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Maga world figures throw weight behind Maryam Rajavi, MEK’s leader, and Reza Pahlavi, the son of last Shah of Iran As a US battle group steamed to the Gulf in November 2002, competing Iraqi exiles, some championed by American insiders, jockeyed for position in the hopes of taking charge once George W Bush toppled Saddam Hussein. Bloomberg dubbed them “Iraq’s unruly opposition”. The most notorious Iraqi exile, failed former banker Ahmad Chalabi, boasted to his neoconservative allies that his return to Baghdad would be welcomed by cheering throngs. Among his competition was a former doctor named Ayad Allawi, who was backed by Britain’s MI6 and the Central Intelligence Agency in his bid for support to rule Iraq. Continue reading...

Iraqi group says it carried out 31 operations against US bases in region The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it carried out 31 operations against US bases in the country and the region during the past 24 hours.

Footage from the ground in Erbil, Iraq shows several drones over the city’s airspace and the wrecking of a drone falling

France requests emergency Security Council meeting over Lebanon French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Paris has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over the escalating violence" in Lebanon. “Faced with the sudden deterioration of the situation, France has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council,” Barrot wrote on X. Barrot said that France has allocated $6.9m in emergency assistance to humanitarian organisations already operating on the ground in Lebanon.

US prosecutors say Turkish assistance in negotiating ceasefire , release of captives from Gaza contributed to settlement.

Hezbollah members who were arrested in Lebanon last week were released on a nominal bail under pressure from the group.

Iraq are due to play in a World Cup play-off later this month but are struggling to gather their players together amid the ongoing conflict

Tensions are ramping up at the Israel-Lebanon border, with Hezbollah claiming responsibility for a Wednesday evening attack in northern Israel that left multiple people injured.

The Israeli military says it rescued four hostages from central Gaza on Saturday. Palestinians report scenes of horror on the ground, and Gaza hospital officials say more than 200 people were killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disbanded the country's war cabinet, an Israeli official says, just over a week after opposition leader Benny Gantz withdrew from the body.

Israel is hitting southern Lebanon, Beirut and targets in Iran as the war enters its second week