Although the UAE and Bahrain have formal diplomatic relations with Israel, and Saudi Arabia was considering such a move, Arab states in the region have their own reasons to be cautious. As Israel’s offensive in Gaza grinds on, World War III in the Middle East has not yet erupted. Iran’s …

Forty days into the Israel-Hamas war, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force promised the militant group that Iran “will do anything required.” Yet questions linger over Iran’s willingness to risk direct involvement. The head of Iran’s Quds Force, the powerful wing commanding its controversial foreign military operations, has assured the …

What is the significance of the Biden-Xi summit on Wednesday? In one line: two adult leaders engaging in serious, candid, private conversation about the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world. What is the significance of the Biden-Xi summit on Wednesday? In one line: two adult leaders engaging in serious, …

Near Donetsk’s Avdiivka, Russian forces shift from tanks to infantry due to logistical issues and effective Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes as Russian armor struggles in Avdiivka’s mud, facing Ukrainian drones, mines. Today, there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction. Screenshot from a Reporting From Ukraine video. …

New rocket and drone attacks targeted US bases in Syria in the hours following the latest US airstrikes designed to dissuade the IRGC and its militias from continuing their attacks on American personnel. Bases used by the US military in Syria have come under four separate rocket and drone attacks …

These demonstrators, who appear to feel so virtuous, send a message to the terrorist groups that people in the West happily support violence, terrorism and the Jihad (holy war) not only against Israel and Jews, but also against Christians, all “infidels,” Europe, the United States and the West. Although many …

At present, their combined potential is far from being fully tapped, but progress has gradually been made through two regional megaprojects, the Sino-Turkish Middle Corridor and the Russo-Indo North-South Transport Corridor. The global systemic transition to multipolarity, which predates the start of Russia’s special operation but was unprecedentedly accelerated by …

Sheikh Ibrahim Rida, an Islamic scholar at Egypt’s renowned Al-Azhar University, said on a November 6, 2023 show on Sada Al-Balad TV (Egypt) that the Jews are quarrelsome people who killed many prophets and spread corruption on earth. He said that no one should find it strange that they are …

In the recent weeks, the Cairo-based Al-Azhar institution, the leading center of religious learning and supreme source of religious authority in the Sunni Muslim world, and senior members of this institution, have been voicing support for Hamas and for terrorism and inciting against the U.S. and Israel, while using virulently …

Terrible as the Gaza war’s toll has already been, it would get worse if sustained fighting were to erupt between the U.S. and Iran or its Middle East allies. Crisis Group experts Brian Finucane, Lahib Higel, Naysan Rafati and Ali Vaez lay out the dangers. What is happening? The United …