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The Middle East’s Top Challenges in 2026

The fall of Iran’s regional influence has opened up a new range of potential conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon that will ...
President Donald Trump weighed responses to a violent crackdown on protests that have posed one of the biggest challenges to ...
The MEMRI JTTM team reported on an AI-generated video released by Hizbullah showing a burning White House and connecting the ...
As Iran’s crisis deepens, another question is quietly emerging in Washington: are Tehran’s key partners starting to step back? We asked our great-power competition experts Min Mitchell, who tracks ...
Palestinian athletes have excelled locally, regionally—through participation in the Arab Games and Arab championships—and ...
Iran launched over 300 drones and missiles at Israel, marking the first direct clash between the two nations. But this strike was just the tip of the iceberg. Behind it lies a massive web of proxy ...
Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy as it ...
Dr. Rashad al-Alimi said on Sunday that his country has entered a new decisive phase in restoring state institutions and ...
Iran says it is ready to negotiate with the US after President Donald Trump said Tehran had called his administration to negotiate. Follow for live updates ...
More than 2,500 buildings have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, according to a New York Times analysis.