The protests in Iran could have a sweeping effect in a region already jolted by historic changes over the past year. Four CFR ...
Since Ahmed al-Sharaa assumed the presidency in Syria in January 2025, relations between Egypt and Syria have been marked by coolness and caution. Cairo has attentively followed developments in ...
A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there. The Arab ...
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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 ...
The path to Caracas – and potentially next to Colombia, Cuba, and Greenland, other targets of Donald Trump’s colonial greed – was paved in Gaza ...
Mid-January usually passes quietly in Washington. This year it didn’t. Between January 13 and 15, President Donald Trump openly threatened military action against Iran, where the violent ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Yemeni man walks past buildings damaged or destroyed during the civil war, in Aden, Yemen, on October 26, 2024. - Amr ...
The Middle East is on track for a high renewable energy growth rate just as the United Arab Emirates announces an ...
Analysis of the Board of Peace proposal, its Gaza focus, funding model, and potential impact on United Nations authority and ...
For more than a decade, war has ravaged the Middle East. From Syria to Lebanon, Israel to Gaza, hundreds of thousands have been killed or wounded. After so much bloodletting, the region now stands at ...