Middle Orient

Syria and Saudi Arabia signed several strategic agreements across multiple sectors, including strengthening telecommunications infrastructure and developing digital connectivity systems, establishing a Syrian-Saudi airline company to enhance air links, and operating and developing the Syrian Modern Cables Company. The contracts signed between the Syrian and Saudi sides, announced at a …

Les pourparlers américano-iraniens qui se sont tenus à Oman le vendredi 6 février 2026 (et non le 7 février, comme l’indiquaient certaines informations initiales) étaient des négociations indirectes menées sous la médiation du ministre omanais des Affaires étrangères, Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, à Mascate. Il s’agissait des premières discussions …

Military movements in al-Hasakah governorate (northeastern Syria) have underscored the seriousness of the latest negotiation track between Damascus and the leadership of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A high-level delegation from the Syrian army’s Operations Department conducted a field tour on Friday, 6 February, described as “positive,” aimed at laying …

The plea from Iran’s regime is clearly a last-ditch effort to hold on to power so the mullahs can keep on torturing, slaughtering and putting out the eyes of their citizens. Whenever Iran’s regime feels weak, it discovers “negotiations.” In Shia Islam, you are told that if “Islam” is being …

Syria and Lebanon signed an agreement today, Friday, February 6, to transfer convicted Syrian inmates from Lebanese prisons to Syria. The agreement was signed in Beirut, attended by Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri, and Lebanese Justice Minister Adel Nassar, …

Senior Iranian regime officials and their media mouthpieces are continuing to issue threats, with the aim of deterring President Trump from attacking Iran.[1] These threats are in the form of statements, AI-generated videos, cartoons, and billboards in public squares in Iranian cities with messages about killing hundreds or thousands of …

Toplines Iran and the United States held talks in Muscat, Oman, on February 6 to establish a framework for future negotiations.[1] The Omani Foreign Affairs Ministry stated that the talks between the Iranian and US delegations, which were headed by Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Special Envoy …

One year after it formed, the new technocratic government faces mounting challenges as it struggles to disarm Hezbollah and implement economic reforms One year after its formation, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s ‘Reform and Rescue’ government faces mounting challenges as it struggles to consolidate weapons under state control and implement …

Maliki’s potential return to power highlights both Iraq’s entrenched political complexities and the wider power struggles shaping the Middle East Last month, Iraq’s Coordination Framework made a striking choice to nominate former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to reclaim the country’s top leadership position. The announcement has sparked a firestorm of …

In early February, Syrian Ministry of Interior forces began a phased deployment across multiple Kurdish-held cities and towns in northeastern Syria, marking the first concrete implementation of the 30 January integration agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Syrian General Security Service (GSS) units entered Hasakah on …