider armed conflict in the region.
The headquarters of an Iranian-linked group in Anbar, Iraq was among the sites targeted by U.S. bombers.
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More than 85 locations linked to militias were hit in a robust response by Washington to an earlier deadly drone attack on a US base in Jordan.
President Joe Biden attends the arrival of the remains of three U.S. service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan.
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The US attacks on military sites in Iraq and Syria are unlikely to further escalate conflict in the Middle East, he writes.
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The Shia militant groups operating in Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East share political and ideological connections, yet they also have their own nationalist goals.
Members of Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, on a parade and declare that they are ready for an on January 5, 2021.
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PIJ is perceived as a terrorist group operating in the shadow of Hamas, aiming to dismantle Israel with the backing of Iran – but that’s not true.
Weighing up options: the US president, Joe Biden, is considering how to retaliate to the drone attack which killed three US servicemen in Jordan on January 28.
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History tells us that US presidents tend to be cautious about foreign policy in an election year – especially in the Middle East.
Under pressure: Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers an economic briefing, January 30 2024.
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Facing a parliamentary election in March, the Islamic Republic is trying to distract attention away from its economic woes with a show of strength.
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi, right, greets the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, at the start of their meeting at his office in Tehran in June 2023.
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Iran prefers to engage Israel through its proxies, but the risk of escalation makes this a dangerous strategy.
Jordanian and U.S. tanks take part in joint maneuvers in September 2022.
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Three American troops were killed and dozens more injured in an attack on a base in Jordan. How the Biden administration responds could determine if conflict in the Middle East widens.
Tragedy: a protester against the Netanyahu government at a vigil in Tel Aviv for the Israeli hostages, January 20.
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A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
Houthi fighters demonstrate in support of Palestinians, January 2024.
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The Middle East crisis has many moving parts and could easily descend into chaos.
A billboard depicts the leaders of the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Iran has expanded its network of partners across the Middle East. But it isn’t a simple case of Tehran dictating the terms of the alliance.