Middle Orient

For nearly two decades, the Litani River functioned as an informal red line in the uneasy balance between Israel and Hezbollah. Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Lebanon War, the area south of the river was meant to be free of heavy Hezbollah military presence, …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed heightened concern regarding the escalating conflict involving Iran, particularly the potential spillover into the Caspian Sea, a region critical for both Russia and Iran. Putin warns Iran war escalation could trigger military consequences, raising alarm for US and Israel. (Image: AI Generated) Russian President …

Washington tente d’empêcher la “synchronisation” des guerres contre la Russie, l’Iran et la Chine, mais l’arrogance des dirigeants américains pourrait bien produire l’effet inverse. Ce vingt-septième jour de guerre s’achève sur une scène surréaliste : Trump prolonge le délai et plaide en faveur de négociations tout en revendiquant la victoire, …

One simple observation since the US-Israel attack on Iran on February 28 is that solar panel prices have not risen, staying at around $300 for an off-the-shelf, 400-watt commercial panel (7 cents/W for an industrial solar cell). But oil prices have risen, reaching $116 per barrel in the first week …

« Si l’on se réfère à l’invasion de l’Irak en 2003, une invasion similaire de l’Iran, compte tenu de sa population, nécessiterait jusqu’à 1,6 million de soldats », a averti un analyste. Le secrétaire au Pentagone, Pete Hegseth, salue tandis que des membres d’une équipe de l’armée américaine transportent un …

Dr. Efron is the Israel policy chair and a senior fellow at RAND. The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, for now, runs parallel to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. But Lebanon will become a main arena when the campaign against Tehran ends. Israel began planning its operation in …

What is unfolding before our eyes is of historic significance. The United States will lose its claim to hegemony over the world just a few decades after the fall of the USSR. There is a considerable discrepancy between what the official Western media report about the war in Iran and …

The monthlong conflict and developments in Gaza have weakened the terrorist group’s connection to Tehran, offering Washington an opportunity to achieve its goals by working through Qatar and Turkey as well as Egypt. The Iran war has both exposed and widened a longstanding division between Hamas officials aligned with Iran …

The country’s strategy is no longer focused on deterrence and diplomacy, it’s about dominance and degradation. In launching war against Iran, Israel has made unmistakably clear that it is operating according to a strategic logic very different from the one that has long guided its statecraft. The United States may …

Only collective security can protect fragile economic models. Amid the open-ended war that the United States and Israel kicked off this weekend, each of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states has been targeted—and in some cases hit—by Iranian drone and missile strikes. The strikes sparked fires near luxury hotels in …