Middle Orient

The President of the Palestinian National Authority sent letters to Arab nations and the UN requesting international support after violent incidents in the West Bank saw an uptick in the last week. President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, called for urgent international action to stop Israeli settler violence …

A total of 26 battalions are now operating across the sector, with a security official warning on Sunday that the situation was “a snowball rolling downhill.” Senior military officials have described the situation in the West Bank as “highly volatile and extremely dangerous,” and, amid the escalating tensions, the decision …

Israeli defense officials warn that an international stabilization force could restrict IDF operations, strengthen Hamas, and erode Israel’s military achievements. The defense establishment assessed that the entry of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) into Gaza could restrict the IDF’s freedom to conduct offensive operations, weaken its ability to act against …

The officials did not provide details about the social media accounts, platforms or organizations involved. They also did not say whether the operation was being directed by the Turkish government. Turkey is attempting to interfere in Israel’s upcoming election through activity on social media, senior Israeli security officials told The …

Iraq has lost tens of billions of dollars in revenue since the Iran war began in late February, after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz slashed oil exports, according to an aide to the country’s leader. Several development projects in Opec’s second-largest oil exporter have stalled because of the …

The number of vessels moving between Iran and the UAE has returned to pre-war levels after shipping resumed across the Arabian Gulf. Data from research company Kpler shows that 51 container ships made the crossing in the 29-day period between June 27 and July 25, five times as many as …

Iranian-backed Houthi strikes over the weekend on Saudi Arabia‘s Yanbu Red Sea terminal and the Jazan refinery matter less for the damage inflicted than for what they reveal: the vulnerability of the kingdom’s oil export safety valve, analysts told AGBI. While there is no evidence of shipment disruption, experts say …

Key Takeaways Recent attacks on regional states by Iran’s proxies and partners enable Iran to maintain plausible deniability while continuing to advance its objective of coercing the United States to end the war in terms favorable to Iran, which include accepting Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia …

What began as a joint U.S.-Israeli operation against Iran had, by mid-2026, morphed into a tectonic shift in the entire Middle East security architecture. The Islamabad Pause, Not PeaceOn July 12, 2026, the world learned of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran. The document should …

Since 1945, American foreign policy has obeyed a systemic invariant: maintaining the world in a state of structural vassalage. This Pax Americana, which is nothing more than a myth shrouded in economic violence and military coercion, is crumbling. Indeed, the collapse of American hegemony is no longer a hypothesis. It …