Riyadh is running out of options, and more importantly, it is running out of time. In less than two weeks, Iran and its proxy militia in Yemen have effectively checkmated Saudi Arabia by severing...
*This article was originally published in French In Europe, and especially in France, the verdict seems to be in. The United States, we are told, has pursued a strategy toward Iran that is as brutal...
Turkey has emerged as one of the leading patrons of Syria’s new government under President Ahmad al-Sharaa, following the December 2024 fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Ankara had built ties with...
America’s leaders refuse to do their homework
For months, Cairo watched Iran’s regional campaign from the sidelines. Now, the war appears to have reached Egypt. On July 29, a drone struck the Egyptian port city of Damietta, damaging a U.S. gas...
Hamas claimed on July 6 it was ready to transfer authority and dissolve its government in Gaza. The announcement appeared to be in line with the US-brokered ceasefire that envisions...
Sudan’s civil war, now in its fourth year, has become one of Africa’s first drone wars. Yet the drones dominating this battlefield are overwhelmingly foreign. From approximately 3,000 miles away,...
The US-backed peace plan for Gaza has continued to progress slowly, though ceasefire talks held in Cairo in the first week and a half of June appeared to stall over the issue of Hamas’s disarmament,...
The case for suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement on grounds of human rights is a powerful argument – as long as one doesn't look at what else Europe is doing in the region
On the third anniversary of Sudan’s war, the bloody fight is turning into the scene for proxy fights between the likes of Iran, Russia, and other global bad actors.
Amid intensifying great-power competition, Egypt is no longer hedging quietly between the United States and its rivals. On April 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Egyptian Foreign Minister...
The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...
When the United States and Israel began Operation Epic Fury early on February 28, Egypt remained conspicuously quiet. The hesitation reflected Egypt’s competing pressures: a strategic partnership with...
The second convening of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington on February 19 was intended to highlight progress toward a post-war vision for Gaza. The event featured detailed presentations...
Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to hold accountable those who persecute Christians around the world, American allies continue to test the administration’s resolve. On January 28,...
A military breakthrough by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has ended the years-long siege of Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan state. Isolated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias...
The US-backed ceasefire plan in Gaza entered a new phase on January 14. On January 16, the White House announced the establishment of a National Committee for the Administration of...
For more than a decade, Washington avoided a definitive judgment about the Muslim Brotherhood. That changed on January 13 when the U.S. State and Treasury departments designated three Muslim Brotherhood...