Middle East

Syria is building an airport for private jets at the site of secret executions

Middle East TA Analysis - September 14, 2026.

Documents from the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate, whose contents were published by Reuters, show that senior military officials approved executions at Mezzeh Airport in...

Behind the frontline in Yemen – what Saudi Arabia must do next

Middle East Nawaf Obaid - September 13, 2026.

The past seventy-two hours on Yemen’s southern Red Sea coast have produced an extraordinary operational debacle, all the more remarkable given the level of preparation. The...

War changes the cost and form of AI power

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - September 12, 2026.

The United Arab Emirates is considering a major overhaul of a project unveiled a little more than a year ago as the largest AI campus...

The Houthis opened a new front in the Iran war

Middle East TA | AP Insight - September 11, 2026.

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said Friday, opening a new front in...

Western powers will ask the UN Security Council to put pressure on Iran over its nuclear program

Middle East TA | AP Insight - September 5, 2026.

The United States, Britain, France and Germany have drafted a resolution for possible consideration by the Board of Governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog that...

The only stable solution to Iran crisis is one that involves China

Middle East Simon Johnson - Amir Kermani - September 4, 2026.

Last week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched an “economic D-Day” program, intended to cut Iran off from all trading partners. So far, this intensified economic...

Netanyahu’s main election concern comes from his biggest supporters

Middle East TA | AP Insight - September 3, 2026.

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks reelection, his main concern these days isn’t his political rivals. It’s some of his biggest supporters. A series of...

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