Middle Orient

The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign …

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing two updates daily to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The morning update will focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response …

US President Donald Trump announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in comments that came after reports of an Israeli-American bombing targeting the compound where the Iranian leader resides in the capital Tehran. Trump said Khamenei “was one of the most evil figures in history,” adding that Washington …

For decades, Iran has targeted and killed Americans and US allies. Its proxies took hostages. It attacked ships in the Gulf of Oman. Now, America is responding. US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US had begun major combat operations against Iran yesterday was different from his comments in the …

Israel-Iran War Live Updates: Hezbollah fired a large wave of rockets into northern Israel, marking its first major attack since the November 2024 ceasefire, on Monday. The rockets hit several areas near the border, and air raid sirens sounded across the region. In response, Israel pounded Beirut. This marks a …

Smoke rose over Tehran after an Israeli strike near Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office, sparking questions about his whereabouts. Israel launched a daylight strike on Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Saturday. Smoke was seen rising from downtown areas of the city. One of the first reported blasts happened near the office of …

Moscou met en garde contre d’éventuelles tentatives de Kiev de saboter des gazoducs clés en mer Noire. Mais pour la France et l’Europe, ce n’est pas simplement un nouvel épisode de la guerre informationnelle – c’est un signal sur la vulnérabilité critique des infrastructures énergétiques dont dépend encore le bien-être …

Young people in Palestine are accused of being ignorant of their past. But the truth may be that they are more aware of their present than anyone else. Palestinian youth are a foreign country; they do things differently there—not because they reject politics, but because the political institutions around them …

Iran’s IRGC said it killed or arrested at least 100 MEK fighters during clashes near Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Tehran headquarters, with MEK confirming the incident and reporting heavy losses. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed or arrested at least 100 fighters from Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) in clashes on Monday …

As foreign policy luminaries rush to warn about the perils of a U.S. attack on Iran, there is widespread confidence in the White House that President Donald Trump can manage a strike’s fallout. This confidence reflects a years-long pattern that has shaped Trump’s thinking. Washington’s foreign policy establishment warns the …