The least that can be said about the US strikes on Iranian targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation to the killing of three American troops is that what is happening in our region – whether carried out by Iran and its militias, or American responses – is depletion and undermining. Is it…

All talk now is focused on the nature of the expected US response to Iran, in the wake of the killing of three US soldiers on the Jordanian border by an Iranian militia drone. Will it be an effective reaction or just a formal one? Republicans are demanding a harsh response, and within Iran itself. …

Anyone contemplating the scene in the region - and let us imagine, dear reader, the following image: Israel continues to strike Gaza and Hamas, and targets the Iranian militias in Syria and Lebanon, while Iranian militias continue to attack the Americans in Iraq and Syria through the Houthis. This…

The region was spared a real catastrophe, but only temporarily, when both Pakistan and Iran were content with mutual strikes on the borders of the two countries, after the unprecedented attack carried out by Tehran on the Pakistani border. The Iranian assault on Pakistani territory almost led to a…

In 2009, the Iraqi Prime Minister at the time, Nouri al-Maliki, called on the Security Council to investigate Syria's role in the bombings of "Bloody Wednesday." He accused the Damascus regime of harboring Baathists and terrorists targeting Iraq. Now, in 2024, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry has…

The US-British strikes on the Houthis in response to their disruption of maritime navigation were predictable and inevitable. Rather, they had been so since the Houthis took control of Sanaa and insisted on behaving like a militia, not a political party that shares power with others, like the other…

Since the outbreak of its war on Gaza, Israel has killed about 139 Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon. Israel's targeting of Hezbollah members is not new; they have regularly come under fire on Syrian territory. Now, things are changing, especially after the Israeli war on Gaza. Israel is…

The region and international community are confronted with a long overdue appointment: The confrontation of the militias that have led to the collapse of several Arab countries. Now, these militias are threatening the international community by obstructing international marine navigation,…

Israel’s escalating attacks on Syrian territory are not an extension of its consistent attacks, rather, they are part of the Israelis’ preparations for a new war on Lebanon, which could either be launched during its war on Gaza or immediately afterward. The name of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard…

The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan declared that the “security of marine navigation in the Red Sea is indivisible from the national security of the two countries.” The truth is it is indivisible from the security of the entire region and international marine navigation and therefore, the…