Middle East

UK caution may stymie dual move with France to recognise Palestine

UK Harvey Morris - May 7, 2025.

Mounting outrage at Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank has pushed the UK and France to discuss accelerating their formal recognition of a...

Difficult to reach stabilisation in Syria without easing US sanctions

Middle East Sharmila Devi - May 2, 2025.

Syria’s new flag was raised at the UN’s New York headquarters last week in a potent symbol of the transition to post-Assad rule by former...

Money talks as Trump prepares for first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia

Middle East Sharmila Devi - April 25, 2025.

Donald Trump’s first foreign trip will be to the same country he first visited during his last presidential term: Saudi Arabia. The prospect of billions of...

Trump, Iran and the final attempt to avoid war

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - April 14, 2025.

In Muscat (Oman), a neutral and versatile mediator in the Arab world, the United States and Iran have opened the most delicate channel of communication...

Kurdish autonomy—risk and opportunity for the stabilisation of Syria

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - April 11, 2025.

In Syria's new political reality, after the collapse of the central government and the departure of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian Kurds are, for the first...

How will the USA and Israel calibrate their relations with Iran after the talks in Washington?

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - April 7, 2025.

That Israel remains a top foreign policy priority of the new US administration is also confirmed by the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was...

An increasingly radicalised Israel will push on in Gaza at all costs

Middle East Ferry Biedermann - March 20, 2025.

There’s a longstanding axiom in the Middle East that when militant leaders of groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas make threatening statements, they will eventually...

Pages 2 of 12