Recent moves by Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Imam Ali expose a growing inconsistency in U.S. policy toward Iranian-backed armed groups in Iraq and Lebanon. By Hussain Abdul-Hussain Map of Iraq Iraq's Militias Begin Surrendering Their Weapons Two of Iraq's most powerful Iran-backed militias, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Imam Ali, recently agreed to place their weapons under state authority, marking the most significant step yet toward dismantling Tehran's network of armed prox

While Saudi Arabia pushes forward with Vision 2030 at home, its tactical alliances in Yemen and Sudan risk sparking a dangerous Muslim Brotherhood revival abroad. Discover why Mohammed bin Salman's foreign policy contradictions might ultimately threaten his entire modernization project.

From Gaza to Jenin, voters are signaling frustration with Hamas, Fatah, and the old Palestinian political order By Samer Sinijlawi AI generated image of the logos of Hamas and Fatah with a background photo For the first time in Gaza, power has been transferred from Hamas to a newly elected municipal council in Deir al-Balah. There were no declarations about reconciliation, no dramatic negotiations, and no political theater surrounding the handover. It happened quietly: a ball

Sudan, Sanctions, and the Geography of Strategic Insurance AI generated photo of a map By Suzan Quitaz Iran's expanding footprint around the Red Sea is often read as an extension of its proxy strategy — opportunistic expansion into weak states and contested maritime corridors. That framing is not wrong, but it is incomplete. What is taking shape is something more structurally significant: a deliberate effort, driven by decades of sanctions pressure, to circumvent logistics co

AI generated image with the flags of Iran, Israel and the U.S. By most measures, the current U.S.–Israel war with Iran is not over—but it may be at halftime, or perhaps entering the fourth quarter. After five weeks of intense fighting, both sides have paused—and for now, the pause appears likely to hold. Like any contest at halftime, the question is not who has won, but how to read the score—and what it suggests about the second half. The war that began on February 28 with su