At least 117 journalists and media workers have fled Yemen’s western coastal city of Mocha and surrounding areas after Houthi forces advanced into the region, with many leaving their homes, workplaces and
Commercial shipping through two of the world’s most strategically important maritime chokepoints declined sharply on Wednesday, according to shipping data, highlighting the continued disruption to regional trade routes amid escalating conflict in
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The Middle East’s War widens! Did Iran’s attack on Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta, prompt the US to return to war with Iran? Did Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) drone attack cause
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The United States has completed its 11th consecutive day of military strikes against Iran as the cost of the conflict climbed to $37.5 billion, while the Trump administration moved to deepen strategic
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Iran has announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after a maritime confrontation involving a vessel that Tehran said had violated navigation rules, triggering a fresh escalation in the Gulf as
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No one thought that Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel would lead to the horizontal expansion of a war. The West Asian geopolitical architecture stands on cosmic stories. Palestine has been
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Around one-fifth of the world’s oil consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making it the most strategically important maritime chokepoint on the planet. For decades, its significance has rested on a
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Deep in the mountains of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, close to the Iranian border, a weapons factory established nearly a decade ago has emerged as the focus of an extensive investigation linking illicit
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Thousands of mourners gathered in Mashhad late into Thursday for the burial of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with funeral ceremonies marked by calls for revenge and opposition to any compromise
More With missiles flying again and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral underway, President Trump has declared the ceasefire “over.” Still, the real question is whether Iran can actually afford to walk away from the
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For years, Uyghur fighters arrived in Syria through conflict routes stretching from Central Asia to the Turkish-Syrian border, joining armed opposition groups battling the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Many
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In the early weeks of war, one of the Persian Gulf’s most critical maritime arteries quietly became the stage for an extraordinary experiment in modern energy logistics. Just weeks into the conflict,
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Hamas is expected to announce that it will dissolve its governing structure in the Gaza Strip, according to a report by the Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, which cited two sources within the
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As negotiations over the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran continue, experts say Tehran’s reliance on proxy groups is expected to remain central to its regional and global strategy, underscoring
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New negotiations between the United States and Iran have begun to address Iran’s nuclear program. Further correspondence, talks, and sanctions-related understandings have been established, with a 60-day window to negotiate a broader
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The planned signing of a formal agreement between the United States and Iran to confirm a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz was delayed Friday after a new Israeli offensive in
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