HE WAS KILLED by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon last year. Yet the face of Hassan Nasrallah, formerly the boss of Hizbullah ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

For the first time in decades, Iran’s stranglehold on the Middle East has been broken. The Iran-backed network that nearly succeeded in encircling Israel — Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraqi ...

Although he was not named in the Shafaq report, it appears Walai was referring to US Ambassador Steven H. Fagin, who assumed his duties as Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Baghdad in May 2025.

The United States government has revoked its designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as a foreign terrorist organization, seven ...

The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage is one of the largest religious events in the Shiite world.

Trump’s strategy appears to be twofold: pressure Tehran to negotiate and pull Iraq into the Western orbit, countering China ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in Karbala for Ashoura, a major Shiite religious event commemorating Imam Hussein's ...

Iran is developing intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach the U.S. If they have nuclear weapons they will use ...

Despite calls for regime change in Iran, history, logistics, and strategic analysis suggest it would likely backfire, destabilizing the region, increasing anti-American sentiment, and failing to ...

The fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire demands a deeper look at long-term consequences for geopolitics in the Middle East.