Middle East


Syria deepens diplomatic ties with US as it weighs role in Saudi conflict with Houthis - analysis

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets US Special Envoy Tom Barrack in Damascus, Syria, December 1, 2025.

Middle East economy to shrink 2.1% in 2026, Gulf economies by 4.3%, World Bank forecasts

Now, when Israel looks out at the map, it has an alliance with two countries that face Iran directly across the Gulf

Houthis ramp up missile attacks on Riyadh as Saudi-backed war in Yemen widens

Pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighters fire their weapons during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, October 5, 2026.