While pursuing cost-effective security engagement in fragile states, the United States should consider NATO’s mission in Iraq ...

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London: Iran’s sway over Iraq’s Shiite political landscape is weakening as the Najaf religious establishment, led by Cleric Ali al-Sistani, asserts greater influence, challenging Tehran’s efforts to ...

The end of the liberal world order is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in conference rooms and university lecture halls ...

Rarely in modern history has a military offensive been as loudly and persistently foreshadowed as the June 2025 Israeli and ...

Assad’s rule in late 2024 did not mark the end of Syria’s fragmentation. Instead, it ushered in a new cycle of decentralized ...

The war that erupted after the Hamas-led massacre of October 7, 2023, has become the most transformative conflict in the ...

Hezbollah's propaganda training of Hamas included how to counter the Israeli narrative, how to train social media influencers ...

Recent drone attacks in Kurdistan are once again bringing the issue of Iraq’s Iran-backed militias to the fore.

Mission Support Site Green Village, H2 and Mission Support Site Euphrates, sometimes referred to as the Conoco gas field.

The Lebanese government is expected to discuss Hezbollah's disarmament on Tuesday, facing pressure from the United States to ...

Despite the Iraqi Parliament officially acknowledging ISIS's crimes, no formal steps have been taken to recognize the events as genocide under international law. For Sliwa and many others in the ...