Middle Orient

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)’s apparent hesitancy to disarm Hezbollah has increased international frustration and concern about a potential resumption of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Deputy US Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived in Beirut on October 27 to meet with senior Lebanese officials in hopes of preventing renewed fighting …

Latest Developments ‘Peacekeeping’ and ‘Peace Enforcement’: Jordan’s King Abdullah II said that it would be difficult for the United States to persuade countries to join the proposed International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza as outlined in the agreed-upon 20-Point Peace Plan if it means directly confronting Hamas. “What is the …

Deux décennies après la chute du régime de Saddam Hussein, l’Irak reste un pays de profondes contradictions et de défis complexes. Jeune démocratie fragile, née dans le feu de l’invasion américaine et forgée au creuset des violences sectaires, elle est aujourd’hui confrontée à un enchevêtrement de problèmes interdépendants. Le système …

Clashes broke out this week between Syrian government forces and fighters in a camp in northern Syria’s Idlib province led by an internationally wanted French militant. The clashes come at a delicate moment, as Syria’s interim authorities are trying to decide how to handle the presence of thousands of Islamist …

Syrian forces on Wednesday launched an operation against jihadists in a camp in the northwest region near the Turkish border in a bid to capture French fighters wanted by French authorities. Foreign jihadists who travelled to Syria to fight with Islamist militias during the civil war have fallen out of …

Türkiye has been a chief geostrategic beneficiary of the setbacks to Iran and its “Axis of Resistance,” but its expanded regional influence has fueled new tensions with another regional power, Israel. Türkiye and Israel, despite some fundamental differences, recognize each other’s interests and respect their separate close relations with the …

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is calibrating relations with both Washington and Moscow to ensure they both contribute to the country’s stability and security. Sharaa’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week sought, in part, to prod Trump officials to pressure Israel to end its assaults on Syrian territory …

Militia leader Hossam al Astal tells Sky News that the groups are part of a joint project to remove Hamas from power, and that they have the backing of several Arab and Western states. Israel may have agreed to stop fighting in Gaza, but it is backing armed groups that …

The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip which began on October 10, 2025, provided Hamas with anopportunity to deploy its security forces in areas evacuated by the IDF and to demonstrategovernance, despite the severe damage they suffered during the war. The Hamas security forces focused on fighting local clans accused of …

What’s new? Israel’s far-right government is restructuring the occupation of the West Bank, shifting governing powers from military to civilian agencies in order to gradually institute permanent control. With Israeli law reaching further into the territory and space for Palestinian independence shrinking, much of the territory has, in effect, already been …