Middle Orient

Gulf oil exports are nearing pre-war levels despite intensifying attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, revealing a parallel between the flow of crude and the mounting cost and risk of shipping it, analysts have told AGBI. Oil prices remain elevated, but Gulf exporters prioritise keeping crude flowing and …

Le 4 octobre, les Houthis (Ansar Allah) du Yémen ont coupé une route vitale reliant la ville de Taïz, contrôlée par le gouvernement, à Aden, resserrant ainsi leur encerclement de l’un des centres de population les plus importants du pays, tandis que le président Rashad al-Alimi a ordonné une importante …

Analysis: With US forces leaving Iraq, Baghdad faces a difficult choice between confronting powerful Iran-backed militias and absorbing them into the state A relative pause in fighting between the United States and Iran that ended in early September has brought the region back into a state of geopolitical tension. As …

Turkey is weighing military support for Saudi Arabia as Ankara, Riyadh and Islamabad move to deepen cooperation under the Mecca defence pact. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are set to hold high-level defence talks in Riyadh on Monday as Ankara signals its readiness to support the kingdom against continued Houthi …

Washington has done well targeting Tehran’s shipping, banking and financial networks. The regime is increasingly being pushed onto costlier land routes. But some countries are leaving one major artery relatively open to Iran: the sky. Turkey is among the worst offenders; Washington needs to rein it in. After Iran reopened …

Damascus overthrew a cell that it said belonged to the Lebanese Hezbollah in southern Syria, specifically in the Yarmouk Basin, a strategic triangle adjacent to the Israeli presence, which is constantly witnessing an Israeli incursion, accompanied by repeated arrest campaigns against the people of the region, since the first moments …

Yemeni government forces announced the control of “Bab al-Mandab” and the airport “Dhu Bab” in western Taiz province, after carrying out a military detour operation on the positions of the “Ansar Allah” (Houthi) group supported by Iran. The Yemeni government’s Saba news agency reported today, Monday, October 5, quoting the …

Under the conditions of power monopoly in Afghanistan, the proposal of ideas such as ‘Southern Turkestan’ can become a platform for foreign intervention, ethnic polarization, and further disintegration of national cohesion. This project could also serve as a tool for future pressure on Iran, Russia, and China. IntroductionThe introduction of …

Au cours des dernières semaines, j’ai remarqué quelque chose d’intéressant dans la presse israélienne. Les responsables israéliens de la sécurité affirment qu’Ahmed al-Sharaa, ou Abu Mohammad al-Jolani comme la plupart d’entre nous le connaissaient depuis de nombreuses années, reconstruit l’armée syrienne et utilise les ressources de l’État pour créer une …

It’s March 4 in Baghdad. The operations room at the command headquarters of the Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) is bustling. Faces are tired and tense, eyes darting between screens connected to thermal cameras deployed across operational sectors and tablets displaying military maps. It is 9:00pm, and all indications suggest …