Analysis: With US forces leaving Iraq, Baghdad faces a difficult choice between confronting powerful Iran-backed militias and absorbing them into the state A relative pause in fighting between the United States and Iran that ended in early September has brought the region back into a state of geopolitical tension. As …

Turkey is weighing military support for Saudi Arabia as Ankara, Riyadh and Islamabad move to deepen cooperation under the Mecca defence pact. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are set to hold high-level defence talks in Riyadh on Monday as Ankara signals its readiness to support the kingdom against continued Houthi …

Washington has done well targeting Tehran’s shipping, banking and financial networks. The regime is increasingly being pushed onto costlier land routes. But some countries are leaving one major artery relatively open to Iran: the sky. Turkey is among the worst offenders; Washington needs to rein it in. After Iran reopened …