Tracing Hezbollah’s rise from Lebanon’s civil war and Iran’s revolution, this analysis examines its hybrid identity, militancy, and enduring power across MENA.
Why the U.S.-Iran war is really about China: how Tehran’s rise, Gulf hedging, and Russian backing reshaped Washington’s strategy.
Afghan women judges face grave Taliban threats yet remain excluded from protection schemes, exposing failures in global humanitarian systems and asylum aid.
Hezbollah’s 2024 leadership crisis and survival face new limits in 2026, as war, losses, and pressure test its narrative, legitimacy, and resilience.
Pakistan positions itself as key mediator in US–Israel–Iran conflict, using hedging diplomacy, regional alliances, and China ties.
Operation Epic Fury’s aftermath reshapes Gulf security, markets, and nuclear risk, transforming Iran from containable threat to systemic disorder.
Israel–Iran conflict escalates as AI-driven Israeli air defences face strain from Iran’s saturation missile tactics and evolving warfare.
UK ends 46-year Middle East naval presence, raising strategic, economic, and security challenges amid Iran crisis. Fleet renewal and allies now key.
U.S. pressure on Syria to target Hezbollah in Lebanon’s Bekaa raises fears of regional escalation, sectarian conflict, and wider Middle East instability.
For the first time in almost six decades, intellectuals are engaged in an open conversation about their state, society, and shared future in Syria.
Almond teaches us to appreciate that the political interests of individuals are too complex to fit into Huntington or Said’s grand theories.
Interview with Kurdish poet Abdulla Pashew on Iran war, Kurdish self-determination, political unity, culture, exile, and the future of Kurdish nationalism.
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