3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (737+ words) Contrary to expectations, the Houthis have so far refrained from joining the military confrontation between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, a development that has puzzled observers. The group is widely known for…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1018+ words) Under the pressure of the military confrontation between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other, longstanding questions have resurfaced about the ability of the Arab system to build a collective defense framework capable of…...

17+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1238+ words) Trump says the war is "pretty much" complete. The Pentagon is planning through September. Those two statements are not the same thing, and the gap between them may define the days or weeks ahead. Also in this week's Agenda: Economic…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (484+ words) Former Kuwaiti diplomat Suleiman Ibrahim Al-Marjan said that "the peoples of the region are weary of wars and crises; since the Iran'Iraq War in the early 1980s, our region has not enjoyed genuine stability." The repercussions of the Iranian attacks were…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (993+ words) The attack targeting the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Saturday has raised concerns about a possible escalation inside Iraq amid the ongoing war between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other. The attack has…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (654+ words) Veteran U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the death of Iran's supreme leader and the current military campaign represent the most significant shift in the Middle East since the 1979 Revolution. Crocker, who serves as the chairman of the board for the Middle…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1398+ words) While attention is focused on Lebanon's southern front, where fighting between Hezbollah and Israel continues to escalate, another front is quietly moving'less noisy but no less sensitive: the eastern border with Syria. In recent days, reports of Syrian military reinforcements…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (888+ words) Iranian Kurdish opposition parties are preparing to launch what they describe as a "comprehensive uprising" in the Kurdistan regions of western Iran, taking advantage of the military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against Iranian military sites…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1213+ words) Along the Lebanese'Israeli border, the military scene is intensifying at a pace suggesting that southern Lebanon stands on the brink of a highly dangerous turning point. Unprecedented Israeli military deployments, widespread evacuation warnings affecting dozens of cities and towns, and…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (463+ words) Welcome back. A few days ago we were discussing negotiations in Geneva. Now we are deep into a full-scale war, living through a situation of extraordinary volatility. Today, we try to cut through the noise and look at the most…...