A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Gaza Strip. Since the March 2025 breakdown of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, conditions have worsened dramatically, and the potential for widespread starvation is real. Thousands of containers with food, medical supplies, and shelter materials remain stranded at border crossings on both …

Iranian leaders face fundamental questions about their strategy and military priorities in the aftermath of the Israel-Iran war. They failed to deter US and Israeli strikes or to defend their airspace, giving Israeli forces the freedom to strike a wide range of critical targets across Iran. Iranian missile forces failed …

Since the most devastating Israeli war in history against the Palestinian people was launched in October 2023, Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, has been forced into an unprecedented political and strategic corner. Israel’s response to Hamas’s deadly attacks that month, which killed 1,200 Israelis, quickly escalated into a …

The deliberate starvation of Gaza is part of a long history of Israel weaponising food and water to control, subjugate, and, ultimately, displace Palestinians As the starvation of Gaza gains increasing global attention, Israel has rushed to explain it away as an “unfortunate byproduct of war” or a “logistical failure”, …

On 3 August, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Jewish holiday of ‘Tisha B’Av’, joined by 1,250 settlers who conducted religious rituals, raised flags, and sang to rebuild the ‘Third Temple’. The visit is the far-right minister’s fourth since 7 October 2023. However, his latest …

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Kremlin officials are reportedly demanding that Ukraine cede to Russia strategically vital unoccupied territory in Donetsk Oblast and freeze the frontline in other areas as part of a ceasefire agreement. The surrender of the rest of Donetsk Oblast as the prerequisite of a ceasefire with no commitment to a final …

A recent article published in The Hill celebrated the revival of the Monroe Doctrine under Donald Trump by suggesting that U.S. pressure is displacing China from Latin America. But this view misreads both the nature of U.S. influence and the political and economic dynamics shaping the region. What we are …

Washington brokered an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on August 8 aimed at opening a transit corridor through the South Caucasus. The new agreement replaces the original Zangezur Corridor plan with the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP). Unlike the model preferred by Azerbaijan and Turkey, TRIPP will …

A group of 30 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters ceremonially threw their weapons into a fire on July 11 in the Jasana cave of Sulaymaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan as part of a new peace process between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish state. In the 1920s, the cave …