Middle Orient

The key benchmark is whether armed groups in Iraq, regardless of loyalties or ideology, operate under the authority of the state rather than alongside it In an apparent step forward in longstanding plans to bring Iraq’s militias under state control, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pledged on 27 May to disband …

A cache of leaked internal documents from “Battalion 7,” a paramilitary formation stationed at the strategic Prophet Younis summit on Syria’s coast, offers more than a window into a single militia. Taken together, the files amount to a rare schematic of the irregular warfare architecture the Syrian regime engineered after …

Any Syrian contribution would likely take the form of stricter border controls to curb the movement of fighters across illegal crossings, along with intelligence sharing and logistical coordination—especially now that Syria has joined the U.S.-led international coalition, Ultra Syria writes. Recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump about Syria’s potential …

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues to expand in scope and complexity as all sides issue new red lines and Iran demands constraints on Israel on several regional fronts. President Trump is trying to deny his wartime partner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto over U.S. terms for a …

Key Takeaways Persistent internal disagreements remain among Iranian regime leaders over the concessions that the regime should accept in negotiations with the United States. Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and his inner circle appear to continue to seek an agreement that meets Iranian maximalist demands …

L’aube de «Kheibar Shekan»… L’Iran incinère les hangars des F-35 en Jordanie et pilonne la Cinquième Flotte lors de l’affrontement le plus violent avec Washington. Contexte stratégique : L’effondrement des lignes rouges et l’explosion de la géographieLa vague la plus violente d’opérations de combat directes entre les États-Unis et la …

Trenin made no mention of TRIPP, just like his Valdai colleague Timofei Bordachev omitted any mention of it in his recent report about Russia’s “Near Abroad” earlier this year, so it might truly be the ultimate taboo among Russian experts right now that not even he dares breaking. New President …

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Depuis plusieurs semaines, l’Agence internationale de l’énergie alerte sur la rapide baisse des réserves stratégiques de pétrole mises à contribution pour amortir la crise d’approvisionnement liée à la fermeture du détroit d’Ormuz. Alors que les négociations s’enlisent, certains experts redoutent une nouvelle flambée des prix à l’approche de la saison …

Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci publicly expressed his desire to one day serve as Jerusalem’s governor, while suggesting that the city and other former Ottoman territories would eventually return to Turkish sovereignty. Speaking at an advisory council meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the central Turkish …