For the first time in nearly four decades, Iran is on the cusp of a change of leadership—and maybe even…
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The presidential election of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has never been merely about personalities. It is a…
COMMENTARY: To call for peace in Lebanon, much less for ‘positive and active neutrality,’ is to signal clear opposition to…
Lebanon’s economic collapse has pushed the country from bank accounts to banknotes. In that vacuum, “cash companies”—money-transfer outfits, currency exchangers,…
On the surface, they looked like demonstrations from the Arab Spring more than a decade ago. Since late September 2025,…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has positioned himself as one of the most visible leaders on the international stage. In recent…
A video clip that circulated this year on social media in Lebanon shows a man in a car, playing two roles: a…
In an interview, Haddon Barth discusses his doubts about the Syrian regime’s approach to national reconstruction. Haddon Barth is a…
Hamas has agreed to some elements of the proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza, but it’s…
Andrew England in London, Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv and Abigail Hauslohner in Washington A month ago, US envoy Steve Witkoff sparked intrigue by…
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will go to the polls on October 19. These elections will determine not only…
_Recent events in Beirut have placed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the centre of a fresh controversy—one…
“The agreement stipulates that a foreign aggression on one is an attack on both,” Faisal Al Hamad, a retired Saudi…
Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah carried out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern…
(Former foes in the community are realigning, many rallying around Saudi Arabian sponsorship.) To honor the mufti of the…
One inherited runaway inflation, the other a collapsed banking sector. Yet Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Lebanon’s new central…
The Republican People’s Party (CHP), Türkiye’s oldest political party and the country’s main opposition, is once again trapped in a…
Israeli spies infiltrated the Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut under fire, planting devices that guided airstrikes that killed Hassan Nasrallah, top…
Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the…
A courtroom drama over the annulment of the CHP’s landmark 38th Congress has left Türkiye’s oldest political party in suspense.…
Charlie Kirk has always been a polarizing figure — an activist who refuses to stay quiet, a man who…
As the UN turns 80, it looks silent in Gaza, selective in Ukraine, fractured under Trump, and sidelined in the…
Lebanon’s interbank market, once a mechanism to balance short-term liquidity needs between financial institutions, has now become a glaring symbol…
The government’s unprecedented decision to disarm Hezbollah is brave, but as U.S. officials have repeatedly discovered, continual pressure will be…
https://youtu.be/g-_0EEjyNo0 Is the U.S. poised for a civil war? New York Times bestselling author and UC San Diego…
Construction work on an Israeli outpost in southern Lebanon on July 31, 2025. Barak Ravid The Trump administration has…
New Islamist rulers are trying to destroy the drug empire that financed the former regime in Damascus. Can they succeed?…
By BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — A lot has happened in just a year on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria…
The acts of slaughter in Syria and all the ensuing horrors instigated by the jihadi militias and the tribal rabble…
Israel is not only killing journalists in Gaza—it is targeting them wherever it can reach. From the deadly August…
The high-level Saudi delegation to a Damascus investment conference indicates Riyadh is betting on President Sharaa. In late July,…
New York Post I woke to voice notes from Mazen, his Suwayda Druze dialect thick with tears. “Jolani’s ISIS are…
While Türkiye resists ethnic fragmentation across its borders, a subtle shift in rhetoric and policy at home suggests a quiet…
Lebanon’s Central Bank (Banque Du Liban or BDL) issued a circular on July 15 that effectively banned Lebanese financial institutions from dealing…
(Sultan Pasha Al-Atrash in exile in Saudi Arabia) Exactly a century ago, what began as a dispute about local…
The ambassador’s missteps reflect a poor grasp of the region’s complex dynamics and jeopardize opportunities for peace President Trump’s…
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian attending a ceremony commemorating security forces killed in Israeli strikes, Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2025 Behrouz…
Published by the NYT on June 13, 2018 The financier Tom Barrack told the 2016 Republican National Convention…
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Hebron’s sheikhs propose to leave the Palestinian Authority and join the Abraham Accords. By Elliot Kaufman The idea of…
Israel’s approach to Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has become more assertive, driven by security fears that…
Five years ago, on January 2, 2020, at the direction of President Donald Trump, forces under my command struck and…
By David Albright and Spencer Faragasso, with the Good ISIS Team June 24, 2025 Download PDF Israel’s historic Operation Rising…
On Friday, it was reported that next week’s planned UN conference in New York to resolve the Palestine-Israel conflict had been postponed following Israel’s military…
In the midst of Lebanon’s continuing financial collapse, now entering its sixth year, a growing debate is taking shape within…
Welcome aboard MEA—where the tickets cost a fortune, the service feels like a throwback to the Cold War, and…
( A reminder by Salman Masalha of a Novembe 2012 Haaretz article). * Many people have been tempted…
Friday’s operation is equivalent of the Moked June 5, 1967 attack! We would have lost the element of surprise had…
In a land where ministries are inherited like heirloom rugs and justice retires early with a state pension, the…
Hezbollah, which has been nurtured over the years by Iran to assist it in the event of an Israeli attack,…