🇦🇪 | The United Arab Emirates announced that it has added 21 individuals and entities to its terrorism list due to alleged links with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Abu Dhabi stated that this decision comes within the framework of efforts to strengthen international cooperation in combating the financing of terrorism.

The UAE further said that all regulatory authorities are required to identify any individuals or entities associated with financial or commercial ties to those listed and to take necessary measures in accordance with the country’s laws, including the freezing of assets within less than 24 hours.

The UAE, which has a long record of being accused of supporting various armed groups, claimed that it is actively working to counter extremism and terrorism. It also pointed to its alleged involvement in Sudan and Yemen, which has been widely discussed in Western media.

The Guardian, in a recent investigative report, stated that the UAE not only supplies weapons to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces but also allows commanders accused of genocide to store illicit wealth in villas near Trump-branded properties and apartments in Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, using the country as a financial safe haven for hiding large fortunes belonging to themselves and their families.

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🇳🇴: 🇮🇷 | Visit of Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister to Iran

Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, who traveled to Tehran heading a diplomatic delegation for consultations with Iranian officials, met on Tuesday evening with Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed Iran–Norway bilateral relations, the imposed war by America and the Israeli regime against Iran, its security and economic consequences, and the latest developments in the Islamabad talks process.

Iran’s Foreign Minister described the American side’s maximalist approach, threatening rhetoric, and lack of goodwill and honesty as the main obstacles to ending the war and reaching any potential agreement.

Araghchi also emphasized that the primary cause of the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is the military aggression by America and the Israeli regime against Iran, followed by repeated violations of the ceasefire and the continued blockade of Iran’s maritime ports.

He further noted that Iran is currently consulting and negotiating to develop operational arrangements aimed at strengthening and facilitating safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with international law. He added that Iran, as a coastal state of the Strait of Hormuz, is engaged in consultations to formulate relevant regulations in line with international legal frameworks.

The Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister, presenting a report on his meetings with Iranian officials as well as discussions with representatives from Pakistan and Oman, stressed the need for sustainable peace and stability in the region and efforts to uphold international law. He also expressed Norway’s readiness to assist in strengthening diplomacy and supporting maritime safety and environmental protection.

In separate meetings, he also held discussions with Majid Takht-Ravanchi (Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs), Kazem Gharibabadi (Deputy for Legal and International Affairs), and Saeed Khatibzadeh (Head of the Institute for Political and International Studies), focusing on issues of mutual regional and international interest as well as bilateral matters.

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🇧🇭 | Assault on Shia in Bahrain intensifying

A renewed wave of repression against the Shia community in Bahrain has been reported, marked by a series of harsh judicial rulings and arrests that rights observers say reflect a deepening pattern of sectarian targeting.

The Bahrain Detainees Affairs Authority announced multiple prison sentences against young Shia individuals and community figures. Hassan Hamza Zuhair was sentenced to three years in prison, Sayed Hashem Mahfouz to five years, and Ayman Al Saffar to three years. Haj Munir Mushaima received a ten year sentence. Three detainees from Sanabis and Al Ghurayfah were also sentenced to three years each along with fines. Engineer Mahdi Taher Al Jalawi and Abdullah Hussein Wathiqi were each sentenced to ten years, while Ali Abdulhussain Khurshid was handed life imprisonment. Haj Ali Ahmed Salman received a three year sentence.

Additional reports indicate that Mohammed Alian was detained after allegedly refusing to participate in actions targeting Shia scholars, raising further concerns about pressure on religious figures and community supporters.

In a separate development, blogger Dur Abdul Hamid was sentenced to life imprisonment on espionage related accusations following her arrest over online writings that authorities described as sympathetic to Iran. Supporters view these measures as part of a broader pattern of criminalization of dissent and increasing pressure on Shia voices within the country

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🇧🇭 | The Islamic Action Society (Amal), the Islamic Al-Wefaq Society, the Al-Wafa Islamic Movement, the Coalition of Youth of the February 14 Revolution, the Bahrain Freedom Movement, the Freedom and Democracy Movement (Haqq), and the Islamic Bahrain Freedom Movement issued a joint statement:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

The exclusionary and authoritarian mindset in Bahrain has committed a reckless act that goes beyond the boundaries of political repression, inaugurating a phase of open war against the Shia, turning the country into a scene of chaos and revenge.

The brutal wave of raids that violated the sanctity of more than forty leading scholars, respected seminary professors, and Friday and congregational prayer leaders has shattered what remained of the illusion of stability in Bahrain. It has officially exposed the collapse of the legal structure of the state, demonstrating that the political authority today, more than ever before, has lost its political legitimacy and lacks even the minimum level of public representation.

This raging sectarian madness, which has reached the point of detaining religious scholars behind bars based on false accusations and security claims and reviving inquisitorial-style trials, represents a blatant attack on the identity of the entire people. It is a desperate attempt to subdue the turban of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, which bows to none except its Creator.

This misguided action has placed everyone before a losing gamble over the future of this beloved homeland, a gamble that has dragged the country away from the arena of legitimate popular political demands and pushed it into a struggle over existence and identity.

The people of Bahrain, through their attachment to their faith and noble land, have already won this battle before it even began. Those who bet on crushing free peoples are betting on the impossible. Bahrain, with its Bahraini identity, scholars, and authenticity, will remain, while the mindset of exclusion and gambling will vanish.

We also hold the so-called international community, international organizations, and the so-called free world accountable for their irresponsible silence regarding the systematic targeting and war against religious identity in Bahrain, and the destruction of what remains of the social fabric and civil peace. Moral responsibility demands immediate action to stop this sectarian madness before it leads to consequences that cannot be contained.

We conclude by calling on the proud people of our nation to firmly reject the insult against their esteemed scholars, to defend their dignity by filling the ranks in mosques, raising evening calls of takbir from the balconies of homes, and engaging in peaceful field presence in all villages and towns, as well as expressing broad solidarity with the scholars by visiting their homes and filling their places of worship.

It is reminded that today you are not only defending your political rights, but affirming your right to existence and dignity on your historical land.

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🇮🇶 | The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces stated that the Second Brigade, in coordination with the General Directorate of Media, carried out a field survey in the Shannana area in the desert of Najaf al-Ashraf. The survey examined the site of the alleged Zionist-American strike that targeted the citizen Awad Hadi al-Zakrouti and his vehicle.

The statement added that Surah Al-Fatiha was recited for his soul, and that a comprehensive aerial and ground reconnaissance of the area was conducted, along with an assessment of the details and impact of the incident.

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🇱🇧: 🇵🇸 | West Bank and southern Lebanon are facing escalating levels of destruction, bombardment, and ongoing violence, with no clear or effective solution in sight:

Southern Lebanon continues to endure massive strikes and widespread devastation, with towns and villages repeatedly targeted and entire areas suffering severe structural irreparable damage. Civilian infrastructure, homes, and local networks are being steadily eroded under continuous bombing, creating a situation of prolonged instability and displacement. The pattern increasingly resembles the level of destruction seen in Gaza, while regional and international responses remain limited, fragmented, and largely ineffective in altering the trajectory on the ground.

At the same time, alongside the ongoing situation in Gaza, the West Bank is witnessing a parallel destruction, with intensified terror military operations, expanding settlement activity, and rising levels of structural and social disruption that many describe as becoming normalized through repetition.

In the West Bank, a major incursion was reported at Joseph’s Tomb shrine east of Nablus, where thousands of settlers entered the site under heavy protection from Israeli forces. The incursion included organized prayers and religious ceremonies, with participation from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and settler leaders. Participants issued calls for establishing a permanent settler presence at the site, framing the move as part of broader efforts to consolidate Israeli control over the West Bank. This development sits within a wider pattern that includes checkpoints, settlement expansion, land confiscation, house demolitions, forced displacement, settler violence, mass arrests, abductions, and repeated assaults across multiple areas.

Simultaneously, Israeli forces conducted coordinated incursions and arrest operations across several locations in the West Bank, including Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, Attil town north of Tulkarm, and Hableh town south of Qalqilya. These operations are contributing to sustained instability, with recurring disruptions to civilian life, movement restrictions, and continued tension across urban and rural areas.

Overall, the situation across southern Lebanon and the West Bank reflects a widening and interconnected pattern of escalation, where repeated cycles of destruction and military activity continue with limited prospects for de escalation or a political resolution.

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🇮🇷 / 🇮🇳 | Gharibabadi Meets India’s Director General for West Asia Affairs:

Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, who is visiting New Delhi, held talks with Sibi George, Director General for West Asia at India’s Ministry of External Affairs.

The two sides discussed bilateral and regional issues, including recent developments in the region.

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🥀 | Now it is confirmed. After years of war, continuous crimes, the fall of commanders, leaders, and entire fronts, it is now undeniable that the world will never return to being normal or simple again.

Before the Al Aqsa war, many of us still carried a feeling deep inside that if massacres, slaughter, and oppression ever reached such unimaginable levels in front of the eyes of the entire digital world, humanity would never allow it to continue for long. There was a belief that global outrage, public pressure, and international narratives would eventually force change. We thought the world still had limits. We thought there were lines that could never be crossed openly.

But over time the world we depended on became desensitized, distracted, and morally exhausted. The difference between suffering and normality has now become fully established. There is now a visible wall between the victims and the rest of humanity. On one side of the wall, massacres continue, thousands die, infants are crushed beneath rubble, children are torn apart, families are buried alive, and people scream for days beneath collapsed buildings waiting for help that never comes.

On the other side of the wall, life continues normally. Lavish malls remain full, restaurants glow under soft lights, expensive coffee is served, music plays, and people casually scroll through videos of unbearable suffering between entertainment clips and advertisements. The screams of entire nations have become background noise to the modern world.

We are no longer living in the pre war era. The world has fundamentally changed. People have understood everything, seen everything, and accepted everything.

That is why perhaps the most unbelievable things no longer shock the world. Even when Sayyid Ali Khamenei was assassinated in broad daylight, the world remained normal. Markets stayed open. Flights continued. Cafes remained crowded. Reactions faded within hours into statements, hashtags, ceremonies, and controlled outrage.

Unfortunately, beyond the resistance movements themselves, even much of the Muslim world responded with silence, ritualized mourning, or symbolic gestures that changed nothing on the ground. The rage that once could have shaken governments and streets now feels fragmented, exhausted, and contained.

Will we ever become normal again?

Will our hearts ever move the way they once did? Will we ever feel inspired enough to dream again? These years have taken everything from us. They took our homes, our villages, our families, our safety, and even our understanding of humanity itself.

Can people who watched entire bloodlines erased ever truly return to ordinary life? Can someone who has seen mothers carrying the remains of their children in plastic bags ever think about a peaceful future the same way again? Can those who survived endless funerals, displacement, bombardment, prisons, humiliation, and loss still imagine a life beyond vengeance, grief, or pain?

And while all this happens, the world moves on without hesitation.

To even think independently has become dangerous. To express anger against those killing your people can cost you your freedom, your career, your safety, or your future. It feels as if the world has placed its hands over its ears while you scream. And if your scream becomes too loud, there is always a prison cell waiting for you, a label prepared for you, or a system ready to erase you.

Perhaps this is the cruelest realization of all. Not only that the massacres continue, but that humanity learned how to continue living comfortably beside them.

I really do not know anymore.

All I know is that my heart is filled with anger, exhaustion, grief, and sadness. And sometimes it feels as though an entire generation has aged decades within only a few years.

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🗞️ | Khaleel Nasrallah writes:

The Wall Street Journal has reported on two visits by the head of Mossad to the United Arab Emirates, while Haaretz has reported on a visit by the head of Shin Bet since the beginning of the war.

These visits are being framed as part of “security coordination” in confronting Tehran, an arrangement that Jared Kushner had publicly promoted back in 2020, although it was denied by the UAE at the time.

Tehran reportedly views this coordination as a serious and hostile act, which is why it is increasingly focusing on the UAE as a launch point for aggression against Iran.

Saudi Arabia is also said to view this coordination with concern, particularly after experiencing aspects of it in southern Yemen earlier this year.

The growing alignment taking shape in the Gulf region points toward further tension and confrontation, not limited solely to Tehran and Abu Dhabi.

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