Asharq Al Awsat Iran has come under bombardment, faced the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions, and seen its economy sink deeper into crisis this year.An analysis published by the AP points to ...
The Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA), formalizes the two countries’ military relations, committing them to mutual defence. Any act of aggression against one of the signatories is to be ...
When President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal in his first term, The New York Times predicted catastrophe.
The September 1977 to August 1981 entry on Kevin Hermening’s LinkedIn profile dramatically downplays an event during his ...
Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security chief, criticized Trump and signaled Tehran’s hardline stance amid nuclear tensions.
By leveraging its historical ties with Gulf states and maintaining discreet communication with multiple stakeholders, ...
Donald Trump said he had direct veto power over Israel’s military strikes following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks ...
Opinion

Sound Off: October 24, 2025

You have to remember that everything President Trump does is a transaction and nothing else. He’s going after Venezuela for one reason only: Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves. That’s it.
Javed Ali, associate professor of practice at the Ford School for Public Policy, and H.R. McMaster, who served as the 25th ...
Editorial: Donald Trump’s approach to negotiation has long been dismissed as brash and clumsy. After the ceasefire deal in ...
Even if the Gaza war ends, the campaign to delegitimize Israel and cast it as a pariah state akin to South Africa will surge ...
The Middle East remains a violent place with Islamist forces warring against the Judeo-Christian rooted West, even as a ...