Middle Orient

Tehran is hoping that its Persian Gulf Strait Authority will establish “facts on the ground” and give it leverage at the negotiating table, so Washington and its partners need to respond right away with a suite of military, economic, and diplomatic countermeasures. Amid the past week of military exchanges between …

The deputies of the Knesset voted in the first reading for the bill on the dissolution of the legislative Assembly. It is assumed that the Israeli parliament will be dissolved before the expiration of its term of office, and the vote may take place before the scheduled date, that is, …

« L’idée d’occupation, de contrôle et d’extension des frontières est devenue le cœur de la doctrine de sécurité israélienne », a déclaré un analyste palestinien. Au lieu de quitter Gaza comme l’exige l’accord de cessez-le-feu signé en octobre dernier, des images satellites publiées mercredi par Al Jazeera montrent qu’Israël construit …

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[Iran] is not a normal state pursuing normal interests. It is a mafia state hiding its aggression behind ideology, proxies, negotiations, and delay. It respects neither international law nor the sovereignty of its neighbors — not even the Gulf states that tried to preserve “mediation” channels. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard …

The message emerging from Hamas — and Iran — is unambiguous: Hamas and Iran believe they are winning. Iran has been dictating to Washington when and with whom it will negotiate. Washington apparently never insisted upon face-to-face negotiations with Iran. Why not? By discontinuing talks with the US, Iran also …

Washington should treat the recent public discontent not as a sign that Syria’s transition is failing, but as an opportunity to help ensure that Damascus does not repeat the mistakes of previous governments. Since the beginning of the year, Syrian transport workers, farmers, nurses, teachers, lawyers, university students, municipal employees, …

Promises from Iran-backed militias in Iraq can never be taken at face value. Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), an Iran-backed militia in Iraq designated by Washington as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in 2020, announced on June 2 that it would turn its weapons over to state control. Kataib Imam Ali, …

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