A US warplane takes off from a naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico on Thursday. American forces seized another oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast on Saturday. Reuters

CommentFrom Venezuela to Ukraine to Iran, a larger shadow war going on

Today’s confrontation is no longer between one weapon and another, or one sanction and another, but rather a multi-layered strategic conflict

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Iran appoints new military commanders months after war with Israel

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Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett says Telegram account hacked

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CommentIs the era of militias in the Arab world finally ending? Iraq may have just said so

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Iran tries Swedish dual citizen on Mossad spy charges

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CommentBeirut is in no state to normalise Lebanon-Israel relations

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Iran seizes foreign tanker allegedly carrying smuggled diesel in Gulf of Oman

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Weekend EssayHow the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process sidelined Iran

With its enemy America driving events, rival Turkey emboldened and ally Russia distracted, Tehran is at risk of being encircled - how will it respond?

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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

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CommentIs Iran going through a crypto revolution?

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe launches Liberty fabric to symbolise detention

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Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to expand ties at Tehran meeting

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EditorialIran has rediscovered its voice but is unsettling its neighbours

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GCC condemns Iranian 'fallacies' about sovereignty of occupied islands

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From left, Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Miao Deyu, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi and Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al Khereiji at the meeting in Tehran. Photo: PressTV

Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to expand ties at Tehran meeting

Countries call for political solution in Yemen and end to Israeli aggression

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EditorialIran has rediscovered its voice but is unsettling its neighbours

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GCC condemns Iranian 'fallacies' about sovereignty of occupied islands

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CommentFrom Venezuela to Lebanon, Trump is gradually encircling Iran and Hezbollah

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