Middle Orient

The officials did not provide details about the social media accounts, platforms or organizations involved. They also did not say whether the operation was being directed by the Turkish government. Turkey is attempting to interfere in Israel’s upcoming election through activity on social media, senior Israeli security officials told The …

Iraq has lost tens of billions of dollars in revenue since the Iran war began in late February, after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz slashed oil exports, according to an aide to the country’s leader. Several development projects in Opec’s second-largest oil exporter have stalled because of the …

The number of vessels moving between Iran and the UAE has returned to pre-war levels after shipping resumed across the Arabian Gulf. Data from research company Kpler shows that 51 container ships made the crossing in the 29-day period between June 27 and July 25, five times as many as …

Iranian-backed Houthi strikes over the weekend on Saudi Arabia‘s Yanbu Red Sea terminal and the Jazan refinery matter less for the damage inflicted than for what they reveal: the vulnerability of the kingdom’s oil export safety valve, analysts told AGBI. While there is no evidence of shipment disruption, experts say …

Key Takeaways Recent attacks on regional states by Iran’s proxies and partners enable Iran to maintain plausible deniability while continuing to advance its objective of coercing the United States to end the war in terms favorable to Iran, which include accepting Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia …

What began as a joint U.S.-Israeli operation against Iran had, by mid-2026, morphed into a tectonic shift in the entire Middle East security architecture. The Islamabad Pause, Not PeaceOn July 12, 2026, the world learned of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran. The document should …

Since 1945, American foreign policy has obeyed a systemic invariant: maintaining the world in a state of structural vassalage. This Pax Americana, which is nothing more than a myth shrouded in economic violence and military coercion, is crumbling. Indeed, the collapse of American hegemony is no longer a hypothesis. It …

The US–Saudi nuclear deal risks prioritizing Washington’s strategic influence and commercial interests over strict non-proliferation safeguards, potentially creating a latent Saudi nuclear capability and triggering a wider regional arms race. The genie must not be let out of the bottle. Introduction The US has finally provided a green signal to …

The nature of warfare is as old as human society; over the ages, it has been undergoing rapid changes. In the ongoing Iran-US-Israel war, Washington and Tel Aviv have been waging one of such evolved forms of warfare against Tehran. Warfare can be defined as acts of waging wars in …

In recent days, the province of Hasakah has moved to a new phase of the local movement, after a state of congestion that turned into tribal movements on the ground that raised political, service and security demands. These moves coincided with the continuation of the implementation of the January 29 …