Resignation of Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi of the Bennett and Lapid-led coalition has brought the Israeli cabinet closer to collapse. Resignation of Zoabi, of Meretz party, comes less than two months after Idit Silman, of Yamina party, left the coalition, leading to fall in the number of the seats held by the coalition to 59 of a total of 120 seats and making it a minority in the parliament.

The White House officials are reportedly making arrangements for a meeting between President Joe Biden and the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and if Riyadh accepts, it would likely take place in the next few weeks.

On May 18, Andishe Sazan-e-Nour Institute for Strategic Studies in Tehran hosted a meeting on the "future of Saudi-Iranian relations." The meeting discussed the current Tehran-Riyadh talks, and regional affairs expert Saadullah Zaree elaborated on the negotiations.

While Iraq now passed seventh month after the parliamentary elections, Muqtada al-Sadr continues to bring surprises the complicated political process in the country. Over the past few months he proposed forming the national majority government, gave 40-day deadline to the rival Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) to form a new cabinet, and also gave the independent lawmakers two weeks to form government with his assistance.

On such day, 15th Shawwal, we commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Al-Hamza Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib (peace be upon both of them), the uncle of the Prophet Mohammad (Allah's prayers be upon him and upon his holy Household)...

Hamza b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib (Arabic: حمزة بن عبدالمطّلب) (d. 3/625) titled as "Asad Allah", "Asad Rasul Allah" and "Sayyid al-Shuhada" was the Prophet's (s) uncle and martyred in the Battle of Uhud. Even when Hamza had not still become a Muslim, he defended the Prophet (s) against the harassments of idolaters. He was one of the noble people of Quraysh and therefore when he became Muslim, Quraysh would harass the Prophet (s) less than before.

The killing of the veteran Aljazeera journalist Shereen Abu Aqleh by the Israeli fire in Jenin Camp in cold blood drew international reactions to this apparently criminal act. Meanwhile, the Arab countries advocating the normalization with the Israeli regime did not raise their voice in condemnation along with the international community either in support of rights of the journalists or rights of the Palestinian people.

Another negative implication of the political stalemate in Iraq is the suspension of agenda pursuing expulsion of the American troops. In late last year, the government of PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced that the last American troops already withdrew from Iraq but after five months from 2022, the occupation forces still exist on the Iraqi soil and even conduct operations.

The fourth and fifth/tenth and eleventh centuries are considered to form the golden age of Muslim intellectual and cultural developments. In Imamiyya thought, these two centuries, together with the sixth/twelfth century, constitute the era of the flowering of the Shia (Shi`i / Shi'ite) mind.

The recent blows the Israelis received from the Palestinian resistance groups through the operations deep into the occupied territories have caused a crisis to Bennett-led coalition in the parliament and triggered massive protests by the Israeli settlers at the performance of the security forces.

“We don't sleep for one night unless we think of eliminating our enemies. We will continue our endeavors for the victory of the Palestinian resistance day and night, for its victory, until the earth, sky, and sea become hell for the Zionists,” stresses Martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards...

A key principle in pragmatic politics suggests that "the validity of any political doctrine depends, to a large extent, on the success of that doctrine when it is actually implemented. In this view, to achieve the desired result, the decision makers should look realistically at the political situation; that is, reality as it is and not as it should be.

As we approach the anniversary of the tragic occasion of the demolition of the holy graves of Baqi in Medina (which took place on the 8th of Shawwal in the year 1345 AH), we are greatly saddened at the injustice. That holy piece of land is the burial place of great personalities without whom the history of Islam...

On 8th Shawwal, Wednesday, in the year 1345 AH (April 21, 1925), mausoleums in Jannatul al-Baqi (holy city of Medina) were demolished by King Ibn Saud.

(Arabic: تخریب البقیع) refers to the event of demolition of historical and religious graves and shrines of al-Baqi cemetery by the Wahhabis of contemporary time.