Over the course of six weeks of war between Iran, Israel, and the United States, Saudi Arabia’s restraint has perplexed some onlookers. After all, the war almost immediately spilled into the Persian Gulf. Iran’s retaliatory attacks on infrastructure in Gulf countries—and then Tehran’s closure and Washington’s subsequent blockade of the …

Cities and towns in northeastern Syria, particularly al-Hasakah and al-Qamishli, have seen a notable security escalation in recent days. It has included renewed security deployments on the streets, the spread of temporary checkpoints, tighter inspection procedures, field movements, and politically charged activities, with no official explanation from the Syrian Democratic …

Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, offered new details about the high-level meeting held in Damascus on April 15. The talks brought together Ahmed, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Commander Mazloum Abdi, and Interim Government President Ahmed al-Sharaa to …

Syria is once again confronting a surge of security and political turbulence, shaped by internal fragility and the accelerating storms of regional conflict. On Sunday, the Ministry of Interior announced that its security units had thwarted several attempts to destabilize the country and undermine public safety. The ministry pointed to …

Let us begin with the most basic question EU policymakers refuse to answer: to whom exactly do they intend to hand this Palestinian state? To the Palestinian Authority, widely viewed, even by its own people, as “irredeemably corrupt,” terrorist, repressive, and illegitimate, and committed to displacing Israel? Or to Hamas, …

Hungary’s long-serving leader, Viktor Orban, was dismissed on April 12 by an electorate fed up with his authoritarian, corrupt rule. But in neighbouring Romania, where over a million ethnic Hungarian voters live, members of this minority community turned out in force for Fidesz, with more than 83 per cent backing …

Information about the attempted crime emerged via a federal lawsuit filed in the US District Court of Maryland in March 2025. According to the lawsuit, the hackers offered to sell the FBI agent a database containing national ID numbers, names, birth dates, addresses and other personal details of Albanian citizens. …

Since Peter Magyar’s stunning victory on April 12, the tone between Budapest and Warsaw has shifted quickly. The two centre-right leaders exchanged warm words and made ambitious declarations, heralding what some hope could become a new axis in Central Europe. On election night, Tusk called Magyar from South Korea, barely …

Negotiations between the United States and Iran since the first round in Islamabad reflect a stagnation of stumbling over disagreements over key issues such as the nuclear program and mechanisms to stop the war. At the same time, Washington has stepped up pressure through the naval blockade and sanctions, along …

Most of the US military bases and facilities in the Persian Gulf (listed below) have been hit by Iran during the first five weeks of the war. And many of these are no longer operating or have been effectively destroyed. The US Naval base in Bahrain is no longer operational …