January 23, 2026 — Jewish cemetery in Libya destroyed. Such destruction is standard practice in the country.

January 23, 2026 — Kushner unveils $25b Gaza plan to transform Strip into economic hub by 2035. The Board of Peace estimates that more than $25 billion will be needed to develop modern utilities and public services.

January 23, 2026 — IRGC commander: ‘Our finger is on the trigger, more ready than ever’. The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Pakpour, warns Washington and Israel against ‘miscalculation’ as Tehran says its forces are on the highest level of alert.

January 22, 2026 — Saudi Arabia one of eight Muslim countries to join Board of Peace. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will take an active part in the U.S. president’s Gaza plan.

January 22, 2026 — Trump hopes Iran crisis at bay, leaves door open to strike. The American president said that Tehran is “experimenting” with nuclear technology despite being hit by the U.S. military in June.

January 21, 2026 — Iran using internet blackout to isolate families amid protests, rights group tells ‘Post’. Iran is “trying to prevent the only way that people get information from outside Iran, which is the satellite dishes…they’re bringing those down as well,” Rahmani told The Jerusalem Post.

January 21, 2026 — Iran Interior Ministry official defects, calls for US action against regime amid violent crackdown. “People are waiting for Trump, and if he does nothing, widespread hatred toward him will emerge among Iranians,” stated the rebel official from Iran’s Interior Ministry.

January 21, 2026 — Iran’s former empress Farah Pahlavi calls for day of mourning for protesters murdered by regime. Farah Pahlavi calls for a National Day of Mourning on January 23 to honor victims of Iran’s protest crackdown, urging Iranians worldwide to observe a minute of silence.

January 20, 2026 — ‘Don’t Leave us Here Alone’: 3 Weeks into Protests, People Defiant as Iran Regime Arrests Tens of Thousands As Iran’s uprising enters its third week, the Islamic Republic is trying to smother the protests through a sweeping campaign of mass arrests and intimidation.

January 20, 2026 — Iran claims internet will be fully restored by week’s end. Iranian official says nationwide internet access will be restored by week’s end, ending a shutdown imposed since January 8.

January 20, 2026 — Senior Hamas officials planning ‘safe exit’ from Gaza Strip, sources claim – report. Senior Hamas figures are reportedly weighing a coordinated departure from Gaza following the rollout of Phase II of Donald Trump’s plan, according to sources cited by Asharq al-Awsat.

January 20, 2026 — Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as ‘tool of intimidation,’ UN says. Human rights groups warned the regime stepped up executions in response to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests, which erupted in response to the regime’s murder of Mahsa Amini.