Syria orchestrates local legislative ballots across Kurdish areas while cooperating with the OPCW to extract legacy chemical munitions stockpiles.
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Muqtada al Sadr has announced the strategic dissolution of Saraya al Salam, shifting structural leverage away from autonomous armed proxy networks in Iraq.
Syria’s new government appointments reveal an Idlib-dominated staffing strategy that prioritizes revolutionary loyalty over broad-based technocratic reform.
The Iran silver bullet remains a delusion. Chasing this mythical shortcut has sabotaged ceasefires and strengthened Tehran instead of defeating it.
A prime minister without a programme, a cabinet without consensus, and a state without accountability. Iraq’s politics remain unfixable.
As kinetic border operations escalate, the high-stakes Lebanon-Israel talks strive to balance sovereign defense mechanisms against deep structural paralysis.
Trump’s missions across Iran, China, Russia, and trade remain unaccomplished as 2026 exposes widening gaps between rhetoric and strategic outcomes.
Tehran’s Iran’s new air defence strategy, blending passive sensors and loitering munitions, has downed U.S. aircraft and reshaped Gulf military calculations.
turkey’s proposed maritime bill threatens Mediterranean energy stability, pitting Ankara against Athens, Nicosia, and potentially derailing Cairo cooperation
Trump’s power politics backfires as Senate revolts, Iran talks stall, and anniversary celebrations become partisan battlegrounds threatening his second term.