The Islamic State has become a resilient insurgency
•The group may no longer have its caliphate, but it’s far from defeated. By Fawaz A. Gerges In celebrating the U.S.…
Middle East arms race: What weapons is UAE buying and why?
•The UAE is looking to bolster its air defence with purchases from South Korea, Israel and France – and its…
Libyan PM survives assassination attempt, source close to him says
Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s car with bullets early on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, a government source close to…
Iran, Saudi Arabia battle for supremacy in the Middle East
By WPR The struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia has insinuated itself into nearly every regional issue, fracturing international alliances…
In challenge to regional rivals, Iran unveils 1450 Km range ballistic missile
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new long-range ballistic missile that can strike targets 1450 kms away with…
Morocco: Stagnation as the four-year wait for ECOWAS persists
By Nina Kozlowski “Morocco is not in a hurry,” officials often say. But four years after the country applied to join…
NSO Group: Israeli spying scandal
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US places $10m bounty on IS-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari
Ngozi James The United States on Monday offered a $10-million reward for information leading to the “identification or location” of…
Syria’s Kurds wanted autonomy, they hot an endless war
•The Kurds of northeastern Syria dreamed of establishing an autonomous, multiethnic and gender-equal utopia. Instead, their breakaway region has been…
Nuclear talks with Iran enter the endgame
•Time is running out to avert a new crisis in the Middle East By TE IN A WORLD of increasing…