Benjamin Netanyahu escalates military action in Lebanon to preserve his fragile coalition and sabotage a pending U.S.-Iran deal that excludes Israel.
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UAE warns it may use yuan for oil if dollar access fails. Not financial distress—political leverage after absorbing Iranian missile barrages.
Facing a 95% reduction in Israeli gas and a Qatari LNG crisis, Egypt maneuvers as an indispensable but financially desperate mediator.
Kurdistan is the Bermuda Triangle of international politics; U.S. policy is trapped by its own contradictions.
A $35 billion gas deal is signed, but a summit is impossible; Sisi refuses to legitimize Netanyahu after Gaza.