Middle Orient

Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved a process to restart land registration in the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967, allowing the state to claim land from Palestinians unable to prove ownership. A week earlier, on 8 February, the cabinet had ratified new measures extending the Israeli state’s …

There have been four topics on the news agenda this week: the strikes on Iran; the defeat of the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords; the catastrophic cuts to British international development spending; and the rise of the populist One Nation party in Australia. Different continents. Different policy …

Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), hosted senior leaders of Hamas in Istanbul on March 22, underscoring Ankara’s continued engagement with the Islamist group amid ongoing regional conflict. Kalin met with members of Hamas’s political bureau to discuss the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire signed in …

“Put it away,” this was the response Hiba* received from a court employee, when she submitted her handwritten request for the Public Prosecution to investigate the death of her husband and two sons, and put the criminals on trial. On March 7, pro-government Sunni militants in military uniforms had stormed …

For nearly two decades, the Litani River functioned as an informal red line in the uneasy balance between Israel and Hezbollah. Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Lebanon War, the area south of the river was meant to be free of heavy Hezbollah military presence, …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed heightened concern regarding the escalating conflict involving Iran, particularly the potential spillover into the Caspian Sea, a region critical for both Russia and Iran. Putin warns Iran war escalation could trigger military consequences, raising alarm for US and Israel. (Image: AI Generated) Russian President …

Washington tente d’empêcher la “synchronisation” des guerres contre la Russie, l’Iran et la Chine, mais l’arrogance des dirigeants américains pourrait bien produire l’effet inverse. Ce vingt-septième jour de guerre s’achève sur une scène surréaliste : Trump prolonge le délai et plaide en faveur de négociations tout en revendiquant la victoire, …

One simple observation since the US-Israel attack on Iran on February 28 is that solar panel prices have not risen, staying at around $300 for an off-the-shelf, 400-watt commercial panel (7 cents/W for an industrial solar cell). But oil prices have risen, reaching $116 per barrel in the first week …

« Si l’on se réfère à l’invasion de l’Irak en 2003, une invasion similaire de l’Iran, compte tenu de sa population, nécessiterait jusqu’à 1,6 million de soldats », a averti un analyste. Le secrétaire au Pentagone, Pete Hegseth, salue tandis que des membres d’une équipe de l’armée américaine transportent un …

Dr. Efron is the Israel policy chair and a senior fellow at RAND. The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, for now, runs parallel to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. But Lebanon will become a main arena when the campaign against Tehran ends. Israel began planning its operation in …