Middle East

Kushner has begun a new Washington effort to salvage the Gaza road map

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 16, 2026.

U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort...

Can European diplomacy help Washington put pressure on Iran?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 15, 2026.

Faced with an increasingly bellicose Iran as talks to end the war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader...

Israel's Christians fear growing harassment

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 14, 2026.

Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem’s Old City...

Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 12, 2026.

Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed...

Netanyahu tests the limits of Trump’s Board of Peace

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 10, 2026.

Nickolay Mladenov, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, now the High Representative...

Is Tehran overestimating its position in relation to the Strait of Hormuz?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 8, 2026.

The Strait of Hormuz is, by some accounts, named for a Zoroastrian deity destined to emerge victorious after a 9,000-year standoff with an adversary. Iran's leaders...

Riyadh is making a backup plan for its security

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 8, 2026.

On 7 August, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca, whose most important provision is that an armed attack on...

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