Middle Orient

War in Israel War erupted in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. This war is an attempt by the proxy armies of Iran–Hamas (in Gaza) fighting now, and Hezbollah (in Lebanon) promising to enter the fight if Israel attacks Gaza–to destroy Israel and engulf the region, and possibly the world, in …

On the face of it, the crossfire on Lebanon’s border with Israel appears marginal, dwarfed by the scale and intensity of the Hamas-Israel war further south. The fighting has stayed within a roughly 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) radius of either side of the demarcation line, with at least 13 people killed since …

The rapid and significant horizontal and vertical expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has had a negative impact on the coherence, coordination, efficiency and especially the executive guarantee of the organisation’s policies and decisions, writes Vali Kaleji. Executive summary In his article, Dr. Vali Kaleji, a Tehran-based expert on …

Lundi soir, deux ressortissants suédois ont été tués à Bruxelles dans une attaque à l’arme à feu. L’attentat islamiste a été perpétré peu avant le match de football entre la Belgique et la Suède qui avait lieu au stade Roi-Baudouin. Les 35 000 spectateurs présents pour la rencontre et les …

In the short term, Hamas and Iran may appear to gain from the horrific events unfolding in Israel and Gaza. But the situation is volatile, and winners can quickly turn into losers. Cornelius Adebahr – Nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe One would certainly hope that no one benefits from this …

A former CIA counterterror analyst says the chances of direct American involvement are ‘higher than most people realize.’ It’s now been five days since Hamas staged the most ambitious attack in its history. The Palestinian militants broke through the fence dividing Gaza from Israel and managed to hold territory for …

Cairo worries that, instead of saving lives, a ‘humanitarian corridor’ could be a pretense to permanently exile Palestinians UPDATE 10/13: The Israeli army ordered the evacuation of the entire north half of Gaza, home to 1 million people, on Thursday night. The United Nations said that the evacuation order — …

It’s strategic malpractice for the White House to give Israel carte blanche when it knows it could drag the US into a wider conflict. Hamas’s horrific attacks last weekend and the subsequent Israeli bombings of Gaza have put the entire world on edge. Beyond concerns for the fate of the …

Eleven days into the fighting between Israel and Hamas, nearly 1 million are now displaced in Gaza as rocket barrages continue in the direction of Israel and the Israeli bombardment intensifies on the enclave. Lebanon’s juggernaut militant group Hezbollah has called for a “day of rage” on Wednesday over the …

The phone call comes after the Turkish president said last week that his government was working intensively with all parties for the release of the hostages. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh discussed the release of civilian hostages the militant group holds in Gaza …