As the world chokes under the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz, attention is turning to Libya as a potential savior of global energy security. In principle, Libya’s geographic position ...

In preparation for confronting Kurdish parties, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has, for more than two months, been working to increase the number of its loyal “Muslim Peshmerga” ...

The back-and-forth power grab over Hormuz continues. U.S. forces boarded another tanker carrying oil from Iran, as President Donald Trump claimed that he had requested the U.S. Navy to “shoot and ...

The sight of Lebanese and Israeli officials sitting at the same table for direct negotiations under U.S. sponsorship has ignited a battle in Lebanon under the headline: abolishing the Israel ...

Saudi Arabia’s shift toward the Red Sea was not an emergency decision imposed by current conditions in the Strait of Hormuz. Rather, it is an extension of a long trajectory that began taking shape ...

The renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz, amid the war between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, has revived longstanding questions in the Gulf about alternative ...

With the start of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, and Iran subsequently launching missile and drone attacks on Gulf countries, many social media users shared and reposted ...

Kataib Hezbollah abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson, a long-time reporter on Iraq and Syria. A few days later, ...

Sudanese refugee Mahasin Ali captures part of the paradox experienced by thousands of refugees in Egypt. She told Alhurra that she receives 3,040 Egyptian pounds per month—about $58—from the ...

Relations between Washington and Baghdad could suffer if actors tied to the Iraqi government persist in backing Iran-aligned armed factions, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday in a statement ...

For the first time since the outbreak of the war with Iran, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is openly discussing the possibility of providing “financial assistance” to the United ...

A three-page deal is on the table in Islamabad. And while the world watches that room, Washington has quietly begun dismantling its relationship with Baghdad. Dollar shipments to Iraq’s ...