Middle east news

Khamenei's hubris: The four failures that sealed the dictator's fate - analysis

How the system that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei built over decades to protect himself ended up killing him.

A woman in Tehran holds on to a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after he was killed in Israeli and US strikes on February 28.
US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026

Iranian protests create a short window for change - opinion

‘JAVID SHAH’ (Long Live the Shah) has become the slogan of the ongoing Iranian protests. Here, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran, sits during an interview in Paris in June, after the Israel-Iran war.

Iranians trust Reza Pahlavi more than the regime’s 'moderates' - opinion

US President Donald Trump meets Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in the White House, Washington, DC, November 10, 2025

Why Washington shifts from Syria’s Kurds to Sharaa - opinion


US innovates to counter growing drone threats in MidEast - analysis

Countering drones has also been part of the wider discussion about regional air defense integration.

 A drone is launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on August 25, 2022

Six years after ISIS, what’s next for Iraq’s Mosul - analysis

ISIS committed several genocides in Mosul, it expelled Christians, kidnapped and enslaved members of the Yazidi minority and targeted ancient ruins to erase the cultural history of Iraq. 

A general view of the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, June 9, 2022.

Russian fighter killed in northern Syria -monitor, security source

Russia intervened in Syria's conflict in 2015, using air strikes and deploying advisers as well as military police to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regain territory.

 A Syrian rebel fighter walks with a dog in the town of Tadef, on a frontline between Russian-backed Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebel-held territory, in northern Syria March 3, 2022

Israel and Morocco to host diplomatic salon on water cooperation

The Center for Jewish Impact will work in conjunction with the Liaison Office of the Kingdom of Morocco to discuss water cooperation at an event in Tel Aviv.

 Robert Singer of the Center for Jewish impact.

IDF soldiers protest conditions along Egyptian border after deadly attack

The current shifts for those operating in the battalion were shortened from twelve to eight hours.

 SOLDIERS FROM the coed Bardelas infantry battalion train near the Israeli-Egyptian border.

Israeli MKs, Azeris in Iran and the complexities of the Middle East - analysis

The Middle East is complex and it is easy to cause offense or appear to play into the hands of adversaries, even unintentionally.

 A general view outside the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan after an attack on it, in Tehran, Iran, January 27, 2023.

Bahrain-Qatar resume diplomatic ties, symbolizing regional shift to diplomatic era - analysis

The move comes in the wake of normalization of ties between Qatar, and close allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

 PRESIDENT JOE Biden is flanked by leaders of Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait at the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3), in July.

Notable Kuwaiti writer opposes country's boycott of Israeli athletes

Kuwaiti fencer refused to compete against Israeli fencer in April

 A woman waves two Kuwaiti flags during a military demonstration held at the Marina Mall in Kuwait City, Feb. 28, 2011

Will the Houthis in Yemen shift threats to Israel with Iran’s weapons? - analysis

Iran may also use resources it sent to Yemen on new frontlines. 

 The head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, meets with Saudi and Omani delegations at the Republican Palace in Sanaa, Yemen April 9, 2023

Saudi Arabia to invite Syria's Assad to Arab leaders summit, sources say

The rapprochement between Riyadh and Tehran is part of a major regional realignment, amid rising tensions between Iran and Israel.

SYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar Assad casts his vote in the country’s presidential election in May.