The Levant Files

Britain has accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of directing a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, while Saudi Arabia faces renewed missile and drone threats. In northern Israel, Kan News reports one teenager killed and 24 people injured in an explosion involving suspected unexploded ordnance during a school hike. Tehran warns that further escalation in Yemen benefits Israel, even as the war continues to endanger civilians, aviation and regional shipping. By the Editorial Team of TLF TLF Breaking News graphic. AI-generated illustration, not documentary photography of the reported events. ● LIVE COVERAGE | 12 OCTOBER 2026 One Dead, 24 Injured in Northern Israel Blast as Britain Accuses IRGC and Saudi Arabia Faces New Barrage The Levant Files follows the interconnected crises across Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, the Gulf, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Syria. Our coverage distinguishes independently established developments from government statements, military claims an...

Marco Rubio put Xerxes on the Acropolis and Iran in the dock. An Iranian family owes Washington no explanation for 480 BC, and nobody in Tehran should answer with a victory parade of their own. By the Editorial Team of TLF Athens Deserves Better The Acropolis makes a fine stage. It also asks something of whoever stands in front of it: a little restraint. Al Jazeera reported that Rubio brought up ancient Persia while talking about threats to Western civilisation. The trick is old. Set an invasion from 480 BC beside a quarrel in 2026 and the audience is invited to see the same enemy walking back in, wearing different clothes. Refuse the invitation. Xerxes burned Athens. That belongs to an empire, its king and its wars. To pin it on today's Iran you have to jump roughly twenty-five centuries, over changes of religion, of state, of every generation in between. The distance is waved away, and guilt travels by blood. So who is supposed to answer for the Acropolis? A ...

A 32-year-old antifascist was walking his dogs near his home in Elefsina, west of Athens, when two young men allegedly confronted him. Minutes later he was bleeding from serious knife wounds. He survived. The attack has reopened an old Greek wound: the violence of the neo-Nazi far right and the unfinished legacy of Golden Dawn. By the Editorial Team of TLF KEY DEVELOPMENTS | 12 OCTOBER 2026 A 32-year-old antifascist survived a serious stabbing in Elefsina on 8 October. Two suspects, aged 22 and 18, surrendered to police. Both face attempted intentional homicide charges. Investigators are examining far-right connections; Greek reporting alleges links to Propatria. Video evidence and the victim's account raise serious questions about political motivation. Large antifascist demonstrations have followed, recalling the murder of Pavlos Fyssas. An Ordinary Afternoon, Then the Knives Thursday 8 October, a little after four in the afternoon. A 32-year-old man was o...