Middle Orient

Key Takeaways Key Takeaways The Iranian officials currently dominating regime decision-making appear to retain their anti-concessions stance vis-à-vis the United States despite compounding US economic pressure and a worsening domestic fuel crisis. Western media has recently reported long lines at gas stations and gas station closures as a result of …

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7, 2026 by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, should not be viewed merely as another military arrangement in an already fragmented Middle Eastern security environment. Its significance lies less in the immediate military capabilities of the three signatories than in the model …

L’isolationnisme chaotique de Donald Trump pousse la Mecque à enterrer l’Amérique. De l’Afrique au théâtre caraïbéen, l’effacement américain laisse le champ libre aux nouvelles coalitions eurasiennes, consacrant l’humiliation de Washington. Alors même que l’Iran annonce au monde entier sa victoire face aux États-Unis et serait en train de préparer sa …

Selon la chaîne américaine NBC News, citant quatre sources, les attaques iraniennes ont endommagé des sites de renseignement et des équipements de surveillance américains dans la région. Les sources précisent que l’ampleur des dégâts dépasse toutes les destructions subies jusqu’ici par les agences de renseignement américaines.

Tehran believes its path to victory is not necessarily through defeating the United States militarily, but through managing the confrontation until President Donald Trump’s term ends in January 2029. For the remaining time of Trump’s presidency, the regime plans to play a familiar game of opening and closing the waterway, …

Les relations entre Israël et la Turquie demeurent extrêmement tendues. Après l’Iran, la Turquie sunnite devient, de fait, le principal adversaire géopolitique de l’État hébreu au Moyen-Orient.Les frappes en Syrie comme signal à Ankara Dans la nuit du 18 août, l’armée de l’air israélienne a mené une opération audacieuse en …

The US wants to isolate Iran from the global economy. Here is who Tehran trades with, and how much is at stake. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled a new wave of sanctions on Iran, branded “Operation Economic Outcast”, designating close to 60 entities, individuals and vessels and …

Alors que la guerre américano-israélienne contre l’Iran entre dans son sixième mois, l’attention se tourne vers la Chine et sa position dans ce conflit. Cependant, les calculs de Pékin ne se limitent pas à déterminer qui gagne et qui perd, mais portent davantage sur les répercussions de la guerre sur …

The American Middle East is finished. The regional order that has prevailed since 1991 has been one of the many casualties of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The American and Israeli failure to dislodge the regime in Tehran has proved the bankruptcy of decades of sanctions and violence. The inability …

In launching its newly announced “Operation Economic Outcast,” the Trump administration’s primary beachhead should be the UAE, which has signaled a shift in the right direction but will need targeted U.S. help with cutting off illicit Iranian transactions. On August 19, two days after announcing that the U.S. memorandum of …