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The Israeli military said on Monday it seized two people it said were approaching an army outpost in an area of southern Syria it has occupied since the overthrow of president Bashar al-Assad.

With gasoline prices rising and tensions with Iran escalating, the conflict is becoming a key issue ahead of the November 3 U.S. midterm elections, as Washington weighs renewed military action while diplomatic efforts stall.

Yemen's Houthis warned airlines on Monday that Saudi airspace was unsafe for civilian flights, the group's Saba news agency reported, after the Saudi-led coalition said it had joined a counteroffensive announced by Yemen's internationally recognized government.

President Donald Trump framed his rejection of the Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the American blockade by implying that he is in no hurry to reach an undesirable agreement. In other words, he will not fall into the trap of the memorandum of understanding he signed in June…

Yemen's leader has announced the start of a new military operation to retake all territory held by the Houthis, even as the group made fresh gains on the ground, effectively encircling a government-held city.

A Lebanese diplomat reveals that a meeting was held between him and U.S. diplomats about two months after the election of President Joseph Aoun and the formation of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government. They told him that the international force in southern Lebanon would end its mission at the end of 2025, as Lebanon now…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel on Sunday, after an attempt by an Omani co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound plane from Dubai.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have chosen to navigate their competitive relationship and avoid a collision that both could provoke, and neither could guarantee to contain the repercussions of. Washington's warm reception of its Chinese guest does not signal the birth of a new strategic partnership. The outcome of the …

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that there was no military solution to his country's conflict with the United States, with talks on ending the war apparently at an impasse.

After military escalation failed to secure a decisive political outcome, Washington shifted toward diplomacy, leaving both the U.S. and Iran facing heavy costs. Donald Trump does not change his strategy in dealing with Iran and its groups, and it seems he currently has no other options after the direct war experience: the highest levels of…

Claims by Yemen's Houthis to have attacked Riyadh are "misleading", the Saudi-led coalition battling the group said, after an AFP journalist saw flames at an oil facility near the Saudi capital.

Geography is not merely a collection of lines on a map, nor are seas simply blue expanses separating one landmass from another. There are places in the world whose narrow passages hold the fate of entire countries, peoples, and economies. The Bab el-Mandeb is one of those rare places that may seem small in size,…

UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive.

Iran uses its 'party' and its weaponry and slogans of 'resistance' and 'defiance' to consolidate the influence it has invested in at Lebanon's expense and against the will of all community components.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Friday that Israel would impose a "very heavy price" on any power behind the flydubai incident, without offering evidence that any country was responsible.

Two years after the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the party’s remaining military capabilities are only part of the story. The deeper challenge lies in the mounting crises facing its own people after the wars of support for Gaza and Iran.

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British maritime agency said Friday, in the latest threat to shipping in the waterway.

The difference between the Lebanese banking sector and the Arab banking sector is that the former is privately owned, while governments own most of the institutions in the latter. Three months before the parliamentary elections held in two rounds between August and September 2000, Dr. Joseph Torbey, then Chairman and General Manager of Bank of…

U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Iran will be "hit very hard" if it is found to be linked to a pilot's attack on a flydubai flight to Israel.

Countries that face their mistakes can correct them, while those that scapegoat others might temporarily win the narrative battle but lose the future war. In the management of states and crises, failure isn’t always due to a lack of resources or weak capabilities, but can begin with the inability to diagnose the problem. When institutions…

A senior UAE official said Friday that the incident aboard a flydubai flight to Israel this week was a "terrorist act", praising the captain who helped stop the plane from crashing after he was attacked by his co-pilot.

The reality of negotiations between warring enemies has never been surprising, as it is a historical reality that has accompanied the lifespan of humanity, the emergence of states, and the outbreak of wars. The annual gathering of the United Nations General Assembly in its regular session, the largest diplomatic demonstration bringing together worl…

The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday it was probing a possible "terrorist" link to an apparent attack by a pilot on board a flight to Israel that saw passengers reroute the plane to stop it from crashing.

The current US-Iran conflict has almost been reduced to a battle over oil. Oil now takes precedence over other fundamental issues that led to the US-Israeli war on Iran about seven months ago, including the nuclear program, ballistic missiles, regime change, and cutting off the support Tehran provides to its regional allies. US President Donald…

Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said Thursday that the flydubai co-pilot, suspected of an attack stopped by the captain and passengers on a flight bound for Israel, has been transferred from the kingdom to the United Arab Emirates.

As diplomatic efforts struggle to secure international backing and UNIFIL’s departure draws closer, Lebanon faces mounting pressure over the future of the south and the terms of any potential security arrangements.

The identity and motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously and forcing it to land in Saudi Arabia, remained unknown on Thursday as investigators raced to learn more.

Washington should tie further military aid to the Lebanese Army’s performance in disarming Hezbollah. The only way to dismantle Hezbollah is to create the right incentives for the Lebanese government. That is the view of…

Saudi Arabia turned down multiple requests by Israel to send its own planes to retrieve passengers from a diverted flydubai flight, a Saudi source with knowledge of the matter told AFP Thursday.

Leaked details raise questions over political pressure, judicial independence and the fate of a case that has shaken Lebanon for six years In light of the importance of Attorney General Mohammad Saab finalizing the Public…

The identity and motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously and forcing it to land in Saudi Arabia, remained unknown on Thursday as investigators raced to learn more.

The controversy that erupted during the latest Cabinet session over the fifth item on the agenda, concerning the Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry’s proposal to establish a European civilian and military mission in Lebanon, has this time opened an official and public debate over the future of the international presence in Lebanon once UNIFIL…

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday he would present "heroism" awards to four Israelis who helped overpower a flydubai co-pilot and prevented him from crashing the plane they were on.

No matter what is said in criticism of the performance of the deputies in Parliament this week, it remains little compared with the poor behavior and childish reactions on display. A deputy tells a female deputy, “Be polite and behave.” It reminded me of teachers from the 1960s! A deputy accuses another by saying, “You…

A passenger on a rerouted flydubai flight that was bound for Tel Aviv said one of the pilots tried to crash the plane and kill everyone on board, after both pilots were found to be wounded on landing in Saudi Arabia.

One answer is repeated by American President Donald Trump when asked about Iran: "The war is about to end soon, just before or after the midterm elections in November, because the Iranians want to make a deal, and we have heard that from them directly." It has become clear that this is a refrain, similar…

Iraqi armed factions backed by Tehran said Wednesday that they were "not bound by any timeline or agreement" to surrender their weapons to the state, as the government seeks to disarm them under mounting U.S. pressure.

Ending one war could help bring the other to an end, while easing pressure on energy markets and reducing the risk of wider conflicts. The growing interconnectedness between the wars in Ukraine and Iran is no longer a secret. And it is not only the oil market that is driving this connection. A number of…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that one of the pilots of a flydubai plane bound for Tel Aviv had planned to crash it and kill its mostly Israeli passengers, who stopped a "major disaster."

The conditions laid out by Iranian National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei stem from the shift in the balance of power in the Red Sea following the Houthis’ takeover of the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the expansion of their attacks on oil facilities and infrastructure in several Saudi cities, including Riyadh, he said in an…

A plane heading to Tel Aviv from Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after one of the pilots allegedly tried to crash the plane and kill everyone onboard.

The conference offered an opportunity to secure a clear roadmap for international support, but neither a firm commitment nor a date for the decisive conference materialized. The key distinction about the conference in support of the Lebanese Army, held in Paris last week, is that, unlike all previous conferences, it was chaired directly by French…

The emergency landing Wednesday of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight was due to a "terrorist" who wanted to crash the plane and kill Israelis, Israel's far-right national security minister said.

Israel announced on Thursday, September 10, that it had destroyed a network of tunnels belonging to Hezbollah beneath the Ali al-Taher Heights. It said the network extends for more than 2 kilometers and includes command posts and weapons depots. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Friday, September 11, that his forces had seized la…

Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad group have agreed to form an unlikely electoral coalition with a former top Fatah official who has close ties to the United Arab Emirates, Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, Palestinian officials told The Associated Press.

The call for peace with Israel, during a moment of crisis in Lebanon, seems to some like a discovery of salvation. Lebanese groups are enthusiastically promoting this slogan, defending it with arguments ranging from the desire to end wars, to economic openness, cultural interaction, and even the wish for Lebanon to become part of a…

Iranian authorities said on Wednesday they received the formal U.S. response to their proposal to end the Middle East war, state media reported, days after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the plan.

A two-day parliamentary questioning session exposed the tensions surrounding Lebanon’s political system, from government accountability to Hezbollah’s place within the state. If most Lebanese, as is likely, did not dedicate any time to following two…