Middle Orient

The countries of the Middle East increasingly see Israel as their new shared threat. Israel’s war in Gaza, its expansionist military policies, and its revisionist posture are reshaping the region in ways that few anticipated. Its September strike on Hamas’s political leaders in Qatar—the seventh country hit by Israel since …

After nearly two and a half years, a fragile but consequential agreement between Iraq’s federal government in Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, the seven major Oil Companies (IOC), and a local Kurdish oil company has resumed oil exports through the Iraqi-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) to the international market. …

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ISIS has been witnessing a new surge in its activity inside Syria since the change of the former regime in December 2024, taking advantage of the fragility of the transitional authority and the overlap of its structure with different factions. Despite intense international strikes, the group has been able to …

The province of Sweida witnessed a wide security escalation after clashes between Druze factions and Bedouin tribes, followed by a military intervention by the Syrian Interim Government, prompting Israel to carry out air strikes it considered a response to the violation of the principle of the “demilitarized zone” and its …

The Middle East is undergoing a radical transformation after Israel succeeded in dismantling the Iranian cordon around it through the Hemlik Maneuver, which moved the confrontation from its borders to the depths of Iran. This process has redraw the balance of power and opened the door to a new regional …

The Israeli-American track is undergoing a qualitative shift with the announcement of US envoy Steve Whittoff of a “comprehensive deal” to stop the war in Gaza, including the release of hostages, the disarmament of Hamas, reconstruction, and the imposition of an international administration led by Washington, in a unilateral path …

Since December 2024, Syria has undergone radical transformations that have redrawed the geopolitical landscape, as regime change has led to Russia losing its closest ally, but it has not ended its influence, as Moscow has maintained its military presence in Hmeimim and Tartus. In return, the interim government seeks to …

Israeli tanks thrust closer to the heart of Gaza City on Monday, pressing a ground offensive hours before talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, who has hinted at a diplomatic breakthrough in a bid to end the war. After nearly two years of failed diplomatic …

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 revealed the ongoing significance of multiple foreign fighter organizations in Syria, groups that proved instrumental in Hayat Tahir al-Sham’s (HTS) campaign for Damascus. Among them were two primarily ethnic Uzbek fighter groups that originated in Central Asia: the Imam …