July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
La trêve du “corridor omanais” et les préparatifs en matière de munitions à guidage de précision : Trump négocie sous la menace d’une “frappe majeure”, tandis que l’incendie d’Aramco à Jizan enflamme le front yéménite. – Talal Nahle Au trente-huitième jour suivant la rupture du protocole d’accord et au cent …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
US airstrikes hit 16 Iranian cities as the IRGC announced fresh attacks on US bases and warned Britain over its role. Key TakeawaysUS strikes targeted 16 Iranian cities across several provinces overnight.Iranian officials reported civilian casualties and damage in multiple locations.The IRGC announced the 26th wave of Operation Nasr 2 …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The IRGC announced fresh attacks on US military assets across the region as Washington continued its 13th consecutive night of strikes.
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Former officials and advisors discuss the newly announced Palestinian legislative elections in light of Hamas’s leadership change, Israel’s political imperatives, growing violence in the West Bank, and the prospects for jump-starting the Trump administration’s stalled transition plan in Gaza. On July 23, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Regardless of where the current round of escalation goes, Tehran will continue using ceasefires, front-loaded sanctions waivers, and tit-for-tat attack cycles as opportunities to reconstitute its forces until Washington imposes hard, verifiable limits on its fastest-recovering asymmetric capabilities. A week after the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) collapsed, military hostilities …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to call up hundreds of thousands of new soldiers to fight in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, as the Kremlin tries to balance its high casualty count with public opinion turning away from the war. Putin will mobilize between 300,000 and 500,000 …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
A Ukrainian strike in the Caspian Sea on Saturday has ignited sharp diplomatic tensions after Iran said the attack killed a sailor aboard an Iranian commercial vessel, laying bare the growing intersection of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Sunday in an …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The [US-Saudi civilian nuclear] agreement threatens to weaken decades of US non-proliferation policy, ignite a regional arms race, embolden America’s adversaries, and create security risks that future generations may be powerless to reverse. The most controversial aspect of the proposed agreement is that it reportedly allows Saudi Arabia to develop …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The President of the Palestinian National Authority sent letters to Arab nations and the UN requesting international support after violent incidents in the West Bank saw an uptick in the last week. President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, called for urgent international action to stop Israeli settler violence …
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July 29, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A total of 26 battalions are now operating across the sector, with a security official warning on Sunday that the situation was “a snowball rolling downhill.” Senior military officials have described the situation in the West Bank as “highly volatile and extremely dangerous,” and, amid the escalating tensions, the decision …
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