Middle Orient

On April 24, 2026, a day before Iran conveyed its new proposal to the U.S. regarding lifting the U.S. blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a guarantee of freedom of passage in the Strait, Majlis Deputy Speaker Ali Nikzad said in a speech to residents …

A prerequisite of serious talks is that the country’s leadership consolidates majority national support for such a process. When President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called for negotiations with Israel several weeks ago, their primary objective was to derail the Israeli onslaught against Lebanon. To an extent they …

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Islamist groups and currents entered Syria’s political and organizational life after the fall of the former Syrian regime, following decades in which they had either been confined to a traditional religious current that avoided politics or, when they tried to enter politics or civic work outside that traditional structure, were …

Following Ursula von der Leyen’s gaffe equating Turkey to Russia and China, relations with Ankara risk deteriorating even further. Without better, more consistent diplomatic messaging, how can the EU pretend to be a geopolitical power? The importance of consistency in foreign policy has rarely been demonstrated as vividly as when …

Malgré les affirmations répétées de Trump selon lesquelles l’Iran serait en train de capituler, Téhéran estime avoir les trois “M” de son côté : “ munitions, marchés et les élections de mi-mandat”. Le ministre iranien des Affaires étrangères Abbas Araghchi effectue actuellement une tournée stratégique afin de se préparer aux …

Property Restitution, Security Conditions, and Minority Rights in Northwest Syria The Afrin Region and the Kurdish Populations The following report, commissioned as a field assignment by the Middle East Forum, is an in-depth examination of the Afrin region located in northwest Syria along the border with Turkey. The region is …

Les Houthis ont juré de fermer le détroit de Bab el-Mandeb, vital pour le commerce de l’énergie, si les États-Unis continuent d’entraver la paix au Moyen-Orient. En réalité, l’enjeu n’est plus tactique. Il est civilisationnel. La maîtrise des détroits est le dernier rempart d’une souveraineté retrouvée pour les peuples de …

Désormais, il est clair qu’aucun accord ne sera possible – ni réaliste – sans l’influence russe. Quelle entrée en scène lourde de sens ! Le ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Iran, Abbas Araghchi, s’est lancé dans une tournée diplomatique aux enjeux considérables à Islamabad, Mascate et Saint-Pétersbourg à bord du …

Iran has submitted a new proposal to the US that pushes for the reopening of Hormuz while postponing nuclear negotiations at a later stage. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia on Monday to revive stalled negotiations with the US, amid continued deadlock over the future of the Strait …