A new alliance has been signed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin with Iran with the partnership including defence coming just three days before Donald Trump is sworn in as US president

Tehran, IRNA – The Zionist regime's army violated the cease-fire agreement and once again attacked southern Lebanon, killing five people and injuring four others. The Zionist enemy forces targeted the town of Tirdba on Friday night.

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew from the race.

With Iran's proxies weakened, vehicles with missiles, artillery parade streets, black-clad women carry rifles; Pezeshkian lauds Aoun’s election, says Lebanon unity will ‘defeat’ Israel

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

Lebanon’s lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s first president in more than two years, picking a US-backed candidate in a sign of Iran’s waning influence in the region.

The fall of the Syrian regime and loss of Iranian influence opens the door for the Lebanese to finally take their fate into their own hands.

Iran this month launched its most extensive military exercises in decades, flying thousands of drones, parading rocket launchers and ballistic missiles, and thwarting a simulated assault on a nuclear facility that involved “a multitude of air threats,” according to state television coverage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his Iranian counterpart President Masoud Pezeshkian for the signing of a broad partnership pact.

Joseph Aoun is first president since 1990s not to be pre-approved by Tehran and Damascus, signaling an end to Iran-backed terror group's control of Lebanese politics, says analyst

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war-time security cabinet has approved a long-awaited ceasefire deal with Hamas.The cabinet convened at 10.15am (8.15am GMT) to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal set to bring an end to the brutal 15-month conflict this weekend.