A silent threat is lurking within the bustling vegetable markets of Iraqi Kurdistan. Public health specialists, including the World Health Organization (WHO), are sounding the alarm that the semi-auto...

The story: Iranian media report that Israel tried and failed to eliminate the heads of Iran’s three branches of power during the recent war. This has raised further questions about the level of Israel...

The story: US President Donald Trump says three key nuclear facilities in Iran have been “obliterated,” while threatening more strikes “if peace does not come quickly.” This comes as Amwaj.media has l...

The nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, which have taken place in Muscat and Rome under Omani auspices, are “reassuring” to Russia, which has high stakes in the outcome and seeks to cons...

The story: Iran's supreme leader has moved to placate both critics and supporters of diplomacy with the United States. In doing so, he is notably echoing discourse of “heroic flexibility” which he dep...

The story: Kata'ib Hezbollah has categorically denied claims that it, alongside other major Iraqi Shiite armed groups, is prepared to disarm. This follows a report by the Reuters news agency alleging ...

The story: Logistical bottlenecks have postponed expert-level talks between Iran and the US due to take place in Oman, Amwaj.media has learned. A senior delegation led by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minist...

The story: Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman (KbS) has become the highest-ranking Saudi official to visit Iran since Riyadh and Tehran restored relations in 2023. He is also the first senior Saudi of...

A carefully orchestrated diplomatic encounter in Doha has brought together Syria’s President Ahmad Al-Sharaa and Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ Al-Sudani, their first meeting since the fall of th...

The story: Iraq is grappling with a looming financial crisis as global oil prices hover around 60 USD per barrel, driven by US President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariff campaign. With approximately 90% ...

Almost two years after her abduction by armed allies of Iran in Iraq, there are indications of light at the end of the tunnel for Princeton University researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov. Strictly speaking o...

The new Syrian administration’s Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra, and intelligence chief Anas Khattab last week paid their first official visit to the United Arab ...

Just as people began gathering in Erbil’s Dream City for their final Ramadhan meal one evening in early April, a man shot and killed his estranged wife on a busy road outside the upscale development. ...

The foreign policy of Bahrain frequently follows in the footsteps of Abu Dhabi’s leadership. As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first Gulf Arab state to accede to the BRICS+ group of cou...

The story: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the United States, Israel and a “neighboring state” of having plotted the overthrow of former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad. This...

In the midst of the dramatic events in Syria, one of the debates that have emerged in Tehran pertains to whether post-Assad Syria will ever repay the debt to Iran that has accumulated over the past 14...

The sudden downfall of Bashar Al-Assad has raised a number of questions about the thinking and roles of his supporters. First and foremost, Russia—the most powerful foreign ally of the Syrian governme...

The sudden downfall of Bashar Al-Assad has raised a number of questions about the thinking and roles of his supporters. First and foremost, Russia—the most powerful foreign ally of the Syrian governme...

The story: In the wake of former Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad’s downfall, Iraqi Shiite political elites are now coming to terms with a radical shift in the region’s balance of power. The divergent po...