Welcome to our live blog providing real-time updates and insights from West Asia. Follow the latest developments shaping the ...

For 12 days in June, Israel and Iran engaged in an intense exchange of fire. Now that a fragile ceasefire has been called, ...

President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that would have ...

The MENA Energy Recap is a quarterly review of key energy developments that took place in the region from April through June of 2025 and what they signal in the months ahead. The Recap views these ...

Trillion-dollar tax cuts for billionaires don’t pay for themselves, so President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress decided that the MAGA faithful – and their descendants – could show their ...

Hammer, intended to cripple Iran's nuclear program, achieved less than initially claimed. A recent US intelligence assessment reveals that only one of the three targeted facilities was severely ...

“The drone attacks in Kurdish energy sites grew out of a sequence of drone attacks since 19 June on Kurdish security forces, ...

When Hamas launched its October 7, 2023 terror attack, with the support of its Iranian patron, its goal was not just to ...

Israel will boost defense expenditure by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) over the next two years to meet the costs of last ...

Pakistan has closed its border with Iran, disrupting the inflow of fuel and the export of fish, dealing a double blow to ...

While Israel’s unprecedented move to classify the Central Bank of Iran as a terrorist organization may prove an effective ...

President Donald Trump hosted a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between Israel and Syria renewed doubts about his pledge to impose peace on ...