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MENA30 Apr
Virginia's Pension Fund Doubles Down on Israeli Arms Suppliers as Divestment Pressure Mounts
MENA30 Apr
Putin Pledges Russian Support for Iranian Sovereignty as Regional Tensions Mount
MENA30 Apr
Putin Affirms Backing for Tehran as Russia-Iran Axis Hardens
MENA30 Apr
Putin Offers to Broker Middle East Peace From a Convenient Distance
MENA30 Apr
Middle East Conflict Sends Shockwaves Through Global Electronics Supply Chain
MENA30 Apr
Israel Deploys Iron Dome and Ground Forces to UAE as Tehran Demands Compensation From Arab States
MENA30 Apr
Israeli Airstrike in South Lebanon Leaves Woman Trapped Under Rubble in Al-Sowanweh Village
MENA30 Apr
Hezbollah signals possible return to martyrdom operations along Lebanon border
MENA30 Apr
GCC Economies Braced for Sharpest Post-Pandemic Contraction as Regional War Complicates Fiscal Reset
MENA30 Apr
Europe Holds Firm on Iran Sanctions as Energy Bill Tops $32 Billion
MENA27 Apr
Sirens Ring Across Western Galilee as Israel Loses Track of Lebanon Border Movement
MENA27 Apr
Lebanon Strikes, Trial Absence Expose Fractures in Ceasefire Information Landscape
MENA27 Apr
Lebanon Ceasefire Strains Under Deadliest Breach Since November Truce
MENA27 Apr
Iran and Russia Solidify Strategic Partnership in St. Petersburg Talks
MENA27 Apr
Iran Offers Nuclear Freeze and Strait of Hormuz Guarantee in Diplomatic Overture
MENA27 Apr
Iran Links Strait of Hormuz Access to End of Ukraine Conflict in New Diplomatic gambit
MENA27 Apr
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Infrastructure in Bekaa and Southern Lebanon, Marking New Escalation
MENA27 Apr
Hezbollah Rejects Direct Talks With Israel, Warns Lebanese Government on Separate Track
MENA27 Apr
Hezbollah Drones Target Israeli Helicopter Near Lebanon Border
MENA27 Apr
Fuel Costs Push American Shrimp Fishermen Off the Water as US-Iran Tensions Bite
MENA27 Apr
Afghanistan's Mahirud-Farah Road Nears Completion, Redrawing Central Asian Trade Routes
MENA26 Apr
US Freezes $344M in Crypto Linked to Iran — The New Front in Sanctions Enforcement
MENA26 Apr
Trump's Three-Day Iran Ultimatum Is Not Diplomacy — It Is Disinformation Theatre
MENA26 Apr
Trump Says Iran War Nearing End as US Military Pressure Mounts
MENA26 Apr
Trump Reports Apparent Assassination Attempt at Campaign Event, Evacuated Safely
MENA26 Apr
Trump Disputes Iran Link in Journalists' Dinner Shooting; Suspect from California in Custody
MENA26 Apr
Tehran Talks Down. The Markets Aren't Listening.
MENA26 Apr
Oman's Sultan Hosts Iran's Araqchi in Muscat as Regional Diplomacy Circuit Reopens
MENA26 Apr
Mali Defense Minister Killed as Rebels Exploit Military Vacuum
MENA26 Apr
Lebanese Resistance Strikes IDF Positions in Tyre; Tel Aviv Reports Casualties
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Forces Strike Multiple Towns in Southern Lebanon as Drone Attack Kills Soldiers
MENA26 Apr
Israeli forces fire on northern Gaza, civilian injured in Al-Faluja amid continued operations
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Eight in Southern Lebanon, Escalating Cross-Border Tensions
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon Towns Amid Rising Border Tensions
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Forces Conduct West Bank Operation as Health Ministry Reports Hundreds of 'Infections' on Northern Front
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Military Faces Credibility Crisis as Hezbollah Fighters Remain Embedded in Southern Lebanon
MENA26 Apr
Iran nuclear talks falter as economic pressure meets diplomatic urgency
MENA26 Apr
IDF Intercepts Hezbollah Drone During Southern Lebanon Evacuation, One Soldier Killed
MENA25 Apr
Trump Cancels Iran Nuclear Talks, Then Receives Revised Offer Within Minutes
MENA25 Apr
Trump Abandons Pakistan Delegation as US-Iran Peace Talks Stall
MENA25 Apr
Israeli Ground Patrols Cross Into Southern Syria, Syrian Media Reports
MENA25 Apr
Iran's Reported Diplomatic Dead-End: What Wall Street's Record High Missed
MENA25 Apr
Iran Clears Hajj Hurdle as Saudi Arabia Welcomes Iranian Delegation
MENA23 Apr
US Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution on Iran for Fifth Time as White House Denies Ceasefire Deadline Reports
MENA23 Apr
U.S. Forces Board Stateless Oil Tanker Carrying Iranian Cargo in Indian Ocean
MENA23 Apr
Trump Sets Three-to-Five-Day Ceasefire Deadline for Iran as Talks Near Crossroads
MENA23 Apr
Trump Signals Patience on Iran Blockade as White House Weighs Strike Continuation
MENA23 Apr
Trump's 'Kill the Hardliners' Iran Post Exposes Diplomatic Contradiction at Core of Administration's Approach
MENA23 Apr
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Suspicious Oil Trades Draw Scrutiny
MENA23 Apr
Senate Blocks Iran War Constraints for Fifth Time as $430M Oil Trade Fuels Questions
MENA23 Apr
Multiple Explosions Reported Across Iran Amid Heightened Regional Tensions
MENA23 Apr
Israel Warns of Iran War Return as Tehran Hardens Position on Uranium Demands
MENA23 Apr
How Iran's War Is Cementing China as the Solar World's indispensable Factory
MENA23 Apr
Iran's Trump Calculus: Leverage, Patience, and the Strait of Hormuz
MENA23 Apr
Iran Tightens Hormuz Grip as Trump Declares 'No Time Frame' for War
MENA23 Apr
Hezbollah MP Rejects Direct Talks With Israel as Lebanon Ceasefire Holds Under Pressure
MENA23 Apr
Gaza drone strike kills children near Al-Qassam Mosque as artillery hits Khan Yunis
MENA23 Apr
Gaza Ceasefire Fraying as Morning Strikes Kill Nine Including Three Children
MENA23 Apr
The Condom and the Crisis: How a Toymaker Became the Latest Gauge of Iran Risk
MENA22 Apr
White House Declares Iran's Leadership Fractured. US Intelligence Apparently Disagrees.
MENA22 Apr
US Urges Citizens to Leave Lebanon as Israel Ceasefire Violations Kill Two
MENA22 Apr
Trump Signals Iran Talks Could Begin as Early as Friday, Oil Markets Brace for Diplomatic Volatility
MENA22 Apr
Trump's Fractured Iran Narrative Meets Analyst Pushback as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
MENA22 Apr
Trump extends Iran ceasefire as Tehran stays silent on terms
MENA22 Apr
Lebanon Requests Ceasefire Extension as Washington Diplomacy Ramps Up
MENA22 Apr
Israeli Strike Kills Two Near Tayri, Besieges Journalists in Southern Lebanon
MENA22 Apr
Israeli Foreign Minister Calls Lebanon a 'Failed State' Ahead of Direct Negotiations
MENA22 Apr
IRGC Gunboat Fires on Container Ship Off Oman Coast as Regional Tensions Escalate
MENA22 Apr
Iran War Pushes UK Fuel Costs Higher as Energy Supply Shock Tests Alliance Cohesion
MENA22 Apr
Qalibaf's Ceasefire Conditions: Iran Links Naval Pressure to Economic Warfare
MENA22 Apr
Iran's Ceasefire Gambit: Tehran Holds Back on US Talks as UK Welcomes Extension
MENA22 Apr
Hezbollah Fires on Israeli Forces in Maroun al-Ras as Ceasefire Frays Along Lebanon Border
MENA22 Apr
China Backs Trump's Ceasefire Extension, Warns of Critical Stage in Middle East Diplomacy
MENA22 Apr
Ceasefire by Declaration: The US-Iran Standoff After the Deadline
MENA22 Apr
Ceasefire Expires, Talks Collapsed: What the Collapse of the Iran-US Negotiations Actually Reveals
MENA21 Apr
Veterans in the Crossfire: The Domestic Cost of Trump’s Iran Standoff
MENA21 Apr
Washington Opens a Regulatory Gap at the Worst Possible Moment
MENA21 Apr
Vance Lands in Islamabad as Iran Signals Diplomatic Rejection
MENA21 Apr
Vance in Islamabad: The Quiet Logic of a US-Iran Back-Channel
MENA21 Apr
Trump's 'No Pressure' Iran Claim Understates a Complicated Diplomatic Moment
MENA21 Apr
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: 24 Hours to War or Diplomacy
MENA21 Apr
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire While Oil Markets Signal Supply Anxiety
MENA21 Apr
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Pakistan Presses for Diplomatic Opening
MENA21 Apr
Trump Backs Iran Talks, Defense Budget Massively Reprices Drone Warfare
MENA21 Apr
Tehran Executes Protester as Ceasefire Deadline Looms and Regional Strikes Cross 8,700
MENA21 Apr
Tehran Calls U.S. Hormuz Interdiction a Ceasefire Violation
MENA21 Apr
Iran's Strait Gambit: How Geography Became Tehran's Primary Deterrent
MENA21 Apr
Iran Rejects U.S. Ceasefire as Trump Extends Window for Deal Proposal
MENA21 Apr
Iran Ties Islamabad Delegation to U.S. Naval Blockade Lift, WSJ Reports
MENA21 Apr
Iran Condemns US Port Blockade as 'Act of War' as Ceasefire Frays
MENA21 Apr
Houthi leader frames Iran alignment as regional shield against 'Zionist plan'
MENA20 Apr
Vance En Route to Pakistan as Iran Confirms Second Round of Nuclear Talks
MENA20 Apr
US and Iran Set for Second Round of Nuclear Talks in Muscat
MENA20 Apr
UAE pushes dollar carve-out as Iran nuclear talks collapse and petrodollar architecture strains
MENA20 Apr
Trump Says Hormuz Is Open. His Own Blockade Says Otherwise.
MENA20 Apr
Trump Declares US Will Win War Against Iran as Energy Markets Brace for Escalation
MENA20 Apr
Tehran Sets Terms for Any Vance Outreach: Lifting the Blockade First
MENA20 Apr
Russia Declines mediator Role in Iran Negotiations, Kremlin Says
MENA20 Apr
Malaysia's Medical Supply Sector Caught in the Crossfire of US-Iran Hostilities
MENA20 Apr
Iran Rules Out Next Round of US Negotiations as Vessel Seizure Deepens Diplomatic Rift
MENA20 Apr
Iran's Pezeshkian Frames Nuclear Diplomacy on His Own Terms
MENA20 Apr
Iran's Prisoner Leave Program Draws State Media Spotlight as Judiciary Chief Addresses Families
MENA20 Apr
Iran Sets Nuclear Red Lines as Islamabad Talks Stall Over Missile Demands
MENA20 Apr
Hormuz ceasefire, cyber escalation: Iran runs a two-track strategy as markets recalibrate
MENA20 Apr
Iran's diplomatic rebuff sends oil markets into a futures fever
MENA20 Apr
Iran's Contradictory Signals on US Talks Complicate Oil Markets
MENA20 Apr
Drone Strikes and Seized Ships: Hormuz Crisis Tests Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire
MENA20 Apr
Hezbollah Claims First Attack Since Ceasefire as Israel-Lebanon Prepare Second-Round Washington Talks
MENA20 Apr
Argentina and Israel Sign the Isaac Accord, Rewriting the Terms of Southern Hemisphere Alignment
MENA19 Apr
Trump threatens Iran as US delegation prepares Islamabad talks
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: 'Entire Country Getting Blown Up' If Deal Not Signed
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Unreserved Israel Endorsement Meets Iranian Refusal — and the Silence on Diplomatic Collapse
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Iran Gambit: War Brags and the Anxiety Beneath the Bluster
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Iran Deal: Diplomatic Opening or Coercive Bargain?
MENA19 Apr
Milei Kisses the Wall: Argentina's Unambiguous Bet on Jerusalem
MENA19 Apr
Israeli Soldier Shatters Christ Statue in Southern Lebanon; IDF Reports 37 Casualties in 24 Hours
MENA19 Apr
Israeli Sergeant Killed in Southern Lebanon as Occupation's Daily Toll Continues
MENA19 Apr
Israeli Forces Intensify Operations Across Central Gaza and Gaza City on 19 April
MENA19 Apr
Iran Closes the Strait of Hormuz Again: Oil Markets Tremble as Geopolitical Fault Lines Rupture
MENA19 Apr
Iran's Chokepoint: How the Strait of Hormuz Became the West's Worst Nightmare
MENA19 Apr
Iran's Defensive Doctrine Meets the Limits of International Law as 233-Strike Campaign Reshapes Gulf Calculus
MENA19 Apr
Iran's Deterrence Posture Meets American Missile Shield in Jordan
MENA19 Apr
Ghalibaf's Martyrdom Calculus: Iran's Parliament Speaker Declares 'Negotiating Papers Are War Maps'
MENA19 Apr
Gaza Death Toll Tops 72,500 as Ceasefire Fragility Raises Alarm Six Months On
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin Swings on Hormuz Volatility as Iran's Strait Reversal Tests Crypto's Claim to Independence
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin, Oil, and the Strait: How Hormuz Became the Market's Stress Test
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin, Oil, and Hormuz: How Iran's Strait Reversal Rewrote Market Logic
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin, Oil, and the Hormuz Chokepoint: Markets Price Geopolitical Whiplash
MENA19 Apr
Ankara Warns of 'Fait Accompli' in Lebanon as Turkey Positions Itself as Regional Counterweight
MENA18 Apr
Turmus Ayya Burns Again: Settler Arson in the West Bank and the Architecture of Everyday Colonial Violence
MENA18 Apr
Israel's 'New Enemy' Gambit: Fidan Names the Complex Behind Ankara's Targeting
MENA18 Apr
Fidan's Warning and the Ankara-Tel Aviv Rupture: Turkey Repositions as Arab Street Validator
MENA18 Apr
Saied's Grip and the Silenced Diaspora: Tunisia's Democratic Collapse Plays Out Across Two Continents
MENA18 Apr
After the Ceasefire: Lebanon's Reconstruction Trap and the Battle Over Who Rebuilds the South
MENA18 Apr
Baghdad Deadlock: KDP Walks Out, Qaani Flies In, and Iraq's Post-War Politics Fracture
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Wartime Resilience and the Myth of Total Stranglehold
MENA18 Apr
Iran Recloses Strait of Hormuz, Citing US Ceasefire Violations as Five LNG Carriers Reroute
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Qalibaf Defiant After Islamabad Talks: 'We Will Not Allow Americans to Interfere in the Strait of Hormuz'
MENA18 Apr
Iran's IRGC Declares Strait of Hormuz Closed Again — What the West Won't Tell You
MENA18 Apr
Iran Reasserts Control of Hormuz as Pentagon Warns of 'Escalation Risk'
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: The Strait as Weapon and the Collapse of Ceasefire Diplomacy
MENA18 Apr
Iran Reasserts Hormuz Control as Trump Warns of 'Blackmail' — and Energy Markets Breathe Again
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Hormuz Blockade: Defiance or Calculated Deterrence?
MENA18 Apr
Qassem's Vow and the Buffer Zone Battle: Hezbollah's Post-War Posture Confronts Lebanon's Internal Reckoning
MENA18 Apr
Gulf Crypto After the War: How GCC States Are Quietly Building Dollar-Alternative Infrastructure
MENA18 Apr
Harris Says Trump Was Dragged Into War by Bibi. She's Right—and the System Pulled Them Both.
MENA18 Apr
The Post-War Gulf: How MBS and the GCC's New Generation Are Resetting the Succession Calculus
MENA18 Apr
Trade Deal Under Siege: EU Accountability Pressure on Israel Mounts as Netanyahu's Own Streets Turn Against Him
MENA18 Apr