Iranian strikes on data centers in the Gulf states have spotlighted possible vulnerabilities in the U.S. government’s effort to foster American AI investments there and draw the region away from ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi returned from Washington without the message he had hoped to deliver to Tehran. But he returned with enough encouragement to keep trying to bridge the ...

Jordanians are watching an “extraterritorial war” between the United States and Iran unfold on their territory, amid growing expectations that fighting will resume after the collapse ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun appealed for U.S. support for the Lebanese army during a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, while also warning of the political risks ...

The Lebanese army is operating in the pilot zones in southern Lebanon under three strict self-imposed restrictions that significantly limit its ability to ...

I arrived in Beirut around ten in the evening. Rafik Hariri International Airport, small by international standards, was packed with travelers: Lebanese returning temporarily from the diaspora, ...

Washington is betting that Israel can begin its promised withdrawal from southern Lebanon and hand over the fight against Hezbollah to the Lebanese army, even if the U.S.-Iran peace framework ...

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Three sources within Iraq’s ruling Shiite Coordination Framework said Iran reacted with broad concern after Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi met with U.S. President Donald Trump in ...

The United States will continue its military strikes against Iran despite ongoing talks between the two countries, a White House official told MBN, underscoring the Trump administration’s ...

Iran has instructed its Houthi allies in Yemen to prepare to disrupt oil tanker traffic through the Red Sea if the United States targets Iran’s power grid or energy infrastructure, raising ...

The rifle resting against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s podium was never just a weapon. It was a symbol of the Islamic Republic itself—a visual fusion of religious authority and military power ...