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A general to compile all news, articles, essays and info related to the Greater Middle East-North Africa region.

Creating this general in an effort to centralize all the info that currently gets posted to 5 different threads concerning conflicts and developments in the MENA region. Seeing how slow they generally are and at risk of getting bumped off besides the Palestine thread and that it’s likely people interested in Yemen, Syria, Iran, Sudan and Palestine are likely also interested in news and info from across the region I think it would be useful to post everything in one place.

This will be the inaugural edition to see how it goes. Welcome!
510 posts and 157 image replies omitted.

>>2704574
>>2704633
I hate that feeling but at some point, you gotta admit that some population kinda deserve whats gonna happen to them

>>2706069
they ultimately work for porkies, and porkies need countries to loot and fresh meat to import to exploit in the imperial core

Chad shuts border with Sudan in bid to stop conflict spreading

Fighting broke out over the weekend in the border town of al-Tina, where Chadian troops were caught up in violence involving Sudanese armed groups.
Officials told the Reuters news agency that five soldiers and three civilians were killed, and at least 12 others wounded.
Sudan's army has additionally accused Chad of supporting the RSF and allowing military supplies to transit through its territory - allegations the Chadian government has previously denied.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2x1n95z5vo

Turkiye carves new supply route through Iraqi Kurdistan's Duhok

The Turkish military is constructing a road through Reshava Valley at the foot of Metin Mountain in Duhok province, aiming to link its key military positions across the area, Shafaq News learned on Wednesday.

https://shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan/Turkiye-carves-new-supply-route-through-Iraqi-Kurdistan-s-Duhok

>>2705822
>Afghan government deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fiteat claimed Afghan forces “killed 55 Pakistani soldiers, seized 23 bodies,” according to Kabul-based Tolo News.
>However, Pakistan's Information Minister Ataullah Tarrar also claimed 36 fatalities on the Afghan side.
why do so many people seem to die on these border clashes between pakistan and afghanistan? what do the pashtun on pakistan's side of the border think of the central government bombing afghanistan?

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‘Vassalage’: Deepening Tunisia-Algeria ties spark mounting scrutiny and backlash

Backlash against Algerian alleged interference has reached a new peak since the two countries signed a new defence cooperation agreement on 7 October, after months of negotiations.

The seven-page [allegedly leaked] document includes several striking provisions, such as allowing Algerian troops to enter up to 50 kilometres into Tunisian territory, as well as granting the Algerian army the right to intervene should Tunisia’s “institutional stability” be threatened, in order to “restore” it.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/vassalage-deepening-tunisia-algeria-ties-spark-mounting-scrutiny-and-backlash

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Pakistani war minister:

>After the withdrawal of NATO forces, it was expected that there would be peace in Afghanistan and the Taliban would focus on the interests of the Afghan people and peace in the region. But the Taliban turned Afghanistan into a colony of India. They gathered terrorists from all over the world in Afghanistan and started exporting terrorism. They deprived their people of basic human rights. They took away the rights that Islam gives to women. Pakistan made every effort to keep the situation normal directly and through friendly countries. They did a lot of diplomacy. But the Taliban became a proxy for India. Today, when they tried to target Pakistan with aggression, Alhamdulillah, our forces are now giving a decisive response. Pakistan's role in the past has been positive. It has hosted 5 million Afghans for 50 years. Even today, millions of Afghans are earning a living on our land. Our patience has run out. Now we will have an open war with you. Now, Dama Dum Mast Qalandar will be the best. Pakistan's army did not come from across the sea. We are your neighbors, we know your times. Allahu Akbar


https://xcancel.com/KhawajaMAsif/status/2027146237275672713

>>2706275
could afghanistan possibly win in this situation?

Tunisia: Families of political detainees form collective to unite opposition to Saied
Several family members of political prisoners from various factions in Tunisia who oppose President Kais Saied have announced the creation of a collective aimed at "uniting efforts" for their release.
Since Saied's coup in July 2021, in which he granted himself sweeping powers, numerous Tunisian opposition figures, lawyers, activists, aid workers and journalists have been arrested and given heavy-handed prison sentences, drawing criticism from local and international rights bodies that have denounced politically motivated trials.
In particular, numerous opposition figures have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for "conspiracy against the state", while aid workers have been detained and tried for assisting migrants.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia-families-political-prisoners-form-collective-unite-opposition-saied
Algeria accuses the UAE of interference in elections
Algeria has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of attempting to interfere in its elections, as tensions continue to mount between the two states.
During the 2019 Hirak movement that toppled long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the UAE became a common target of the protesters, who saw the Gulf state as a reactionary force fighting democratic movements in the region.
Meanwhile, official circles in Algeria have repeatedly accused the UAE embassy of "suspicious moves" and its ambassador of being "on a mission to destabilise" the country.
Last month, Algerian media suggested the country could even sever its diplomatic relations with the UAE over claims it supported separatist groups in the country.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/algeria-accuses-uae-interference-elections

Turkey signs financing deals for high-speed rail linking Europe and Asia
Turkey has reached preliminary agreements with six international lenders to secure $6.75 billion for a new railway line across the Bosphorus in what would be Turkey's largest foreign-financed railway project, Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Tuesday.
https://www.newarab.com/news/turkey-signs-deals-high-speed-rail-linking-europe-and-asia
Lawyer slams 'scandalous' indictment over Turkish reporter's death
Prosecutors want to charge two suspects with manslaughter rather than murder over the death of a Turkish journalist known for his environmental reporting.
Tosun was known for his coverage and documentary work focusing on the struggle to protect the environment, urban activism and the fight against gentrification.
https://www.newarab.com/news/lawyer-slams-scandalous-indictment-over-turkish-reporter-death

>>2706275

Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the director general of Pakistan’s military media wing, claims that 274 Afghan fighters have been killed and more than 400 injured by Pakistani attacks.
An Afghan spokesperson says 55 Pakistani soldiers have been killed and 19 posts seized. He added that eight Taliban fighters were killed, 11 wounded and 13 civilians injured in Nangarhar province.
The figures could not be independently verified by Al Jazeera.
Lower Chitral Deputy Commissioner Rao Hashim Azim has told Pakistani news outlet Dawn that “four to five” Afghan government checkposts were destroyed at the Arandu border late last night.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior has imposed an immediate ban on the outdoor flying of drones across the country.
Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, the Qatari minister of state at the Foreign Ministry, held a phone call with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to discuss a diplomatic solution.

Former Israeli defense minister calls for Turkey and Israel to mend relationships
https://generalyoavgallant.substack.com/p/the-next-strategic-shift-in-the-middle

Jordan's Islamic Action Front told to drop 'religious reference' from party name
The Islamic Action Front is Jordan’s most prominent opposition party, with 31 members in parliament, and is widely regarded as the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in the kingdom.
It secured nearly a third of the vote in the 2024 elections, marking its most significant electoral result since its founding in 1992.
The party has come under intensified scrutiny since April last year, when authorities banned the Muslim Brotherhood and criminalised the promotion of its “ideology”.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordan-orders-islamic-action-front-party-remove-religious-references-name

>>2707155
>current gov: once we deal with iran you're next turkey!
<old gov: we need to mend relationships

Trump administration pursuing nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, opening path to enrichment: Report
The language in the document also leaves room for Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium, as it stipulates “additional safeguards and verification measures to the most sensitive areas of potential nuclear cooperation" between the two countries, including enrichment and reprocessing, the report said.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his advisors have pushed for a deal that will allow them to enrich uranium, which they say the kingdom holds vast reserves of.
“We will enrich it and we will sell it and we will do a ‘yellowcake'," Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said last year, referring to a step in the process that comes after mining but before enrichment.
“Not enriching would be a major concession by the Saudis. It’s an economic issue because the Saudis know they can make more money off their uranium by enriching themselves instead of exporting it. But it is also a matter of national pride. The question is, if they don’t enrich, what is their pay-off from Trump?” a Saudi-based analyst previously told Middle East Eye.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-administration-pursuing-nuclear-deal-saudi-arabia-leaves-open-path-enrichment-report
How a Call From Trump Ignited a Bitter Feud Between Two U.S. Allies
In November, Mr. Trump called the Emirati president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, to discuss a private conversation he had with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler.
The American president relayed that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had asked him to impose sanctions on the Emirates during a visit to the White House that month, the four people said. They said the sanctions were over the Emirati government’s support for an armed group fighting in Sudan’s civil war.
A Saudi official offered a different account, saying that Prince Mohammed had asked Mr. Trump to place additional sanctions on the Sudanese armed group to prevent it from getting external support, not to impose measures on the Emirates directly. The Saudi leadership made the request because it believed that if the Emirati government backed down, the war in Sudan would end, according to the official.
https://archive.is/cRwa1#selection-530.0-530.1

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>Russia has urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to halt cross-border attacks and resolve their differences through diplomatic means, the RIA news agency reports, citing the foreign ministry.🇷🇺✅✅
dont worry putin is on the case

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did you guys know the uae funds a separatist movement in algeria?
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/algeria-could-sever-ties-uae-coming-days-media-report
the same separatist movement is funded by israel and morocco and wrote a letter recently to marco rubio about the "plight of christian kabyles" and they promised to be france's most stout ally on the southern shore of the mediterranean
https://archive.is/KVMkU#selection-2563.187-2563.222

why the FUCK has algeria not expelled the uae already? they're just asking to be destroyed the moment the state is weakened

>>2707398
>funding all these insurgencies and separatists
they are like the reverse gaddafi

>>2707404
they destroyed sudan
they destroyed libya
they destroyed yemen
they installed sisi in egypt
they control 10% of the world's trade, including most exports and imports in the middle east through jebel ali
they control egypt's wheat production

somebody fucking throw a goddamn bomb in the middle of dubai/abu dhabi already and watch all the non-oil money flee

Fifty years of plunder: How Morocco and its allies profit from Western Sahara
The natural resources of Africa’s last colony are exploited by foreign companies, with renewables greenwashing Morocco's grip
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/western-sahara-fifty-years-plunder-profit-morocco-allies

>>2707421
thinking about it its kinda crazy they dont ever really get bombed or even threatened, they are comically evil with their fingers in literally all the dirty pies they can find funding the worst people everywhere, and dont even pretend to have some religious cover for their shit like saudi or some good PR like qatar

>>2707398
They do that in the entire Arab world, including the former islands that were french colonies too where they pay machete gangs to terrorize the population lol

>>2707451
>including the former islands that were french colonies too where they pay machete gangs to terrorize the population lol
what?

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Is it true that all of these countries were invented by the British?

>>2707464
>muh blood and soil
All shitholes are fake

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>>2707465
>Anarkid speek
When did I ever say that I was a statist?!?!
Of course I national citizenship is just a social construct and stuff and states are just an instrument of class oppression but most countries had a national identity and unique culture and shit but none of the ones I shared above did, they were just carved up by the British, or I think so that is why I was asking.

>>2707468
yes, but all the gulf countries are fake or amalgamations of previous states, with the exception of perhaps bahrain

>>2742134
>>2742134
>>2742134
JOIN THE FAKHA FESTIVAL

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i remember hearing about this case where the company LaFarge had a cement plant in northern Syria and they paid protection money to ISIS and Al Nusra.

Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in undercover filming

Not long after her brother contracted the virus, Asma was also diagnosed with HIV. Her family believe both children contracted it from injections with contaminated needles during routine medical treatment at a government hospital in Taunsa, in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.

They are two of the 331 children that BBC Eye has identified as testing positive for HIV in the city between November 2024 and October 2025.

After a doctor at a private clinic linked the outbreak to the hospital, called THQ Taunsa, in late 2024, local authorities promised a "massive crackdown" and suspended the hospital's medical superintendent in March 2025 – but a BBC Eye investigation can now reveal that dangerous injection practices continued months later.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyrd818gd2o

>>2780838
This is what jizya was made for

what regions does Rojova still hold?

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Can Istanbul rival Dubai? Turkey looks to woo investors as Iran war reshapes region

With the war on Iran exposing global centres of capital in the Gulf to risk, the Turkish government is looking for ways to lure investors and firms based in the United Arab Emirates to Turkey.
A senior Turkish official recently told international investors that Ankara plans to extend tax incentives and other support to multinational companies, similar to those already offered at the Istanbul Financial Centre (IFC), according to sources who spoke to Middle East Eye.
The IFC, a financial district in Istanbul that hosts banks, multinational companies and others, already offers a range of tax breaks: income derived from exported financial services is fully deductible from corporate income tax, while related transactions are exempt from associated charges.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/could-istanbul-rival-dubai-turkey-offers-incentives-investors-iran-war-reshapes-region

Turkey says Muslim countries concerned by Israel-Greece-Cyprus alliance

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that Muslim countries in the region are concerned by a growing military alliance between Israel, Greece and Cyprus.
Fidan said Greece had joined this grouping despite being a member of NATO.
“No one has given assurances to us that this wasn’t an initiative against us before or after its founding,” Fidan said during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in southern Turkey.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-says-muslim-countries-concerned-israel-greece-cyprus-alliance

>>2780974
HIV is hard to spread with needles, or so i was taught, might be some other bad practice

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The Axis ™️ bloc in Iraq that elected the previous PM (who conceded to every US demand) just elected a (((business man))) who made his wealth by stealing the budget of food rations and investing it in private real estate ##justACKsisthings

Now they're patiently waiting for US approval to appoint him like good lapdogs

Update: US approved Axis candidate. Big win for multipolarism. Another 100 billion contract to Chevron!

One can hope the Iraqi state's naked class struggle waged against the proletariat help galvanize it. Imperialists appointing an unknown banker (not a single public interview) who made his wealth stealing food rations is something else.

>Tapestries embroidered with Quranic verses were shipped from the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest shrine. Tiles came from a mosque in Uzbekistan. A golden metal dome was made to replicate the architecture of ancient Syria.
>Through connections that extended into the royal court of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Epstein secured a meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, now the Saudi crown prince, and also obtained elaborate tapestries that once adorned the sacred spaces inside the Kaaba and covered its exterior walls.
<Mr. Epstein’s dual passions were encapsulated in a single photo from 2014. In it, he poses with Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, head of Emirati company DP World which handles 9% of the world's shipments, as they admire one such tapestry splayed on the floor of Mr. Epstein’s New York townhouse.
>Mr. Epstein had a longstanding fixation on Islamic design. In 2003, he boasted to Vanity Fair that he owned “the largest Persian rug you’ll ever see in a private home — so big, it must have come from a mosque.”
>His vision for an island shrine began while he was in a Palm Beach County, Fla., jail, having pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution. Before his release in 2009, Mr. Epstein hired architects to design a “hammam,” a Turkish bathhouse surrounded by “Islamic gardening,” according to his correspondence.
>He soon scrapped that plan and instead sought a permit for a “music room” in a building he called 5 Palms, emailing himself design ideas, including images of ancient Middle Eastern mosques.
>In 2011, Mr. Epstein wrote to a contact in Uzbekistan seeking authentic tiles. “It will be for the inside walls, like a mosque,” he said.
>Among other tasks, Mr. Epstein asked for a design replacing the Arabic word for God with his initials in English. “Remember we saw the aribic writing in black and white,” he wrote to Mr. Nicola in an email plagued with his customary typos and misspellings. “instead of allah, i thought j’s and e ‘s.”
>Mr. Rod-Larsen connected Mr. Epstein to Raafat Al-Sabbagh, a consultant to the Saudi royal court, and his aide Aziza Al Ahmadi. Through them, Mr. Epstein waged an intense campaign to woo Prince Mohammed. He met them in New York and pressed to pitch the royal in person, sharing what he called in a message “radical ideas,” like the creation of a new currency called “the shariah” for use among Muslims.
>After arriving in the kingdom, Mr. Epstein emailed Mr. Rod-Larsen two photos of himself joking around with Mohammed, one of which he would later display in his New York home.
>Ms. Al Ahmadi and Mr. Epstein met in New York early in 2017. At the same time, their assistants were corresponding about a tent being shipped from Saudi Arabia to his island.
>“We are receiving 3 pieces from the Kaaba,” Mr. Epstein’s assistant told a customs broker.
>A separate document included pictures of embroidered tapestries. One was “used inside the Kaaba,” according to the document; another, called a Kiswa, had covered the outside of the shrine; and a third was from the same special factory in Mecca, it said.
>After a Kiswa is removed, it is divided. The tapestries can be donated to institutions or individuals or distributed for charity auctions.
>Ms. Al Ahmadi described her shipment’s gravitas to Mr. Epstein in an email. “The black piece was touched by minimum 10 million Muslims of different denominations, Sunni, Shia and others,” she said. “They walk around the Kaaba seven rounds then every one tries as much as they can to touch it and they kept their prayers, wishes, tears and hopes on this piece. Hoping after that all their prayers to be accepted.”

https://archive.is/zcRS7

>>2796910
Who is Ali al-Zaidi, the businessman named as Iraq’s PM-designate?

After months of political wrangling, Iraq’s Coordination Framework on Monday named Ali al-Zaidi, a multimillionaire business figure, as the compromise candidate of the governing Shia bloc.
“After considering the names of the candidates, Ali al-Zaidi was chosen to be the candidate of the Coordination Framework bloc, as the largest bloc in the House of Representatives, to occupy the position of prime minister and form the next government,” a Coordination Framework statement read after a meeting in the capital Baghdad.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/who-is-ali-al-zaidi-the-businessman-named-as-iraqs-pm-designate

'Empowered': UAE's exit from Opec appeases Trump, delivers blow to Saudi Arabia

The UAE’s exit from Opec next month is a shot across the bows to Saudi Arabia and a potential offering to US President Donald Trump, in the latest sign the war on Iran is exacerbating old tensions in the Gulf instead of uniting the region.
On the surface, the UAE’s exit from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is a culmination of its long-running spat with Saudi Arabia over how much oil member states should be allowed to pump.
Until recently, Riyadh wanted to limit supply to support prices while the UAE favoured looser production.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/empowered-uaes-exit-opec-appeases-trump-and-delivers-blow-saudi-arabia

Pakistan delivers weapons to Libya's Haftar as part of Saudi-financed deal, sources say

Pakistan has delivered some weapons to Libya's eastern government led by military ruler Khalifa Haftar, as part of a deal financed by Saudi Arabia.
At least five cargo planes from Pakistan carrying armaments were unloaded at Benghazi airport in March.
According to Arab and western sources, Saudi Arabia is seeking to position itself as the primary patron of Haftar, seeking to displace the UAE’s longstanding influence.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pakistan-delivers-weapons-libya-khalifa-haftar-sources-say

UAE 'aggressively' lobbying US to designate Yemen's Islah as a terror group, sources say

The United Arab Emirates is "aggressively" lobbying the Trump administration to designate Yemen's Islah party as a terror organisation, a move that is likely to inflame tensions with Saudi Arabia which serves as a principal backer of the group.
US, Saudi and Yemeni sources told Middle East Eye that Abu Dhabi had spent the last four months pressuring Washington to label Islah as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) group, after telling the Trump administration that the January designations of three Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated groups did not go far enough.
Earlier this year, Washington designated the Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian, Jordanian and Lebanese branches as terror organisations, a move that elicited a laconic statement from Abu Dhabi.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-aggressively-lobbying-us-designate-yemen-islah-terror-group

War deepens generational rift inside Iranian-American households

Recent polling
<attached file
points to a generational divide within the diaspora in views on the war. A March 2026 survey by the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans found that individuals aged 18 to 34 are less likely to support US-Israeli strikes or US backing of opposition figures seeking political change in Iran.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-deepens-generational-rift-inside-iranian-american-households

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'Pipe dream': Turkey's plan to redraw Middle East energy routes after Iran

Turkey, a regional crossroads for several international oil and gas pipelines, sees the crisis as an opportunity and has been offering an alternative: building more pipelines.
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar last week proposed several new projects during a live interview with Anadolu Agency.
Bayraktar has long advocated connecting Basra, Iraq’s oil-rich southern region, to the north, where the Iraq-Turkey pipeline carries oil from Kirkuk to Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The pipeline, which has long been underutilised, has a capacity of more than 1.5 million barrels per day.
Bayraktar did not stop there. He also revived the idea of building a gas pipeline from Qatar to Turkey, crossing several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pipe-dream-turkey-plan-redraw-middle-east-energy-iran-war-hormuz

Kuwait takes away citizenship from 1,266 people including footballers, MPs

Kuwait has revoked the citizenship of 1,266 people, including a former MP and a national team footballer, in the latest phase of a sweeping campaign authorities say is aimed at "cleansing" the country’s nationality records.

https://www.newarab.com/news/kuwait-deprives-1266-including-footballer-mp-citizenship

Bahrain strips 69 people of citizenship over Iran support

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that it had revoked the citizenship of 69 people, some of whom were related, after accusing them of sympathising with Iran and “colluding with foreign entities”. The move comes after Tehran carried out strikes on facilities in Bahrain as part of the war launched against Iran by Israel and the United States.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/bahrain-strips-69-people-of-citizenship-over-iran-support

>>2797416
apparently some people later have their citizenship restored.
probably it's being partially used as some cudgel to have certain people shut the fuck up or change their behavior.

anyone know enough of pakistani politics to know what this means?

from newsanon's thread:

How Iranian monarchists have targeted anti-war activists

“We’re going to find you, we’re going to rape you, we’re going to kill you.”
This is just one of hundreds of messages that Arjang Alidai, an Iranian-British engineer based in the UK, has received from monarchist compatriots in recent months.
Something more serious then happened. On 22 April, Mohammed Reza, an Iranian father of two demonstrating against the war on Iran outside Downing Street was stabbed multiple times by a counter-protester of Iranian origin.
Iranian monarchists identify as secular and nationalist. They use language and imagery associated with Iran’s pre-Islamic past, including describing themselves as “Children of Cyrus”, referring to Cyrus the Great, the 6th-century BCE founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
Recent videos even show monarchists gathering in British cities clad in black and carrying flags of the Savak, the notorious secret police force under the shah, which imprisoned and tortured political opponents.
The murder in Canada of Masood Masjoodi, an Iranian-Canadian university professor who was a critic of the Iranian government and Reza Pahlavi, highlights how far the monarchist movement can go.
Two individuals, who were known to Masjoodi and who espoused the monarchist cause, have been charged with his murder.
“There’s talk of lists being drawn up in the community,” Mohyeddin tells MEE, referring to people deemed to be legitimate targets for the movement.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-iranian-monarchists-targeted-anti-war-activists

The Azerbaijani Parliament has suspended relations with the European Parliament.

Parliamentarians decided to suspend all ties between the Milli Majlis and the European Parliament after the European Parliament adopted a resolution affirming the right of return of Armenians to Karabakh and demanding the release of Armenian prisoners of war. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry handed a note of protest to the EU Ambassador.

https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/74890

Türkiye unveils first-ever intercontinental ballistic missile Yildirimhan

Türkiye’s Ministry of National Defense R&D center unveiled Yildirimhan, the nation’s first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at Istanbul’s SAHA 2026 expo.

According to the technical specification panel displayed at the SAHA 2026 exposition, Yildirimhan has the following characteristics: a range of 6,000 kilometers, a speed of Mach 9 to Mach 25, four liquid-fuel rocket engines and Nitrogen Tetroxide propellant.

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/turkiye-unveils-first-ever-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-yildirimhan-3219431?s=2

from newsanon's thread:

System of sexual torture targeting Palestinians exposed in new report

Israeli detention facilities have been transformed into “spaces isolated from oversight, akin to legal and physical ‘black holes,’” where torture, including rape, genital mutilation and other sexual violence, is carried out systematically and with impunity.
Survivor testimonies describe extreme forms of abuse.
Wajdi, 43, recalled that “during interrogation, they tied me naked to a metal bed, and one of the soldiers asked me how many Israeli women I had raped in Israel.”
“I denied that I had even entered Israel. Then a soldier raped me,” Wajdi said. “I felt severe pain in my anus and screamed, but every time I screamed, I was beaten.”
“The soldier left after ejaculating inside me. I was left in a humiliating position. I wished for death. I was bleeding,” Wajdi said.
“Later, they untied me and brought a dog, which also raped me.”
Multiple survivors also reported being raped by dogs, or witnessing other detainees being assaulted in this way, describing the animals as appearing to be trained for that purpose and used deliberately by soldiers in detention settings.
“One of the dogs then raped me, penetrated my anus in a trained manner while I was being beaten,” Amir, 35, said.
In a separate testimony, A.S., also aged 35, recalled that his captors “forced me to lie down, and a dog climbed on top of me and tried to insert its penis into me. At first, I did not understand what was happening, but then I realized that I was being raped.”

https://electronicintifada.net/content/system-sexual-torture-targeting-palestinians-exposed-new-report/51373

UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies

The United Arab Emirates’ ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed.

A cross-border investigation by DeSmog and shared with the Guardian found subsidiaries controlled by the Al Nahyans collected more than €71m (£61m) in six years for farmland it controls in Romania, Italy and Spain.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/uae-ruling-royal-family-eu-farming-subsidies


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