Middle Orient

Sur la route d’Abadan, les chars T-72 de la 92e division blindée iranienne soulèvent la poussière du désert. Ils roulent vers la côte, vers le port pétrolier, vers le Chatt-el-Arab. Au même moment, à Mascate et Islamabad, les diplomates iraniens parlent de paix. La balance est là, sous nos yeux. …

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Saudi Arabia played a key role in persuading the US president to once again walk back on his threats of a devastating bombing campaign in Iran Donald Trump on Saturday again pulled back from the brink from a devastating bombing campaign in Iran. In an announcement on his Truth Social …

The regime that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini founded has been and shall remain dangerous for the people of Iran, the region and beyond, without closing the strait or developing the bomb. As far as one can make out, a consensus is emerging in Iran today that this regime must go… More …

Trump’s remarks were seen as a rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is — quite rightly — opposed to F-35 sales to Turkey on the grounds that it could ultimately prove a direct threat to Israel’s security, as well as to Cyprus and Greece, which Erdogan has repeatedly …

Hezbollah’s ability to develop and refine its use of tactical first-person view (FPV) systems represents a significant development that could alter the character of future conflicts between Israel and Hezbollah. Hezbollah increasingly deployed FPV systems in its asymmetric campaign against Israel between March and June 2026, likely as part of …

“Deir ez-Zor military airport is not like Tabqa airport,” said Brigadier General Essam Zahr al-Din, threatening ISIS operatives that they would be grave at the doors of the airport, coinciding with crowds of ISIS at the gates of the airport in preparation for storming it. However, one day after this …

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi discussed completing the implementation of the integration agreement signed by the two sides on January 29. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Tuesday, August 4, that the meeting, held at the People’s Palace in Damascus, …

In late July 2026, the information space was once again rocked by a publication from security expert Murat Usal, who drew attention to the rapidly escalating covert confrontation between Ankara and Baghdad. Previously, the main stumbling block in bilateral relations had been the $1.5 billion compensation lawsuit over oil shipments …

Le mieux que Trump puisse faire, c’est d’empêcher que ces conflits ne se terminent en guerre mondiale. Le silence qui entoure l’issue de la rencontre avec Netanyahou la semaine dernière dans le Bureau ovale en dit long. Pas un seul représentant du gouvernement américain n’est venu l’accueillir à l’aéroport, et …