Middle East

UN nuclear watchdog board demands urgent Iran cooperation

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

The U.N. atomic watchdog's board on Wednesday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency, provide complete information about its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear...

Is the Lebanon-Israel agreement the last chance for a lasting and comprehensive peace deal?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 4, 2026.

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire, with an aim to continue talks later this month for a comprehensive peace deal. The U.S.-brokered...

Is the U.S.-Iran war quietly ending?

Middle East Nawaf Obaid - June 3, 2026.

Only ten days ago, the military situation appeared entirely different. On 18 May, and again on 23 May, the evidence indicated renewed large-scale American military action...

Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for Afghanistan

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 2, 2026.

When landlocked Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan started fighting late last year and their border crossings closed, Afghans turned to their western neighbor, Iran, for an...

America will pay a high price for ending the Iran crisis

Middle East Simon Johnson - Amir Kermani - May 31, 2026.

A partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may be on the horizon. But is a lasting regional settlement any closer?  The prevailing narrative is that...

Iranians are back online after a monthslong shutdown

Middle East TA | AP Insight - May 27, 2026.

Iranians began to regain internet access on Wednesday after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown. But users said service was slow and spotty in some areas, with...

Abraham Accords 2.0 – turning Gulf fear into diplomatic payment

Middle East Ahmad El Husseini - May 27, 2026.

For nearly two weeks, regional capitals worked tirelessly to prevent the confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran from becoming a wider Middle Eastern...

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