Middle Orient

Iran has announced transition plans following the killing of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a joint Israeli-US attack of unprecedented scale. Also playing a central role is Iran’s top security chief Ali Larijani. Here is a look at the key figures overseeing the transition:The president President Masoud Pezeshkian, 71, is …

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed Sunday to confront the United States and Israel over their strikes on the group’s key backer Iran. “We will undertake our duty of confronting the aggression,” Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said in a statement, adding that his movement would not leave “the field of honour …

Then what? This is the question that theoreticians of war from Sun Tzu to Jomini and Liddell-Hart and passing by Clausewitz advise leaders to ask before they order the firing of the first shot in a war. Thus, one may suggest that US President Donald Trump should also ask that …

Iran’s clerical regime now faces the prospect of trying to find a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following his killing in joint US-Israeli strikes. The veteran leader, who ruled with an iron fist for nearly four decades, does not have an officially declared heir. Instead, an elected body …

Alors qu’Israël affirme avoir déjà « éliminé 40 hauts gradés » iraniens, dont le Guide suprême Ali Khamenei dans l’opération militaire déclenchée samedi contre la République islamique, l’État hébreu et les États-Unis, qui ont annoncé la mort de trois de leur soldats, poursuivent leurs frappes contre l’Iran. De son côté, …

Les leaders US sombrent dans une spirale infernale sans éthique ni code moral, sans autre divinité qu’eux-mêmes. La destitution ou le procès à La Haye ne suffiront pas à venir à bout de tels criminels Aujourd’hui, l’administration Trump, à la demande du gouvernement décadent de Netanyahu, a joué un rôle …

Key Takeaways: Hezbollah’s changed military and political position in Lebanon means that it poses a different threat to Israel from the one it did before the October 7 War, and that any Hezbollah intervention would likely involve a new strategy using new, longer range and low-cost weapons. Israel’s 2024 campaign …

Iraq is preparing to launch trials for ISIS members transferred from Syria by the international coalition—a move that has triggered intense legal and political debate. According to U.S. Central Command, more than 5,700 detainees were moved from Syrian detention facilities to Iraqi custody during a 23-day operation that began on …

The ink had barely dried on the “January 30 Agreement”—the landmark deal through which the Syrian state and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reached a comprehensive settlement restoring state authority over the entire eastern Euphrates—when Israel made a striking announcement. Tel Aviv appointed Brigadier General Ghassan Alian, the former Coordinator …

Rarely in modern history has a military offensive been as loudly and persistently foreshadowed as the June 2025 Israeli and American strikes on Iran’s nuclear program. For more than three decades, leaders in Tel Aviv and Washington have issued stark warnings about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions and activities, and …