Middle East

Does the US have good options after the 60-day deadline for ending the war with Iran?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 17, 2026.

The deal that U.S. President Donald Trump signed at Versailles in June set an ambitious 60-day deadline for ending the war with Iran and reaching...

Iran’s economic debacle is the result of an authoritarian system

Middle East Daniel Lacalle - August 17, 2026.

Tehran can no longer plausibly claim that war alone explains the country’s economic collapse. The latest inflation figures show not a temporary shock but the...

Kushner has begun a new Washington effort to salvage the Gaza road map

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 16, 2026.

U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort...

Can European diplomacy help Washington put pressure on Iran?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 15, 2026.

Faced with an increasingly bellicose Iran as talks to end the war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader...

Israel's Christians fear growing harassment

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 14, 2026.

Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem’s Old City...

Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 12, 2026.

Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed...

Netanyahu tests the limits of Trump’s Board of Peace

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 10, 2026.

Nickolay Mladenov, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, now the High Representative...

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