Middle East


Buffer zones and collapse fears: Israeli and Lebanese analysts assess a war with no clear endgame

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 2, 2026.

The name of Iran's next leader will be announced ‘soon,' according to Iran's Assembly of Experts

Fars News Agency has claimed that the next leader of the Islamic Republic was selected remotely; the photo shows the Assembly of Experts’ most recent session last year in Qom.

Qatar arrests 10 for espionage, sabotage, linked to Iranian IRGC

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.