My trip from Washington to Los Angeles was not merely a journalistic assignment. It was a complete human experience—one that carried me from the cold, political climate of the capital to the ...

In today’s world, a jet fighter is never just a jet fighter. Modern warplanes lie at the core of complex technological ecosystems. A country that buys planes from another nation is buying far more ...

Anas — a pseudonym for a Syrian man in his late twenties — still recalls five days of anxiety he endured earlier this month after several Syrian refugees were dismissed from their jobs in the ...

The protests that have swept through Iran’s streets since late last December recall the wave of anger that erupted after the death of the Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in 2022—albeit with a clear ...

As political tensions rise between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, questions are emerging over whether their disputes could hit trade and economic cooperation—or whether economic ...

In recent days, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) began taking a highly consequential step: evacuating thousands of Islamic State fighters from prisons in northeastern Syria and transferring them to ...

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan has reopened debate over the future of disagreements between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi and the prospects for containing or managing tensions, saying that the ...

The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that the United States believes Iran-backed militias should have no role in Iraq’s political life. The statement, delivered by a State Department ...

In a cell where light barely seeps in, Mahmoud, along with “Islamist prisoners” in Building B of Roumieh Prison, made a decision the harsh consequences of which they fully understood in advance: ...

In its 2026 report, the World Economic Forum draws a roadmap for a world entering a new phase of “compound uncertainty” — one in which crises overlap and risks feed into one another, at a historic ...

Iraq is scheduled to form a new government with the election of a new president in a parliamentary session set for Tuesday. The session is also expected to include the nomination of former Prime ...

The “New Gaza” plan promoted by President Trump’s administration presents the enclave as a reconstruction and investment project, but it sidesteps a fundamental question: Who owns the land? In ...