Middle East

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...

Israel enters a political crisis amid a regional war

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - May 24, 2026.

On 20 May, the Israeli Knesset supported in a preliminary reading a bill to dissolve parliament, creating the first serious possibility of early elections since...

Britain's navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz

UK TA | AP Insight - May 24, 2026.

Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to...

Are the US and Iran finally close to a peace deal?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - May 23, 2026.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated” after calls with Israel and...

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