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What would open warfare between Israel and Iran look like? How tit-for-tat retaliatory strikes could spiral into full-scale conflict involving Tehran’s shady proxy forces and both sides trading long-range missile attacks

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The outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas following the October 7 attacks rocked the already precarious security landscape in the Middle East and stoked fears that violence could spread throughout the region.

Now that prospect seems increasingly likely, with the Islamic Republic vowing revenge on what it calls the ‘evil Zionist regime’ after a suspected IDF strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria killed 13 people, including two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds force generals. 

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

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‘Kill them and have no mercy’: ISIS release 90-seconds of horror in sick selfie film showing terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall that slaughtered 140 people – as US rebuts Putin’s claims of a Ukraine link, declaring ‘Ukraine had no involvement’

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ISIS has released a sickening new video showing in graphic detail exactly how four of their terrorists slaughtered more than 140 people at a concert hall in Moscow. 

The attack was the ‘most violent’ perpetrated against Russia ‘in years’, ISIS tonight claimed, adding that attack on the Crocus City Hall in the western outskirts of Moscow on Friday night was part of the ‘raging war between the Islamic State and countries fighting Islam.’

US intelligence officials strongly believe that members

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EXCLUSIVE: Disc-shaped UFO is filmed by Ukrainian military in warzone: ‘What the f*** is this… maybe ram it?’

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A disc-shaped, completely silent UFO was caught on camera by Ukrainian troops in the war-torn country, in footage shared exclusively with DailyMail.com.

‘What the f-[expletive] is this? Why isn’t it moving?’ the men with Ukraine’s 406th Battalion can be heard debating as they witnessed the deadly calm UFO hovering over their warzone.

While the size, altitude, and shape of the object remain a mystery, the drone’s own altitude indicates that the apparent object could be a large craft over 30

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Russia and China rush to defend their ally Iran, urging Joe Biden to de-escalate strikes despite drone attack killing three US soldiers, warning it will spark ‘cycle of retaliation’

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Russia and China have rushed to the defence of their ally Iran and urged the United States to show restraint in its response to the killing of three American soldiers.

The United States has vowed to respond to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that resulted in the first US military deaths in an attack in the region since the Israel-Hamas war began, raising fears of an escalating Middle East conflict.

Iran-backed militants have been blamed for the

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Putin rakes in extra €1B for his war chest via Bulgaria sanctions loophole – POLITICO

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BRUSSELS — The Kremlin raked in an extra €1 billion for its war effort this year after Russia’s largest private oil firm exploited loopholes in EU sanctions rules — with help from Bulgaria.

Taking advantage of a unique exemption to the EU’s Russian oil ban, Bulgaria allowed millions of barrels of Russian oil to reach a local Russian-owned refinery, which then exported various refined fuels abroad including to EU countries, according to an investigation by the NGO Global Witness, the

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Israel says it has split Gaza in two, creating a north-south divide, and surrounded Gaza City after revealing ‘evidence of Hamas using hospitals as military HQs with patients used as human shields’

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Israel’s Defence Forces declared they have ‘split Gaza in two’ after armoured battalions surrounded Gaza City in preparation for a ground assault on Hamas.

‘Today there is north Gaza and south Gaza,’ Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters, calling it a ‘significant stage’ in Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group ruling the enclave.

Troops are now expected to enter Gaza City within 48 hours, according to Israeli press – an operation that would mark a new chapter of the

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Around the world, the left is tearing itself apart over Israel – POLITICO

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When Hamas attackers killed 1,400 civilians in a series of horrifying raids on October 7, politicians across the West voiced their shock and pledged their backing for Israel.

But as the Gaza conflict has unfolded, with Israeli forces killing thousands of Palestinians, that political consensus has fractured. And across the West, it is politicians on the left of the political spectrum who are struggling the most. 

In the U.S.,

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Hezbollah leader says Israel-Hamas ‘battle’ has ‘extended to more than one front’ in first speech since October 7 – sparking fears the terror group is set to enter the conflict and spark wider war in the region

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Hezbollah’s leader has said the Israel-Hamas ‘battle’ has ‘extended to more than one front’ in his first speech since the October 7 attack, raising fears the Lebanese terror group is set to enter the conflict and spark a wider conflict in the region.

The powerful terror group’s chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah praised the Alaqsa Flood – a name used by Hamas for its vicious attack last month – and said the ‘glorious jihadi operation’ led to an ‘earthquake’ in the

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Fears of wider war grow as Kremlin says US strikes in Syria are a ‘very bad’ sign of ‘broader regional tensions’ and defends inviting Hamas delegation to Moscow after Israel described the decision as ‘deplorable’

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The Kremlin has spoken out about US airstrikes on two Iranian-controlled sites in eastern Syria saying it would further stoke rising tensions in the Middle East.    

The Pentagon deployed a pair of F-16 fighter jets overnight to attack a weapons storage facility and an ammunition plant near Abu Kamal – both of which were allegedly run by Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The strikes were not connected to the Israel-Hamas war, the Pentagon said, but they came just hours

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‘USA go to hell’: Scenes of rage spread around the world again as Pro-Palestine protesters take to the streets condemning Biden and Israel ahead of Gaza ground invasion

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Angry anti-Israel protests have erupted across the world today after Hamas leaders demanded thousands of demonstrators take to the streets and target Israeli and US embassies ahead of an imminent ground invasion of Gaza. 

The demonstrations were staged after Friday prayers in Muslim communities across the world – including in Bangladesh, South Korea, Egypt and Iraq – with thousands of protesters condemning Israel’s attacks on Gaza and showing support for the two million Palestinians who are trapped in the war-torn

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