Middle East
From Yemen and Iraq to Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, the war with Iran is reactivating older conflicts with grievances and political agendas of their own. Even a settlement between Washington and Tehran may no…
Defence
Britain and its allies left thousands of Islamic State detainees in Kurdish run camps as a temporary solution…
Defence
The Middle East security architecture does not exist in any meaningful sense. Fragmented regional actors, weak institutions, and…
Defence
At Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest American military installation in the Middle East, subtle changes…
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Signed Sept. 17 in Riyadh, the Saudi–Pakistan defense pact promises “all military means” and leaves nuclear terms unspoken
Defence
By Jaffa Levy in London and Abu Rashid in Sana’a Last week — Thursday, August 28, 2025 — an airstrike…
Israel
By Jaffa Levy Baghdad’s new security memorandum with Tehran is not a tidy border fix. It is the start of…