As Israeli political elites increasingly frame Turkey the way they once framed Iran, could Ankara and Tel Aviv’s rivalry become the Middle East’s new faultline? The fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s government in Syria in December 2024, coupled with successive Israeli military campaigns against Iran since October 2024 and the setbacks …

From defence to intelligence, UAE-Israel ties have emerged stronger than ever from the Iran war. But how will this deeper cooperation affect the region? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel appear to have emerged from the Iran war with a stronger relationship than ever. The UAE sustained the most …

Tehran has upended traditional maritime arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz and remains in the driver’s seat despite U.S. pressure, so authorities cannot expect to reverse this shift quickly even if the war ends soon. On April 28, a Japanese-owned, Panama-flagged crude oil tanker safely transited the Strait of Hormuz …

The first gathering in a decade by the Palestinian Authority’s dominant party will cast light on a post-Abbas future and governance in Gaza, among other issues. On May 14, Fatah launched its eighth General Conference, which will culminate in the election of officials to lead its various governing bodies. Because …

Finalement, Trump ne nous aura pas déçus : comme ses prédécesseurs à la Maison-Blanche, il s’est proclamé le héraut de la liberté, il a distribué les châtiments et les récompenses, et il veut faire croire qu’il sauve le monde à chaque déploiement d’une puissance matérielle aussi impressionnante qu’inefficace. C’est un …

Tucker Carlson, comme tout génie des médias, a un talent étrange pour se concentrer sur les hommes qui ont quelque chose d’«original» à apporter. Son entretien fin février avec l’ambassadeur américain en Israël, Mike Huckabee, ancien pasteur baptiste et loyaliste de Donald Trump au sein du Parti républicain, était l’une …

J’ai retourné le problème dans tous les sens, comme on tourne un cadavre à la lumière pour comprendre la cause du décès. Et plus je regarde notre époque, plus je crois avoir trouvé l’épidémie qui a le plus ravagé ces deux dernières décennies : le smartphone et son jumeau spectral, …

Trump Says Iran Response “Totally Unacceptable” President Trump has just issued a statement on his TruthSocial feed rejecting ‘unacceptable’ Iranian proposal for ending war. "I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called “Representatives.” I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter." Iran …

Traders are waking this morning in the US to some relative market mayhem and questioning what came first – the oil spike or the geopolitical angst – to trigger these moves as it appears the market finally remembered there’s more going on in the world than trading ‘short compute’ demand …

Syria’s Interior Ministry has announced a new string of foiled Hezbollah assassination plots against high-level figures, attacks on minority figures and civilian targets, and weapons transfers, alleging the group and Iran-backed actors are seeking to undermine local security across the country. The nature of alleged Hezbollah network raids and planned …