Iran and US trade strikes across the Gulf as conflict escalates
The exchanges came after Iran and Israel traded their first direct strikes since a truce in April, straining a fragile ceasefire.
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The exchanges came after Iran and Israel traded their first direct strikes since a truce in April, straining a fragile ceasefire.
While the West focuses on the Iranian firestorm, a quieter tragedy is unfolding in the hills of South Lebanon.
Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war:
Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Friday:
The European Union has minimal influence in Middle East events even as war rages there, despite the bloc's significant financial input into the region.
As the military campaign against the Iranian regime unfolds, the geopolitical landscape is being reshaped by forces far away from the immediate battlefield.
Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East:
It should by now be rather clear.
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday announced the reinforcement of the French military presence in the Middle East region.
Twenty years ago, Ahmad al-Shara — once known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani — was locked up at the US-run Camp Bucca in Iraq, branded a terrorist and an enemy of…
There is a famous—if apocryphal—quote attributed to Lenin: "There are decades where nothing happens and then there are weeks where decades happen.
Iran was accused of increasing its hostile operations in the West by the US, several NATO allies and Austria.
Amid escalating conflicts in the Middle East, an unexpected trend has emerged: Investors are quietly moving their money back into European markets.
I am in no position to predict the final outcome of the Iran-Israel conflict, but from a historical perspective, the odds of Israel emerging stronger are quite favourable.
The evidence is in: The attack committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, was not a spontaneous uprising against “concentration camp-like” conditions as some pundits…
History is not merely on the move again – as we have become used to saying in response to the great succession of extraordinary political and military events since…
Whatever else it may be, the collapse of the Assad government in Syria must rank as the final unflattering death knell of the attempts at nation-building by the…
Perhaps my perception from North America of European official attitudes is incomplete, but a reasonably thorough hunt around the internet has given me the impression…
If one views the Arab-Israeli conflict through the ongoing campus protests at US universities, one could easily get the impression that Israel might be winning militarily,…
Luckily for the world, most policy decisions are not made on X.
India and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on a trade corridor that aims to connect Europe with India through parts of the Middle East by sea and…
The 11/12 January joint US-UK bombardment of rebel Houthi positions in the Yemen was extremely welcome despite its glaring shortcomings.
As the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group steams at full speed across the Atlantic towards the Middle East, the hope must be that the United States, alongside…
Tuesday night America’s global power snapped.
Oil surged more than five per cent and investors sought safety in gold, bonds and the dollar after Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel sparked fears of a wider…
Every year the advent of Yom Kippur marks the holiest and most meaningful day in the Jewish religious calendar, a time of atonement and deep reflection.
Almost 3,800 people died on migration routes from the Middle East and North Africa in 2022, the highest number since 2017.