Middle East

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...

Did the US commit criminal aggression in Iran?

Middle East Lawrence Douglas - May 23, 2026.

Many commentators, including those on the right, have dubbed US President Donald Trump’s “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran “Operation Epic Fail”: an extravagant waste of...

Israel’s divorce from the West?

Middle East Ferry Biedermann - May 21, 2026.

Amid the ongoing uncertainty over the conflict with Iran, an increasing regional military footprint and escalating repression of Palestinians, Israel is, more than ever before,...

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