Calls for release of six Matsadaash staff after one is charged, while whereabouts of other five remain unknown

There remains an opportunity for the group to play a positive and honest role in American politics.

The U.S. began bombing Yemen’s Houthis in 2025 despite concern over weapons stocks and unclear goals. The Iran-backed group is still bedeviling the region.

Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan are drawing closer as their separate disputes with Ethiopia increasingly converge amid renewed war in Tigray.

A large plume of smoke ​and fire was seen rising ‌in the vicinity of an Aramco facility in Riyadh on Saturday, a ​witness told Reuters.

In this research note, we examine the digital infrastructure of BlackCore, an Israeli influence-for-hire company. We describe how we identified a BlackCore campaign consisting of a training program pr...

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The war in Ethiopia and its crimes against civilians

New, open access piece in Global Labour Journal out today.

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, with options being considered including a coastal push to secure the Red Sea shipping route or an assault on multip...

Air strikes and difficult terrain have prevented the Houthis from turning coastal gains into a wider breakthrough.

Oil, gas and fuel prices are central to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, with Washington striving to lower them and Tehran to keep them high. With both sides determined to prevail, five market-shaping ...

The long read: The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?

UC asked a federal judge to throw out the DOJ's Title VI lawsuit accusing UCLA of ignoring antisemitism, calling the case political coercion.

At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.

The deployments come as President Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midterms.

The UAE shares no border with Sudan and faces no refugee crisis from its war. It has only an interest in the country’s gold, ports, and in making sure a popular revolution doesn’t spread.

Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire

The Israeli military has built new outposts and slowly encroached beyond the withdrawal line in Gaza. These are signs its troops may be preparing to stay for the time being.

After two decades, American military forces formally withdrew from the battered nation. Our correspondent was there from the beginning.

مشـروع الذاكـرةً السـورية هـو مشـروع علمـي بحثـي أنشـأه المركـز العربي للأبحـاث ودراسـة السياسـات في نهاية عـام 2018، بهـدفِ بناءِ أرشـيف موثّوق وشـامل للأحـداث منـذ انـدلاع الثـورةً السـورية في آذار/...

Islamic Jihad and Hamas have agreed to form an electoral coalition with a former top Fatah official who is close to the United Arab Emirates.

Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Islamist government has overhauled Assad’s protectionist model and exposed businesses to foreign competition

An Iraqi demand that tens of thousands of militants turn in their weapons falls short in a conflict fed by America’s war with Iran.

Long a fixture of Syria policy writing, the metaphor has found a new political use under the Syrian authorities.

Iraqi fuel trucks are loading gasoline at a Syrian port to meet surging global energy demand as the critical Strait of Hormuz remains closed and mediators work with Iran and the United States to end t...

The Italian newspaper Il Foglio reported that the meeting took place in Abu Dhabi during the Israeli prime minister's visit to the UAE

Why America and Iran fight on without victory.

YouTube video by Sadat Chair at UMD