Middle East


'Demoralizing': Iranian diaspora decries reported US-Israeli plot to install Ahmadinejad as leader

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a press conference after registering as a candidate for the presidential election, at Tehran’s Interior Ministry, June 2024.

Why Saudi Arabia is still resisting Trump's pressure to join Abraham Accords - analysis

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman arrives for meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, November 19, 2025.

Syria’s limited Kurdish election exposes limits of Damascus’s democratic transition - analysis

Children hold signs on the day Syrian Kurds demonstrate to mark Kurdish Language Day, demanding constitutional recognition of the Kurdish language by the Syrian government, in Qamishli, Syria, May 14, 2026.