Middle East

Do taxes imposed by Hamas prevent the entry of commercial goods in Gaza?

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

No commercial goods have entered the Gaza Strip for two days, Israeli authorities said Thursday, blaming the suspension on merchants angered by taxes imposed by...

How do the laws of physics limit Saudi Arabia's air defence?

Middle East Nawaf Obaid - October 12, 2026.

The Houthi attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh have exposed a fundamental reality of modern warfare: even the most sophisticated air and missile...

Palestinians wait for elections, Gaza waits for a government

Middle East TA Analysis - October 12, 2026.

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, postponed parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 November this year to 11 September 2027, when both the president and...

Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections another year

Middle East TA | AP Insight - October 10, 2026.

President Mahmoud Abbas postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree to further delay voting for the...

Talks and elections unlikely to dislodge obstacles to peace in Lebanon

Middle East Sharmila Devi - October 9, 2026.

Many in the Middle East are nervously watching Israeli elections to be held on 27 October, not least the Lebanese who wonder if and when...

Turkish and Pakistani soldiers in Saudi Arabia: defence or participation in the war in Yemen?

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - October 7, 2026.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan decided on 5 October, at an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh, to turn the joint defence agreement their leaders had signed...

Netanyahu chooses Jerusalem for showdown with London

Middle East The Editorial Board - October 7, 2026.

The deadline Israel has given the UK to close its Consulate General in East Jerusalem expires on Thursday 8 October. Behind the administrative wording lies a...

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