Welcome to today’s coverage from West Asia, where diplomacy, security and public sentiment are colliding across the region.

Iran’s top security body has approved the creation of a new defence council, in a move reportedly linked to fears Israel is ...

Iran approves the creation of a National Defense Council following its June confrontation with Israel. The new body, chaired ...

Pro-Iran Houthi militants launched fresh drone strikes at Israel on August 3. Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said three drones were launched; two hit Israeli military sites in Jaffa and Ashkelon, and ...

The defense council will be chaired by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and consists of the heads of the three government ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei strongly condemned the renewed desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by ...

The Iranian government announced Sunday that it had formed a new National Defense Council for handling the country's affairs ...

The commander-in-chief of Iran's military, Amir Hatami, said on Sunday that threats from Israel persist, according to state ...

Tehran demands compensation from Washington for nuclear facility strikes as Iran's foreign minister says the country retains ...

Iran says scores killed Iran said 78 people were killed on the first day of Israel's campaign, and scores more on the second, including 60 when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that if the Israeli strikes on Iran stop, then "our responses will also stop." He said the United States "is a partner in these attacks and must ...

"Maybe this will be the next fall in the domino effect of this regime," a former Israeli intelligence officer told Newsweek.