“Tactical poverty” is what Russians are calling the belt-tightening measures Russian companies have been compelled to impose amid poor economic indicators for 2026. According to the Russian business...
In the wake of intense fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian government forces, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi ordered the withdrawal of his personnel from contested areas...
If he doesn’t want an all-expenses-paid trip to the United States in the middle of the night, Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello needs to better hew to the U.S. line, the Trump administration...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rotated two brigades out of Gaza in late December, replacing them with new units. The switch occurred as the IDF continues to deal with securing the...
The waters off the shores of President Nicolas Maduro’s Bolivarian Republic are getting choppy for the dictator. After the U.S. Coast Guard seized the Skipper, a Venezuelan supertanker, on December 10,...
China's Auto Threat to America
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, the research arm of Qatar’s state-backed media giant, co-hosted an academic conference last week in Qatar’s Education City that whitewashed Hamas’s October 7, 2023,...
On November 29, members of Suwayda’s National Guard, a militia affiliated with Druze spiritual leader Hikmat al Hijri that describes itself as the “official military institution that represents...
Hamas rejected a resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on November 17 that endorsed key aspects of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the...
Al Jazeera’s leadership shake-up has been in the headlines. Will its new executives direct the Qatari state-funded media arm to cease its cozy relationship with Hamas? Allegations have been swirling...
In a meeting no one could have predicted just a year ago, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on November 10. It will be the first time a Syrian...
The US is seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza “aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force,”...
On November 6, Reuters reported that “The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an air base in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering...
Working to reestablish the caliphate for almost a century
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues his campaign to expand Turkey’s influence across the Middle East. Last week, he wrapped up a rapid tour of Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman, aiming to secure...
The Trump administration imposed sweeping new measures targeting Russia’s two biggest oil companies on October 22. The sanctions apply to Rosneft and Lukoil, along with 34 of their subsidiaries, and...