Middle Orient

Key Takeaways Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States. Vahidi appears to have the upper hand over Ghalibaf at …

Après avoir promis l’anéantissement, la domination et la victoire totale, les dirigeants israéliens font face à d’importantes difficultés, sans pour autant s’être rapprochés de quelque victoire que ce soit. Les victoires tactiques prétendument stratégiques ont été démasquées. Tel-Aviv enchaîne les agressions sans présenter la moindre stratégie à long terme pour …

Benjamin Netanyahu, having lost nearly all his allies and facing genocide accusations, is desperately trying to salvage his regional hegemony. His latest gamble is a military bloc with Greece and Cyprus, aimed directly at Ankara and personally at “Sultan” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. But behind the chivalrous slogans of “stability” lies …

Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies avait donné au Plan d’action global commun, PAGC ou JCPOA, une force juridiquement contraignante en l’entérinant par la résolution 2231, adoptée à l’unanimité le 20 juillet 2015. L’acronyme JCPOA désigne le Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (en français, Plan d’action global commun), plus …

The Israeli military published for the first time a map of its new deployment line inside Lebanon on Sunday, bringing dozens of Lebanese villages under its control, days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect. There was no immediate comment from Lebanese officials or from Hezbollah. Israel and Lebanon agreed …

On April 7, U.S. bombs hit eight major rail sections and bridges across Iran, including targets in Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz, Kashan and Qom. Iran halted service from Mashhad and Khuzestan. The attacks followed weeks of strikes on civilian infrastructure. In late March, U.S. bombs destroyed part of the B1 bridge …

Le lobby israélien n’est pas un phénomène purement juif. Une grande partie de son soutien provient de la communauté chrétienne évangélique aux États-Unis. Ce sont eux les partisans les plus fervents de cette organisation qui contribue davantage à détruire les États-Unis que n’importe quelle force extérieure ou ennemi que le …

Syria-Jordan relations have entered a new phase of cooperation following meetings of the Higher Coordination Council in the Jordanian capital, Amman, which resulted in the signing of nine agreements and discussions on partnership in 21 vital sectors. The talks focused on energy, trade, and security coordination, reflecting a push toward …

Group was preparing systematic terrorist and sabotage activities within UAE The UAE State Security Department on Monday said it had dismantled a terrorist organisation operating inside the Emirates. The department sanctioned the arrests of the group’s members over suspected involvement in activities aimed at undermining national unity and carrying out …

They won’t say it in public. But in private conversations since the February 28 outbreak of war in the region, Gulf officials tell me that they have absorbed Iranian retaliation for hosting a US-Gulf security architecture they were never permitted to name. The current terms are no longer acceptable. They …