Sudan

Hezbollah at War: What Comes Next for Lebanon and the Region

Iraq’s Emboldened Terror Groups

Shelly Kittleson, an American journalist, was kidnapped off the streets of Baghdad on March 31 and is now a bargaining chip for the militia that took her. It’s a tragedy on replay....

The Broken Promise of the Panama Papers, Ten Years On

The scandal thrust financial secrecy into the spotlight. Why is dirty money still such a big problem?

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

Why Do We Allow Iran into American Classrooms?

Second graders are learning that non-Muslims are “the worst of all creatures” at the Brighter Horizons Academy near Dallas, Texas, according to a recent report by the Middle East Forum. The curriculum...

Iranian-backed militias escalate attacks in Iraq, send mixed signals on next steps

Iranian-backed militias have continued to carry out dozens of attacks in Iraq over the past week, including targeting the US Embassy in Baghdad and the United Arab Emirates consulate in...

Blacklisting the Brotherhood

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...

US condemns Iranian and militia attacks in Iraq amid unclaimed airstrikes on Tehran-backed militias

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned terrorist attacks by Iran and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq in a call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani on March 9. The call took...

Washington Intensifies Pressure on Muslim Brotherhood Networks

It has become clear that the White House intends to sustain pressure on violent islamist networks operating across the Middle East and beyond. On March 9, the United States Department of State announced...

Sudan’s Armed Forces Arrest Commander Aligned With Muslim Brotherhood Over Support for Iran

Sudan has arrested the commander of an armed Islamist group for pledging to fight on behalf of Iran’s clerical regime. Sudanese Islamist leader Al-Naji Abdullah appeared in military uniform on March...

Burhan Rejects President Trump’s Plan to End the War in Sudan

The plan calls for an immediate truce between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, permanent ceasefire, civilian-led political transition in Sudan, and sustained humanitarian access.

5,000 Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria, will face investigations

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has facilitated the transfer of around 5,000 Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq, according to Iraqi media reports on February 11. The US began the...

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies: Academic Veneer Normalizing Terrorism

Is Al Jazeera  using its “academic” arm, the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS), to normalize Hamas’s atrocities, while hiding behind the veneer of a purportedly rigorous research institution?...

Sudanese Army Breaks Key Siege as U.S. Leads Humanitarian Aid Push

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...

Why Is Saudi Arabia Abandoning Peace?

In the last few months, Riyadh has turned away from US-aligned partners in the Middle East.

The mission behind Trump’s Board of Peace is simple — and critics keep getting it wrong

President Trump is making big moves the world over. From nabbing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to threatening the conquest of Greenland to pushing for a Ukraine-Russia cease-fire,...

The Middle East’s Top Challenges in 2026

The collapse of Iran’s regional influence in 2025 has opened up a new spectrum of potential conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon that will define 2026.

The persistence of Israel’s ‘Periphery Doctrine’

The burgeoning relationship between Somaliland and Israel proves that the Jewish state is not hated and isolated in the region, despite the neighboring cluster of authoritarian states insisting otherwise.

Iran’s New IRGC Deputy Chief Is Responsible for American, Iranian, and Israeli Deaths

Ahmad Vahidi, a veteran of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was named its deputy commander on December 31, 2025, by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The IRGC was established in 1979...

From ‘Victory Only’ to Checkmate: Sudan’s Islamists Face Global Rejection

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — consisting of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait — has formally endorsed the U.S.-led vision for ending Sudan’s devastating...