As the Middle East confronts a rapidly escalating confrontation between the US, Israel, and Iran, the already fragile ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip has returned to the centre of regional political calculations. What once appeared to be a tentative pause in the most devastating war in Gaza’s modern history …

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, …

The U.S. metric for effective cooperation shouldn’t be whether Syria is willing to fight Iran’s proxies in Lebanon or Iraq, but whether it continues advancing regional stability by securing its borders, limiting the flow of Iranian weapons and fighters, and coordinating politically with neighbors. A March 17 Reuters report suggested …