Middle East

Iranian protestors left on hold by Washington

Middle East Sharmila Devi - January 23, 2026.

The most serious protests to shake Iran in recent years, and brutally put down last week, echo events that triggered the 1979 Iranian revolution and...

Why many top US allies aren't participating in the Board of Peace?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - January 22, 2026.

President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his Board of Peace to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas, insisting that “everyone...

Khamenei is caught in a trap of his own making

Middle East Pegah Banihashemi - January 22, 2026.

Three weeks into Iran’s latest wave of protests, the country has now spent more than ten days cut off from the outside world. Not only has...

What does the military imbalance mean for relations between Saudi Arabia and the UAE?

Middle East Nawaf Obaid - January 20, 2026.

For years, Arab and Middle Eastern politics rested on the comfortable assumption that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were locked into a permanent...

What do governments get for a 1 billion ticket to Gaza's Board of Peace?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - January 19, 2026.

The European Union's executive arm, Russia, Belarus and Thailand on Monday were the latest to be asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump's new Board...

How did Saudi Arabia cause the turnaround in Yemen?

Middle East Nawaf Obaid - January 15, 2026.

For much of the past decade, Yemen was treated as a cautionary tale—evidence, so the argument went, that airpower could not impose order on a...

Hamas will dissolve its Gaza government when new Palestinian body takes over

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

Hamas said it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the U.S.-brokered...

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