Middle Orient

Why should Egypt be searching for a formula that would facilitate Hamas’s return to Palestinian politics? Should Egypt and the rest of the international community not instead be demanding that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad surrender their weapons, dismantle their military structures, and disappear from Palestinian political life? This new …

The Western commentariat filed the Mecca agreement under a comfortable heading. When Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on August 7 — an armed attack on one to be treated as an attack on all — the reflexive label was “Islamic NATO,” a Sunni bloc, …

Key Takeaways:Control of the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab is reshaping the post-war political and security map of the Middle East and Horn of Africa, with pipeline and port projects expected to divert up to 60% of pre-war Hormuz oil traffic to alternative routes.Saudi Arabia has signed a mutual …

L’islamisme, le salafisme, le takfirisme, le djihadisme et le wahhabisme ne sauraient être appréhendés comme des dynamiques sociétales spontanées. Ils constituent, au contraire, les produits directs d’une stratégie hégémonique occidentalo-sioniste méticuleusement planifiée. Véritables forces de combat, ces courants ont pour objectif profond d’affaiblir, de dominer et de soumettre les républiques …

Cet article s’appuie sur une étude proposant une analyse prospective exhaustive de la vision de l’ayatollah Ali Khamenei concernant la gestion du conflit historique entre la République islamique d’Iran et les États-Unis. Ce texte présente la vision stratégique définitive de l’ayatollah Ali Khamenei concernant la confrontation entre l’Iran et les …

The Israeli strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase suggests that the dispute is no longer confined to the possibility of a Turkish military presence in Syria. It now forms part of a broader Israeli effort to define the limits of what Damascus may do as it rebuilds its army: …

Ankara’s decision to remove Sipan Hemo, Syria’s Deputy Minister of Defense for Eastern Region Affairs, from its terrorist “Red List” marks a significant political and security shift in the regional landscape. This is far more than an administrative adjustment. It reflects a deeper evolution in Türkiye’s approach to the Syrian …

What has been happening in Syria should come as a wake-up call for the Turkish leadership: as long as Israel is a major player in the region, you cannot simply compete with them without engaging in violent conflict.Earlier this week, Israel began bombing Syrian military positions for the first time …

Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya warned that escalating Israeli attacks threaten Gaza’s ceasefire, urging mediators and guarantors to intervene immediately. Key TakeawaysHamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya warned that Israel’s escalating attacks could lead to the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.At least 17 Palestinians were killed in three Israeli strikes …

Israel’s conduct in Syria since the fall of Assad is commonly described as a “strategy,” or at least a “policy.” It is neither. It is a disorganised product of several impulses, some of them in tension with one another: the trauma of October 7th, a near-total ignorance about the group …