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MENA31 May
US Issues Military Warning to Iran as Diplomatic Window Narrows
MENA31 May
Trump Speaks Directly to Syria's al-Sharaa — a Diplomatic Threshold Crossed
MENA31 May
Trump Signals Harder Line on Iran as Stalled Talks Enter New Phase
MENA31 May
Supreme Leader Dead, Region Braces as Iran Nuclear Talks Collapse
MENA31 May
Israeli Forces Report Casualties as Cross-Border Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon
MENA31 May
Israeli Military Confirms Soldier Killed as Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon
MENA31 May
Israeli Naval and Artillery Fire Reported Near Khan Yunis as Gaza Offensive Enters 20th Month
MENA31 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre District as Cross-Border Hostilities Intensify
MENA31 May
Israeli Airstrike Damages Ambulance in South Lebanon
MENA31 May
Escalation Along Israel's Northern Border as Rocket Alerts Spread Across Galilee
MENA31 May
IRGC Says It Shot Down US MQ-1 Predator Drone Over Iranian Territorial Waters
MENA31 May
Iran Nuclear Talks Near Collapse as Enrichment Deadline Passes
MENA31 May
Hezbollah Escalates Southern Lebanon Operations as Ceasefire Frays
MENA31 May
Three Rockets Fired from Lebanon to Upper Galilee; Tiberias Sirens Sound for First Time Since Ceasefire
MENA31 May
Hezbollah Drone Strike Hits Israeli Military Site Near Beit Hillel; Four Soldiers Wounded
MENA31 May
Ghalibaf's First Mandate: No Deal Without Tangible Results
MENA31 May
Multiple Explosions Reported in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
MENA31 May
Drone Alert Sirens Active Across Northern Israel Border Zone, Multiple Communities Affected
MENA31 May
Beaufort Falls, Tehran Burns: Israel's Double Strike Reshapes the Lebanon-Iran Front
MENA30 May
US Navy Intercepts Another Commercial Vessel Bound for Iran Amid Rising Maritime Tensions
MENA30 May
U.S. Missile Stockpile Depletion Exposes Strategic Vulnerability After Iran Strikes
MENA30 May
UFC at the White House and the Dimming of an Iran Deal
MENA30 May
Trump Leaves Situation Room Without Final Call on Iran Deal
MENA30 May
Trump Signals Conditions for Iran Nuclear Talks but Holds Back From Decision
MENA30 May
Trump's Hormuz Dilemma: War, Ceasefire, or a Nuclear Deal That Neither Side Wants
MENA30 May
Lebanon Says Israeli Strikes Expanding Beyond Stated Targets as Ceasefire Frays
MENA30 May
Lebanon Demands Ceasefire as Israel Strikes Spread Beyond Prior Targets
MENA30 May
Lebanese Health Ministry Reports 3,371 Dead in Cross-Border Fighting Since March
MENA30 May
Israeli Strikes Target Lebanese Army Vehicle as Ceasefire Architecture Shows Fresh Fractures
MENA30 May
Israeli Forces Cross the Litani River for First Time Since 2006, Entering Nabatieh City
MENA30 May
Iran Tightens Grip on Strait of Hormuz as Regional Conflict Escalates Energy Risk
MENA30 May
Iran Rejects Trump’s ‘Breakthrough' Claim as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
MENA30 May
Iran Drone Interception and Hormuz Standoff Deepen Energy Risk
MENA30 May
Iran State Media Outlines $12 Billion Asset-Release Claim in Emerging US-Iran Framework
MENA29 May
UAE Airstrikes on Iran Redraw Gulf Security Lines as Nuclear Deadline Nears
MENA29 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Reckoning Neither Washington Nor Tel Aviv Expected
MENA29 May
Trump's Iran Gamble: The Unspoken Suez Analogy
MENA29 May
NYC Mayor Skips Israel Day Parade for First Time in Six Decades, Condemns War on Iran
MENA29 May
Netanyahu Orders IDF to Seize 70 Percent of Gaza Strip, Leaked Video Shows
MENA29 May
Netanyahu Defends 70% Gaza Seizure as Ceasefire Correction, Raises Energy Route Prospect
MENA29 May
Israeli Airstrikes Target Qatrani in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Escalate
MENA29 May
Israeli Ground Forces Advance North of Litani River as Airstrikes Pound Southern Lebanon
MENA29 May
Israeli Military Operations Deepen Lebanon Incursion as Diplomatic Window Narrows
MENA29 May
Israel Issues Displacement Orders for Six South Lebanon Towns as Airstrikes Intensify
MENA29 May
Iran's Uranium Calculus and the Art of State Theater
MENA29 May
Iran Nuclear Escalation Deepens as US Military Warnings Mount
MENA29 May
Iran Denies Breakthrough in US Nuclear Talks as Market Wagers Shift
MENA29 May
Iran Blockade Intensifies as US Intercepts 115 Vessels, Trump Claims Strikes Thwarted Nuclear Timeline
MENA29 May
Hormuz in the Crossfire: Iran's IRGC Claims Normal Shipping Amid Regional Strike Reports
MENA29 May
Hezbollah AI Video and Tank Strike Footage Escalate Lebanon Messaging War
MENA29 May
Hezbollah Releases Footage of Coordinated FPV Drone Strikes Along Lebanon Border
MENA29 May
Ceasefire Before the Storm: US-Iran Talks Shadowed by Fresh Airstrikes
MENA28 May
US Weapons Stockpile Drain Puts Pressure on Military Flexibility as Iran Nuclear Talks Remain Uncertain
MENA28 May
US Strikes on Iran Rattle Markets as Inflation Spikes and Crypto Bleeds $80 Billion
MENA28 May
US and Iran Agree to 60-Day Ceasefire Extension, Awaiting Trump's Approval
MENA28 May
Trump's Iran Card: White House Maintains Pressure as Nuclear Talks Reach Critical Juncture
MENA28 May
Trump Demands More as US Strikes Iran Site and Talks Stall
MENA28 May
Oil Surges 4% as US-Iran Standoff Tests Limits of Both Military and Diplomatic Options
MENA28 May
Kuwait air defenses engage hostile missiles and drones as sirens sound across the country
MENA28 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon City of Tire, Killing Six
MENA28 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre for Second Time in Weeks as Ceasefire Frays
MENA28 May
Israel Strikes Southern Beirut as 24 Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Attacks
MENA28 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Khan Yunis Police Positions as Ground Operations Escalate in Southern Gaza
MENA28 May
Israel Strikes Sidon and Kafra in扩展Lebanon Military Campaign
MENA28 May
Israeli Forces Strike Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Drone Capabilities Expose Operational Gaps
MENA28 May
Israeli Strike Targets Hezbollah Missile Chief in Beirut
MENA28 May
Iraqi Lawmakers Dig In Against Dissolution of Hashd al-Shaabi Militia Forces
MENA28 May
Iran Condemns US Sanctions Threats Against Oman, Calls Move Illegal
MENA28 May
Bessent Warns Oman of Sanctions Over Hormuz Tolling Proposal
MENA28 May
Bessent Warns Global Airlines Against Serving Sanctioned Iranian Carriers
MENA28 May
Bessent Claims Regime Renormalization as US-Iran Ceasefire Extends and Markets Rally
MENA27 May
U.S. Strikes Iran Military Site Near Bandar Abbas as Tensions Escalate in Gulf
MENA27 May
US Strikes Iran as Ceasefire Collapses and Energy Bills Rise
MENA27 May
US military posture shift rattles NATO allies as Iran ceasefire dispute escalates
MENA27 May
Trump Threatens to 'Blow Up' Oman, Then Assures Ally 'They'll Be Fine'
MENA27 May
Trump and Tehran Trade Hormuz Ultimatums as Nuclear Talks Falter
MENA27 May
Trump Declares 'Regime Change' in Iran, Rules Out Sanctions Relief for Nuclear Concessions
MENA27 May
Trump Says No Iran Deal Yet, But Announcement May Come Within Hours
MENA27 May
Trump's Iran Deal Pressure Campaign Meets Bolton's 'Desperate' Diagnosis
MENA27 May
Iran's Domestic Railcar Push and Smart Grid Enforcement: Tehran's Dual Infrastructure Gambit
MENA27 May
Sirens in Kiryat Shmona expose fragility of Israel–Lebanon border ceasefire
MENA27 May
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 31 in Southern Lebanon, Health Ministry Says
MENA27 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza City Residential Building; Netanyahu Confirms Lebanon Ground Operations
MENA27 May
Iranian Channels Release Footage Claiming US Jet Downed on Day 20 of Conflict
MENA27 May
Iran signals 60-day ceasefire while military channels broadcast harder line
MENA27 May
Iranian State Media Reports Draft US-Iran Memorandum Includes Military Pullback, Naval Blockade Lifting
MENA27 May
Iran's Araghchi Frames Eid Solidarity as Regional Counter-Narrative to Western Pressure
MENA27 May
IDF Strikes Two Prominent Hamas Members in Northern Gaza as Rafah Operation Enters New Phase
MENA27 May
Faith Amid the Rubble: Gazans Mark Eid al-Adha in the Shadow of Destruction
MENA27 May
Explosions Rock Beirut Suburb as Uncertainty Clouds Cause
MENA26 May
US Strikes Southern Iran as Diplomatic Channels Remain Open
MENA26 May
U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets Near Bandar Abbas in Self-Defence Claim
MENA26 May
US Strikes Iran as Diplomacy Accelerates: A Deal in the Balance
MENA26 May
Ceasefire Under Strain: US Calls Border Strikes 'Self-Defense' as Iran Rejects Pressure on Nuclear Talks
MENA26 May
Trump Vows Iran 'Never' Gets Nuclear Weapon as Tehran Reopens Internet
MENA26 May
Trump's Abraham Accords Demand Tests Tehran's Red Lines as Iran Reconnects to Global Internet
MENA26 May
Strikes and Ceasefire, Debt and Dollar: The Cost of Managing Iran
MENA26 May
Rubio Demands Hormuz Stay Open as Iran Shifts from Tolls to 'Environmental Fees'
MENA26 May
Oman's Sultan and Iran's Pezeshkian Phone Home — Gulf Diplomatic Season Opens Quietly
MENA26 May
Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 13 in Gaza, Hospital Sources Say
MENA26 May
Israel Says It Killed a Senior Hamas Commander as Strikes Pound Western Gaza
MENA26 May
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Lebanon as Hezbollah Drone Footage Emerges, Casualties Reported
MENA26 May
Iran Restores Internet Access as Diplomatic Pressure Mounts Over Ceasefire Allegations
MENA26 May
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Fees, Not Tolls
MENA26 May
Iran's Internet Opens as Peace-Deal Probability Rises: Three Signals Washington is Reading
MENA26 May
Iran Signals Openness to 'Dignified Framework' for Ending Regional Tensions on Eid Al-Adha
MENA26 May
India-US Minerals Deal Deepens as US-Iran Talks Stall Over Strike Fallout
MENA26 May
Fifty-Fifty: The Nuclear Deal That Could Reshape Middle East Energy Politics
MENA26 May
Eid in the Crossfire: Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis Reaches a New Threshold as Blockade Tightens
MENA25 May
US Conducts Self-Defense Strikes in Southern Iran as Ceasefire Collapse Looms
MENA25 May
Trump and Netanyahu Align on Uranium Demand as US-Iran Agreement Faces Backlash
MENA25 May
Qatar's $12 billion wager: Doha's humanitarian loan and the architecture of a U.S.-Iran deal
MENA25 May
Pope Leo XIV's AI Warning and the US-Iran Deal: Ethics, Oil, and a Shifting Middle East
MENA25 May
Pakistan Rejects Trump's Normalization Offer, Citing Iran Ceasefire Leverage
MENA25 May
Oil Retreats as Tehran Reframes the Diplomatic Record on Iran Nuclear Talks
MENA25 May
Oil Slides 5% on US-Iran Deal Optimism. The Market Is Already Pricing In a Structural Shift.
MENA25 May
Israeli Forces Launch Wave of Strikes on Tyre as Hezbollah Declares New Operations
MENA25 May
Israeli Strikes Kill 17 in Southern Lebanon as Escalation Accelerates
MENA25 May
Israeli Forces Strike Palestinian Refugee Camp Near Tyre, Raising Civilian Harm Concerns
MENA25 May
Israel Issues Forced Displacement Orders Against Tyre, Al-Rashidieh Camp in South Lebanon
MENA25 May
Markets Bet on Breakthrough, But Iran–US Nuclear Standoff Remains Far From Resolved
MENA25 May
Iran says a US deal is 'not imminent.' The markets think otherwise.
MENA25 May
IDF Confirms Two Combat Engineering Casualties in Southern Lebanon as Rubio Warns of Hezbollah Destabilisation Campaign
MENA25 May
The Hormuz Question: Prediction Markets Are Betting on a US-Iran Deal. Washington Isn't Ready
MENA25 May
Hezbollah Signals Sustained Resistance Despite Diplomatic Pressure as Ceasefire Talks Founder
MENA25 May
Hezbollah Releases Drone Strike Footage as Israel Confirms Soldier Killed in Southern Lebanon
MENA25 May
Berri Warns of Israeli Revenge as Lebanon Marks Liberation Anniversary
MENA24 May
Washington and Tehran Edge Toward 60-Day Ceasefire Framework, Axios Reports
MENA24 May
US-Iran Nuclear Talks Advance as Ceasefire Extension Takes Shape
MENA24 May
Turkey-Syria Footprint Collides With Israeli Regional Calculations
MENA24 May
Trump Touts Israel Deal as Iran Closes Airspace and Refuses to Bend
MENA24 May
Trump's Iran Gambit: Deal or Blockade?
MENA24 May
Trump Claims US-Iran Deal Largely Negotiated as Tehran Pushes Back on Exemption Reports
MENA24 May
Trump Claims US-Iran Peace Deal Near Completion, Withholds Specifics
MENA24 May
Pakistan's Tehran diplomacy as Iran signals hard line on US talks
MENA24 May
Lebanon Strike Tests Ceasefire as Trump Demands Iran Nuclear Dismantlement
MENA24 May
Israeli Forces Strike Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Enters New Phase
MENA24 May
Israeli Forces Report Casualties in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Escalate
MENA24 May
Iran-US Talks: Why Hormuz Will Not Return to Pre-War Passage Terms
MENA24 May
Iran Sets Preconditions on Frozen Assets as Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon
MENA24 May
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Sovereignty Claim Shadows Nuclear Talks as Oil Markets Hold Their Breath
MENA24 May
Iran Ceasefire Extension Nears as Uranium Dispute Deepens
MENA24 May
Hajj 2026: The Pilgrimage That War Cannot Stop
MENA23 May
US-Iran Ceasefire Extension Talks Enter Critical Window as Mediators Signal Progress
MENA23 May
Trump’s ‘United States of the Middle East’ Post Escalates US-Iran Confrontation Rhetoric
MENA23 May
Trump says Iran deal is 'largely negotiated' as market bets on Hormuz blockade lift
MENA23 May
Trump Tells Arab Leaders: Iran Nuclear Talks 'Very Close' as Wording Remains Final Hurdle
MENA23 May
Trump: 'I will not make a deal if it is not good for Israel'
MENA23 May
Israeli Forces Intensify Operations in Eastern Gaza City Neighborhoods
MENA23 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Three Towns in Southern Lebanon as Tensions Along Border Escalate
MENA23 May
Israel Issues Evacuation Warnings for Southern Lebanon Villages as Drone Strikes and Night Raids Intensify
MENA23 May
Israel's Shadow Air Campaign Over Iraq: What the Jets Above Baghdad Tell Us
MENA23 May
Iran Hardens Nuclear Line as Pakistan Army Chief Visits Tehran
MENA23 May
Iran's New Hormuz Map Extends Mariners' Gulf Ordeal as Subsea Cable Risk Grows
MENA23 May
Iran's Foreign Ministry invokes Sassanid-era diplomacy to frame US talks as capitulation
MENA23 May
Iran Grounds Western Tehran Airspace as Nuclear Talks Near Collapse
MENA23 May
The Fiscal Aftershock: How the Iran Conflict Is Stress-Testing the Global Financial Safety Net
MENA23 May
Iran's Charm Offensive Runs Into the 9% Problem
MENA23 May
Iran Condemns Israeli Military Operations Against Lebanon, Escalating Regional Tensions
MENA23 May
Gulf Allies Urge Trump to Spare Iran as Hawkish Signals Multiply
MENA22 May
Video Evidence Emerges of Israeli Strike on Lebanese Paramedics Near Border
MENA22 May
US Sanctions Iran's Incoming Beirut Envoy as Diplomatic Outreach Collides With Maximum Pressure
MENA22 May
US-Iran Talks Advance But Uranium Demand Threatens Deal Collapse
MENA22 May
US Freezes Taiwan Arms Sale as Iran Deal Signals Push Oil Below $90
MENA22 May
Trump's Uranium Vow Reshapes the US-Iran Calculus
MENA22 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Gasoline Pump arithmetic
MENA22 May
Trump's Iran Gambit Strains NATO — And Sends a Message on Energy Prices
MENA22 May
Rubio Tells NATO Allies Trump Is 'Very Disappointed' Over Iran Stance As Base Access Tensions Mount
MENA22 May
Oil Markets Price In the Fallacy of a Quick Iran Resolution
MENA22 May
Lebanese health ministry reports 3,111 dead as Israeli strikes enter third month
MENA22 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Three Lebanese Border Villages as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA22 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Multiple Targets Across Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Continues
MENA22 May
Israeli Forces Press Operations Across Northern and Central Gaza on 22 May 2026
MENA22 May
Iran Tightens Grip on Hormuz: The Diplomatic and Military Architecture of a Vital Chokepoint
MENA22 May
Iran's Military Drums Beat Louder as US Shipping Blockade Tightens
MENA22 May
Iran's Diplomatic Red Line: 'Rights, Not Concessions' Reshapes the Nuclear Talks Frame
MENA22 May
Hezbollah Claims Drone Strike on Israeli Barracks; Al Alam Reports Casualties, Helicopter Evacuations
MENA22 May
Gulf Monarchies Push Back Against Trump Iran War Plans as Regional Tensions Simmer
MENA21 May
A Yemeni Cartoonist's Provocative Portrait of Syria's New Leader
MENA21 May
Saudi Arabia Tightens the Belt as Iran Conflict Drains State Coffers
MENA21 May
Settler Violence Surges Across West Bank as Accountability Gap Widens
MENA21 May
Saudi Arabia's Dual Signal: Hajj as Resilience, Consultants as Transition
MENA21 May
Rubio Applies Iran Playbook to Cuba as Havana Draws Deeper Into Moscow–Beijing Orbit
MENA21 May
Pakistan Military Chief in Tehran as Iran Confirms US Backchannel Talks
MENA21 May
Israeli Forces Launch Fresh Raids on Three Southern Lebanese Towns
MENA21 May
Israeli Quadcopter Strike Kills 13-Year-Old in Northern Gaza
MENA21 May
Israel Accused of Sexual Assault, Beatings Against Captured Flotilla Activists
MENA21 May
IRGC Navy Warns US Against Military Action to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
MENA21 May
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit Tests Gulf Diplomacy After Military Setback
MENA21 May
Iran Rallies Show Regime Cohesion Play — but Questions About Underlying Pressure Linger
MENA21 May
Iran's Military Reconstruction and the Limits of American Intelligence
MENA21 May
India reads the oil signal: what US-Iran talks mean for the subcontinent
MENA21 May
Gaza Ceasefire Collapses Under Its Own Contradictions
MENA21 May
Arab Normalization Under Strain: Political Pressure vs Commercial Reality in Gulf-Israeli Relations
MENA21 May
Activists Released by Israeli Forces Arrive in Istanbul as Ankara Reasserts Gaza Aid Stance
MENA21 May
42 Aircraft, $29 Billion: What the Congress Report Reveals About US Military Costs in Iran
MENA20 May
UN Expert Alarms Over Israeli Fire on Gaza Flotilla as Rafah Shelling Continues
MENA20 May
UAE's OPEC Exit and the Quiet Realignment of Global Energy
MENA20 May
Trump and Vance Speak With Divided Voice on Iran War — and the Contradiction Tells a Story
MENA20 May
Trump signals Iran military window of 2-3 days, claims war support underestimated
MENA20 May
Trump-Netanyahu Call Exposes Sharpening Fault Line Over Iran Nuclear Approach
MENA20 May
Trump's Iran Deal Claims Meet a 17% Market Verdict
MENA20 May
Senate Advances Resolution Curbing Presidential War Powers in Iran
MENA20 May
Senate Rebukes Trump on Iran War Authority as Congress tallies 42 US Aircraft Lost or Damaged
MENA20 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Three Southern Lebanese Villages in Rapid Succession
MENA20 May
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Southern Lebanon as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA20 May
Iran's Ideological Translation Project: Three Languages, One Revolutionary Narrative
MENA20 May
Iran Signals Readiness to Deploy New Weapons Amid Rising US Tension
MENA20 May
Hezbollah Claims Missile Strike Wounds Israeli Armored Commander in Southern Lebanon
MENA20 May
Gaza Strikes Intensify as Evacuation Orders Expand and Eid Preparations Collapse
MENA20 May
Chinese Tankers Break Through Strait of Hormuz Standoff as US-Iran Talks Signal De-escalation
MENA20 May
Iran's New Diplomatic Architecture Takes Shape as Araghchi Marks First Major Commemoration
MENA20 May
ADNOC Chief Sounds Alarm on Hormuz as UAE Positions Itself at the Pivot Point of U.S.-Gulf Architecture
MENA19 May
Vance's Iran 'Reset' Comes With a Loaded Disclaimer
MENA19 May
Vance draws red lines on Iran nuclear programme as uranium-for-peace talks surface
MENA19 May
UAE Says Drones Targeting Barakah Nuclear Plant Launched From Iraq; Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Separate UAV Wave
MENA19 May
Trump Signals Iran Strike Within Days as Hormuz Standoff Intensifies
MENA19 May
Trump-Backed Ed Gallrein Defeats Thomas Massie in Kentucky's Costliest House Primary
MENA19 May
Tehran's Telegram Seminary: How Khamenei's Channel Weaponises Daily Quran Recitation for Political Audiences
MENA19 May
Tehran's Infrastructure Push: Raisi's Economic Vision Moves From Memorial to Policy
MENA19 May
The Timing Problem: Why Israel's Delayed Strike on Iran May Backfire
MENA19 May
Israel Conducts Third Strike on Tire District in Single Morning
MENA19 May
Energy Reserves Drain and the $180 Scenario: How the Iran Conflict Is Reshaping Global Oil Markets
MENA19 May
Oil Markets Tighten as Iran War Escalation Risks Complicate Global Energy Calculus
MENA19 May
Iran Khodro Reopens Sales Scheme as Markets Price 39% Chance of Airspace Closure
MENA19 May
$25 Billion in Corporate Losses and a 39% Airspace Closure Probability: Iran's Economic War Enters a New Phase
MENA19 May
IDF Sexual Assault Complaints Nearly Double in Five Years as Military Grapples With Accountability Crisis
MENA19 May
IEA Warns of Accelerating Fuel Crisis as Oil Reserves Deplete
MENA19 May
Hezbollah releases footage of anti-tank strike on Israeli Merkava in southern Lebanon
MENA19 May
Hezbollah Claims Anti-Tank Ambush in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Intensify
MENA19 May
Hezbollah Claims Drone Strikes on Israeli Military Positions Along Lebanon Border
MENA18 May
U.S. Rejects Iran Proposal, Warns Military Action on Table
MENA18 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum Lands as State Department Restructures Under Duress
MENA18 May
Trump says Iran strikes called off — but three administrations have made the same promise
MENA18 May
Trump Warns Iran's 'Clock Is Ticking' as Nuclear Talks Falter
MENA18 May
Treasury Grants Russian Oil Waiver as Iran Tensions Roil Energy Markets
MENA18 May
Tehran's 'Two Layers' Problem: Inside Iran's State Media Rebuke of Western Binary Framing
MENA18 May
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraqi Airspace, Reserves Right to Respond
MENA18 May
Netanyahu Requests Three-Hour Testimony Cut as Trial Enters New Phase of Disruption
MENA18 May
Israeli Forces Resume Heavy Shelling of Khan Yunis as Southern Gaza Offensive Extends Into Fourth Week
MENA18 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Multiple South Lebanon Towns as Ceasefire Push Falters
MENA18 May
Israeli Naval Forces Intercept Gaza-Bound Vessel After Sea Pursuit
MENA18 May
Iran Rejects U.S. Proposal Via Pakistan as Military Drill Imagery Circulates Online
MENA18 May
Iran Says It Sent Proposals to Washington, Awaits Response as Nuclear Talks Narrative War Heats Up
MENA18 May
Iran Nuclear Talks on Brink as US Official Warns of 'Second Chances' Exhaustion
MENA18 May
Iran's Kharg Terminal Falls Silent as Air Defenses Mobilise Near Strait of Hormuz
MENA18 May
Iran's Five Conditions and a Warning to Washington: What Tehran's Latest Diplomatic Gambit Means
MENA18 May
Intelligence Leak Contradicts 'American Victory' Narrative on Iran Strikes
MENA18 May
Houthi Leader Warns of Israeli Entrenchment in Southern Syria as Regional Tensions Mount
MENA18 May
Gulf Diplomacy Derails Trump's Iran Strike: Regional Powers Assert Leverage Over Washington
MENA18 May
Airstrike on Al-Faluja compounds Gaza's humanitarian crisis as rodent infestation spreads through displacement camps
MENA17 May
U.S. Airbridge Into Middle East Accelerates as Regional Tensions Deepen
MENA17 May
Trump Convenes Situation Room as Military Options Against Iran Return to the Table
MENA17 May
Trump Issues Ultimatum to Tehran as Iran Mobilises Civilian Population
MENA17 May
The Draft Question Returns — and Silicon Valley's Defense Class Is Watching
MENA17 May
Lindsey Graham's Iran Calculus: 'Worth Losing My Job' for a Non-Nuclear Tehran
MENA17 May
Lebanon Border Escalation: IDF Acknowledges Casualties as Cross-Border Exchange Intensifies
MENA17 May
Kazakhstan Sends Humanitarian Aid to Iran as Central Asian State Tests the Limits of Western Sanctions Architecture
MENA17 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Multiple Targets in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Escalate
MENA17 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon as Ceasefire Tensions Resurface
MENA17 May
Iranian Powerlifter Shatters World Records at Asian Championships in India
MENA17 May
Iranian State Figure Laments War Martyredom at Tehran University as Tensions Simmer
MENA17 May
Iran's Kharg Island Oil Storage: What Half-Full Tanks Tell Us About Tehran's Export Calculus
MENA17 May
Iran Plans Toll System for World’s Most Strategic Oil Chokepoint
MENA17 May
Nearly 200 Former Canadian Diplomats Call on Government to Impose Sanctions on Israel
MENA17 May
British Arms Policy and the Antisemitism Question: Two Fronts of the Same Debate
MENA17 May
Bitcoin Slides Below $79K as Macro Uncertainty and Iran Tensions Shake Crypto Markets
MENA16 May
Settler Violence in the West Bank: One Dog, One Village, and the Limits of Accountability
MENA16 May
Tunisian National Detained After Vehicle Attacks in Modena, Italy
MENA16 May
Trump Signals Iran Strike Decision Within 24 Hours as Uranium Site Claims Surface
MENA16 May
Settler Violence in Atarah: Dog Killing Adds to West Bank Civilian Harm Toll
MENA16 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Near School in Northern Gaza; Khan Younis Civilian Injury Reported
MENA16 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre Outskirts as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA16 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanese Villages as Conflict Enters New Phase
MENA16 May
Hezbollah Confirms Southern Lebanon Strike; IDF Reports Drone, Mortar Fire
MENA16 May
Gallant Says Israel Has Not Achieved Strategic Goals in Iran, Iranian Media Reports
MENA16 May
Ferdowsi's Shadow: Iran Tries Cultural Diplomacy as US and Israel Signal Strikes
MENA16 May
Europe-Iran Naval Talks Signal Shifting Calculus in Gulf Standoff
MENA16 May
China Rebuffs US-Backed Hormuz Resolution, Complicating Gulf De-escalation Push
MENA16 May
Bulgaria's Dara Wins Eurovision 2026 as Boycott Over Israel's Participation Casts Shadow Over Vienna Final
MENA12 May
US Treasury Blacklists Chinese Entities in Latest Round of Iran-Linked Sanctions
MENA12 May
UN Records 40,000 West Bank Displacements Since January as Israeli Operations Intensify
MENA12 May
Strait of Hormuz Closure Forces Asian States to Rethink Energy Security Architecture
MENA12 May
Footage emerges of strikes on school in southern Iran as EU parliamentarian calls for investigation
MENA12 May
The Iran Risk Premium: Why Wall Street's Middle East Bets Haven't Paid Off
MENA11 May
US Navy Strikes Iranian Tankers in Gulf of Oman as Regional Tensions Escalate
MENA11 May
Twenty Thousand Seafarers Caught in the Crossfire of US-Iran Maritime Standoff
MENA11 May
PalPay's USSD Expansion Brings Offline Digital Finance to Gaza
MENA11 May
Gamers Turn Up The Heat: Players Alliance Descends On EA HQ With 70,000-Strong Petition
MENA11 May
Iranian Officials Report US Strike on Civilian Vessel Near Hormozgan
MENA11 May
Satellite imagery and market odds put Iran's Kharg Island oil hub in focus
MENA11 May
Iran Reaffirms Opposition to Transferring Nuclear Material to United States
MENA11 May
France's Mélenchon Declares Israel 'Most Dangerous Country in Region' — Inside the Fracture in French Diplomatic Identity
MENA11 May
Hezbollah missile strikes northern Israel as Gaza bombardment kills nine
MENA09 May
US Naval Forces Fire on Iran-Flagged Tankers as Rubio Sets Diplomatic Deadline for Tehran
MENA09 May
Trump's Iran 'Freedom Project' Has Not Revived — And May Not Be Worth Resurrecting
MENA09 May
When Presidential Offhand Remarks Move Markets
MENA09 May
Hormuz Flashpoints: Iran Balances US Proposal Against Naval Confrontation
MENA09 May
ASEAN Navigates Iran War's Economic Shockwave as US-Iran Diplomacy Stalls
MENA08 May
U.S. Navy, Iran Exchange Fire in Strait of Hormuz as Peace-Odds Wagers Sharply Adjust
MENA08 May
US and Iran Exchange Strikes in Strait of Hormuz Despite Ceasefire
MENA08 May
US Hosts Third Round of Israel-Lebanon Talks as Ceasefire Stalemate Persists
MENA08 May
US Destroyers Come Under Fire in Hormuz Strait as Oil Markets React
MENA08 May
Trump, Xi, and the Iran Question: Can Beijing Deliver Stability?
MENA08 May
Trump's Iran Overture Revives a 2016 Critique He Once Made of His Own Party
MENA08 May
Trump's Hormuz Gambit: The Strait of Hormuz and the Iran Deal Gambler's Calculus
MENA08 May
Trump Admin Struck Iran Then Called It a "Caress" — While DOJ Probes $2.6 Billion in Suspicious Oil Trades
MENA08 May
Inside the Trump Administration's Iran Policy Reversal
MENA08 May
Japanese Automakers Face Dual Pressure as EV Transition Collides With Middle East Instability
MENA08 May
Israeli Strikes Kill More Than a Dozen in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Exchange Intensifies
MENA08 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon Town of Doueir, Civilian Structures Damaged
MENA08 May
Israeli Forces Expand Khan Younis Demolition Operations as Beach Camp Strikes Injure Four
MENA08 May
Israeli Military Reports False Radar Detection of Iranian Missile Launch
MENA08 May
Iranian diplomat's Arabic-language post triggers Gulf diplomatic tensions
MENA08 May
Iran confirms review of US war proposal as proxy attacks on American facilities in Iraq near 600 incidents
MENA08 May
Iran claims missile capacity at 120% of pre-strike levels as US signals new China sanctions pressure
MENA08 May
Hezbollah Claims Multiple Strikes on Israeli Military Targets Along Southern Lebanon Border
MENA07 May
Washington to Host Third Round of Israel-Lebanon Talks as Ceasefire Diplomacy Intensifies
MENA07 May
US Strikes Iran Port Facilities; Tehran Claims Missile and Drone Attack on Three American Destroyers
MENA07 May
Trump Claims US Will Secure Iranian Uranium as Saudi Refusal Halts Covert Operation
MENA07 May
Trump Claims US Destroyers Crossed Strait of Hormuz Under Fire
MENA07 May
Trump's Advisors Sound the Alarm on Iran War's Political Costs as Fuel Prices Bite
MENA07 May
Switzerland Offers to Host Direct Iran-US Talks as Both Sides Signal Diplomatic Opening
MENA07 May
Shell's $6.9bn Quarter Exposes the Cost of Middle East Oil Volatility
MENA07 May
Explosions Reported Near Iran's Qeshm Island as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate
MENA07 May
Israeli Airstrikes Near Nabatieh Hospital Draw Hezbollah Drone Response as Cross-Border Violence Escalates
MENA07 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Four Southern Lebanese Towns as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA07 May
Israeli Forces Intensify Strikes Across Southern Lebanon as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA07 May
Israel Strikes Beirut for First Time Since Ceasefire, Killing Hezbollah Commander
MENA07 May
Iran Fires Missiles at US Warship in Strait of Hormuz After Tanker Seizure Attempt
MENA07 May
Iran's New Hormuz Rules Turn Critical Waterway Into Negotiation Arena
MENA07 May
Iran Formalizes Strait of Hormuz Toll Ambitions with New Navigation Authority
MENA07 May
Hezbollah Claims 16 Cross-Border Strikes as Hamas Official Declares Gaza Resistance Unbroken
MENA07 May
Gulf Economies Brace for Decades of Fallout as Iran Conflict Reshapes Regional Trade
MENA07 May
Gazans Race to Save Rare Books as Israeli Airstrikes Continue
MENA07 May
Al-Hiya's Fourth Son Martyred as Hamas Leader Calls for International Ceasefire Pressure
MENA06 May
Turkey Unveils 'Yildirim Khan' Hypersonic Missile Project, 6,000 km Range Confirmed
MENA06 May
Trump Pauses Project Freedom as Hormuz Talks Hang on Tehran's Terms
MENA06 May
Trump Pauses Strait of Hormuz Operation, Citing ‘Great Progress’ on Iran Deal
MENA06 May
Trump Pauses Hormuz Operation as US-Iran Nuclear Talks Gain Momentum
MENA06 May
Trump Sets May 14 Deadline for Iran Deal as Uranium-to-US Pledge Resurfaces
MENA06 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: Hormuz Pause Holds, But a Deal Remains Elusive
MENA06 May
Trump's Iran Diplomacy Walks a Fine Line Between Deal and Bombardment
MENA06 May
Trump's Iran Calculus: Regime Pressure, Nuclear Red Lines, and the Market as Scoreboard
MENA06 May
Saudi Arabia Posts Largest Budget Deficit Since 2018 as Diversification Push Strains Public Finances
MENA06 May
Israeli Strike Kills Senior Hamas Official's Son in Gaza City
MENA06 May
Israeli Strikes Target Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA06 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Lebanese Internal Security Forces Facility in Kfar Joz
MENA06 May
Israeli Airstrikes Target Southern Lebanon Towns of Kfar Tibnit and Touline
MENA06 May
Israel Deepens Strikes Across Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Exchanges Intensify
MENA06 May
Israeli Airstrike Hits Beirut's Dahieh for First Time Since Ceasefire
MENA06 May
IDF Opens Inquiry After Image Appears to Show Soldier Desecrating Virgin Mary Statue in Southern Lebanon
MENA06 May
Chinese Firms Accused of Shipping Drone Parts to Iran and Russia Despite US Sanctions
MENA05 May
US Air Force transport flights to Middle East fall silent as refuelling missions surge
MENA05 May
US Forces Sink Iranian Boats in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Warns Tehran of "Annihilation"
MENA05 May
US Intelligence Finds Iran War Has Barely Slowed Nuclear Programme
MENA05 May
Trump Tells Iran to 'Wave the White Flag' — But the Calculus in Tehran Is Harder Than It Looks
MENA05 May
Trump Issues Nuclear Ultimatum to Iran as Uranium Dispute Threatens Diplomatic Opening
MENA05 May
Trump's Economic Siege: How Washington Is Weaponising Finance Against Tehran
MENA05 May
Reports Emerge of Missiles Launched From Qeshm Island Toward UAE as Regional Alert Rises
MENA05 May
Madrid Draws the Line on Hormuz: Spain Refuses the Military Option as Iran Tightens Its Grip on the Oil Chokepoint
MENA05 May
Iran Tells Regional Neighbours It Has No Hostility — But US Bases Remain the Red Line
MENA05 May
Oil, Drones, and the Architecture of Evasion: How Iran and Hezbollah Adapt Under Pressure
MENA05 May
Iran Attacks Two US Commercial Ships and Issues Warning to UAE Over American Military Presence
MENA05 May
Hezbollah's Tactical Weather Gambit Exposes Fragility of Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Talks
MENA05 May
Hezbollah Releases Footage of Drone Strike Destroying Israeli Merkava Tank in Southern Lebanon
MENA05 May
Hegseth Declares Iran "Trying to Subjugate the World" as Allies Show Measured Response
MENA05 May
Gaza health crisis deepens as UNRWA documents surge in skin infections across Strip
MENA05 May
Gaza Health Ministry Reports Death Toll Has Reached 72,615 Since October 2023
MENA05 May
French Bulk Carrier Hit by Cruise Missile Off UAE Coast; CBS Cites American Officials
MENA05 May
Former IDF Chief Eisenkot Questions Netanyahu Government's Gaza Strategy
MENA05 May
Bitcoin Reclaims $81K as Iran Strike Tests Crypto's New Risk Architecture
MENA04 May
War Beyond the Battlefield: How US-Iran Hostilities Are Reshaping American Consumer Finance
MENA04 May
Trump Rejects Iran Peace Proposal as Military and Diplomatic Signals Diverge
MENA04 May
Trump Declares Iran's Highly Enriched Uranium a Non-Negotiable Red Line
MENA04 May
Trump Declares Naval Escort Mission for Ships Stranded at Strait of Hormuz
MENA04 May
Trump Declines to Confirm Iran Ceasefire Violated After Strait of Hormuz Strikes Hit UAE
MENA04 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Intensifies
MENA04 May
IRGC releases operational map defining 'controlled zone' in Strait of Hormuz
MENA04 May
Iran Says Its Navy Blocked US Destroyers From Entering Strait of Hormuz
MENA04 May
Iran and Pakistan Foreign Ministers Hold Late-Night Diplomatic Call Amid Regional Tensions
MENA04 May
Iranian Forces Fire Two Missiles at US Naval Vessel Near Strait of Hormuz, State Media Reports
MENA04 May
Iran Claims 'Guardian' Status of Hormuz as Allied Rifts Surface After Strike Wave
MENA04 May
Thirteen Operations in Twenty-Four Hours: Hezbollah Tests the Ceasefire's Remnants
MENA04 May
Hezbollah Deputy Chief Rejects Ceasefire Framework, Declares Resistance Path Unchanged
MENA04 May
Blazes Strike Fujairah Oil Facilities as UAE Issues Air Alert, Three Reported Injured
MENA04 May
Escalation in the Gulf: Iranian Warning Shots and the Fractured Ceasefire Around Hormuz
MENA04 May
Democratic Congressman Rips Trump’s Iran Stance as Economic Folly
MENA04 May
Ceasefire unraveling: Iran warns Gulf states as Israeli intelligence forecasts collapse within hours
MENA03 May
World Press Freedom Day Arrives With Gaza's Journalists at Breaking Point
MENA03 May
US Military Personnel Missing in Morocco as Iran Proposes Peace Talks With Reservations
MENA03 May
Iran-aligned media sees UAE-Israel operational partnership as strategic turning point
MENA03 May
Trump Rejects Iran's Peace Proposal, Warns Military Strikes Remain on the Table
MENA03 May
Trump's Iran Remarks Trace a Logic From Blockade to Bombs
MENA03 May
Trump's Hormuz gambit: hardline rhetoric meets a skeptical market
MENA03 May
Syrian Transitional Government Forces Clash with Suwaydan National Guard Along Highway 109
MENA03 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon Towns as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA03 May
Iran sets one-month deadline for US to lift naval blockade in exchange for partial Hormuz reopening
MENA03 May
Iran Sets One-Month Deadline for US as Strait of Hormuz Becomes Bargaining Chip
MENA03 May
Iran Reviews US Written Response as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
MENA03 May
Iran and Oman Hold Diplomatic Call Amid Regional Realignment Pressures
MENA03 May
Iran's Nobel Laureate Remains in Critical Condition as Regime Signals Ambivalence on Diplomatic Opening
MENA03 May
IDF Uncovers 80-Meter Hezbollah Tunnel in Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Continue
MENA03 May
IDF Destroys Hezbollah Underground Route in Southern Lebanon
MENA03 May
Hamas Decries Israeli Threats as Ceasefire Frays; US and Israel Reject Joint Palestinian Proposal
MENA03 May
Catholic Charity Condemns Israeli Destruction of Lebanon Convent as Operational Confusion Grips Southern Front
MENA02 May
Trump Tells Congress Iran Operation Is Over — and That He Never Needed Them Anyway
MENA02 May
Trump says no early end to Iran war — but US troops remain in place as Congress gets conflicting signals
MENA02 May
Trump Declares Iran Operation 'Terminated,' Sidestepping Congress on 60-Day Deadline
MENA02 May
Trump Calls US Navy 'Pirates' as Satellite Imagery Undermines Iran's Naval Destruction Claims
MENA02 May
Tehran's Post-Ceasefire Reckoning: 673 Infections and the Limits of American Leverage
MENA02 May
Lebanon Conflict Casualties Near 10,700 Dead and Wounded as Health Ministry Revises Toll
MENA02 May
Israeli Military Faces Rising Costs as Lebanon Incursion Stalls and Gaza Siege Deepens
MENA02 May
Israeli Military Frustration Meets $8.6 Billion U.S. Weapons Sale as Lebanon Campaign Strains
MENA02 May
Israeli Artillery Fire Hits Three Towns in Southern Lebanon as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA02 May
Israeli Forces Evacuate Nine Southern Lebanese Towns as Officials Warn of Strategic Entrapment
MENA02 May
Israeli Forces Strike Multiple Targets in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Intensify
MENA02 May
Israeli Air Activity Over Suweida Raises Questions About Shifting Syrian Front Lines
MENA02 May
IRGC Quds Force Commander Labels Convoy Incident 'International Terrorism' in Tense Regional Statement
MENA02 May
Iran's Military Warns War With US Is 'Likely' as Berlin-Washington Rift Over Tehran Deepens
MENA02 May
Iran's Janfada Campaign Crosses 31 Million Participants, Framing It as Cultural Counter-Narrative
MENA02 May
Israeli Forces Deny ICRC Access to Southern Lebanese Villages Amid Escalating Cross-Border Strikes
MENA02 May
Hezbollah Releases Drone Downed Over Lebanon as Ceasefire Tensions Mount
MENA01 May
Washington Abandons Its Gaza Post: What the Mission Closure Reveals About Trump's Peace Blueprint
MENA01 May