MOGADISHU / DOHA — Intelligence indications that Turkey and Qatar are exploring a mediation channel between the Somali Federal Government (SFG) and the Al-Shabaab militant group...
Somalia has condemned Israel in the halls of the United Nations. Its ambassador in New York, Abubakar Osman Baale, branded the recent Israeli strike in Doha...
How Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey Quietly Built a Unified Framework to Cripple Somaliland’s Sovereignty. The Doha Forum did not convene to discuss the future of Somalia—it...
FGS Claims of “Direct Talks” With Somaliland Exposed as Strategic Deception. Mogadishu’s newest diplomatic claim—that it maintains “direct and regular contact” with Somaliland—marks a familiar return...
The deadly unrest in Borama has crossed the threshold from an internal security failure to a strategic crisis with international consequences. What began as a local...
HARGEISA / DOHA — Somaliland has crossed a diplomatic threshold that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. In a series of high-level engagements,...
Analysis: U.S.-Backed Warning Says Al-Shabaab’s Advance Now Threatens Mogadishu as Somalia’s Federal Order Fractures. A new assessment from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies warns that...
Gulf States Deepen Their Reach Into Africa — and Reshape the Regional Balance. The expanding involvement of Gulf states across Africa marks a new phase in...
Puntland Alleges Qatar Funded Extremists Behind DP World Manager’s Assassination. Puntland has accused the government of Qatar of orchestrating the 2019 assassination of Paul Anthony Formosa,...
How Hassan Sheikh’s “New Blood” Government Revives Brotherhood Playbook. Mogadishu has officially joined the chorus of Middle Eastern and African factions fabricating narratives against the United...
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,...
A Riyadh-Islamabad deal hints at a nuclear umbrella, reshaping the Middle East balance after Israel’s shock attack on Qatar. Riyadh has just detonated a political bomb...
Qatar has “conquered the West” without firing a shot and is laying the foundations for a restored Islamic empire, a former senior Mossad officer has claimed....
Arab and Islamic leaders unite against Israeli strike, weigh sanctions and downgrading ties. Arab and Islamic leaders meeting in Doha on Monday issued their strongest collective...
Doha is bracing for one of the most consequential gatherings in recent Middle Eastern history. On Monday, Arab and Muslim leaders will assemble in the Qatari...
Cairo’s gamble to rally Arab militaries into a joint shield could redefine Middle Eastern security — or collapse under old rivalries. When Israeli jets screamed over...
Egypt Warned, Turkey Warned, Even Washington Whispered — Hamas Still Walked Into Israel’s Trap. For more than a decade, Hamas’s exiled leadership believed Doha was untouchable—a...
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session Wednesday night after Israeli fighter jets carried out a rare strike in Doha targeting senior Hamas leaders,...
For decades, Hamas leaders in Doha believed they were untouchable. They lived in luxury, traveled freely between Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, and beyond, and watched from afar...
Assassination Attempt on Hamas Leaders Shakes Gulf Security. In an unprecedented move, Israel bombs Hamas leadership targets inside Qatar — raising questions of sovereignty, diplomacy, and...