How the Lebanese Militia Lost Its Core Myth – A Regional Analysis. For nearly four decades, Hezbollah built its legitimacy on a single, seductive narrative: that...
Why Erdogan Fears Missiles More Than Extremists Inside Turkey. Turkey says it needs its own Iron Dome. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved massive contracts for...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman declined a direct request from President Donald Trump to advance toward normalization with Israel during their White House summit last...
The United Arab Emirates has quietly—and often overtly—re-engineered its role on the global stage, transforming itself from a regional hydrocarbon power into an indispensable nexus of...
The United Arab Emirates signaled support on Tuesday for renewed American efforts to halt Sudan’s devastating war, as President Donald Trump announced he had begun working...
From Backchannels to the White House: Saudi Arabia Steps Toward Recognition of Israel. Saudi Arabia’s renewed engagement with Washington has opened a rare diplomatic window that...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed long-standing U.S. intelligence assessments that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was likely aware of the 2018 killing of Washington...
The Trump administration’s decision to approve the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia has reignited a long-running debate over U.S. arms policy, Middle Eastern...
Maritime Muscle: Cairo and Riyadh Stage Massive Drill as Addis Ababa Sounds Alarm. A major Red Sea naval exercise involving Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and key regional...
President Donald Trump pledged strong U.S. support for Syria’s new leadership on Monday after hosting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House — the first...
A340s, 777s and Forged Papers: Inside the Plot to Replenish Iran’s Fleet. A fresh sanctions-evasion pathway has opened from Africa to Tehran, aviation researchers and open-source...
Saudi Arabia is preparing to cautiously restore indirect communication channels with Israel through Washington, a senior source within the Saudi royal family told Israel’s Kan News...
U.S. Deputy Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus arrived in Beirut on Monday with a mission that cuts deeper than diplomacy. Officially, she’s...
Hamas’s military collapse opened a rare path for Gaza’s future — one that runs through its clans, not its militias. Ignoring this reality could hand the...
Saudi Arabia and the UAE condition Gaza aid on Hamas’s disarmament—while Qatar pushes for rapid rebuilding with few strings attached. As Gaza’s ruins cry for rebuilding,...
The Saudi–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement has introduced a new fault line into South Asia’s already volatile landscape. The pact, which declares that an attack on...
The resumption of high-level talks between Washington and Tehran, framed publicly as a necessary de-escalation effort, is increasingly being viewed by seasoned regional observers as a...
On March 10th, the geopolitical map of the Middle East quietly but irreversibly shifted. In a hotel conference room in Beijing — far from Washington’s watchful...
MOSCOW — The Kremlin’s gilded doors opened to an unfamiliar visitor on Wednesday: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the man who toppled Bashar al-Assad’s two-decade rule and...
In Sharm El Sheikh — the city once called “the gateway to peace” — U.S. President Donald Trump has proclaimed the end of the two-year Gaza...