Middle Orient

Introduction Iranian regime officials, headed by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with the commanders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Armed Forces and regime mouthpieces, hastened to congratulate the “Palestinian resistance organization” Hamas – which belongs to Iran’s Islamic resistance axis – for its massive October 7, …

On October 12, 2023, several days after Hamas’ deadly attack in southern Israel, in which over 1,300 Israelis were killed, over 100 were abducted, including women, children, infants and elderly people, and thousands were wounded, Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Aal Thani, CEO of Qatar Foundation and the sister of the …

The example set by Russia and India’s near-identical policies towards this conflict is that it’s indeed possible to balance between Israel and the Palestinians without doing so at either’s expense. This upsets each warring party’s respective American and Qatari backers, which is why they’re actively attempting to discredit those two. …

Israël-Palestine : la Russie et la Chine espèrent un affaiblissement des États-Unis avec l’ouverture d’un troisième «front» au Proche-Orient… Vladimir Poutine – Sur le problème palestinien : «Il s’agissait au départ de créer deux États souverains indépendants, Israël et la Palestine. Comme nous le savons, Israël a été créé, mais …

Despite massive aid, US policies have failed to achieve peace in Israel, West Bank and Gaza thus eroding US credibility in the region. Why did US policies fail? Could Chinese policies contribute to peace? On Saturday, Palestinian militant groups, led by Hamas, launched a a brutal coordinated offensive against nearby …

The question how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a key geopolitical issue ever since 1948 and the creation of the State of Israel, which was an event that triggered numerous consequential conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. The decision of the United Nations in 1947 to divide the former …

Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel is without doubt of historic proportions and will be remembered for generations to come. The Israeli death toll has reached 1,200 people and the number of people kidnapped and being held in Gaza is estimated at more than 100. Israelis are realising that …

The surprise terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas has created a new geopolitical crisis with many unexpected implications. We cannot forget the hundreds of people that have been killed in this attack—a terrible loss of innocent lives. In markets, the Key Tel Aviv share indices declined around 7% and sovereign …

As the war between Israel and Hamas stretches into its fifth consecutive day, Israel is attempting to keep the conflict contained to prevent further escalation that could bring Hezbollah or Iran into the fight. Sending a carrier strike group to the Middle East serves as an unequivocal message that the …

The October 7 Hamas cross-border assault on Israel will upend the geopolitics of the region and prompt a reconsideration of many of the assumptions underpinning U.S. and allied policy toward the Middle East. Although Iran’s role in the attack is contested, its role as orchestrator of an “axis of resistance” …