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In the past six weeks, the Israeli military has launched at least 70 ground incursions into southwestern Syria and conducted at least 31 sets of airstrikes across Syria. The intensity of Israel’s ground and air actions in Syria has sharply increased as the country’s profoundly fragile transition seeks to pull the country back together after nearly 14 years of debilitating conflict.

As Ankara’s future hangs in the balance, EU leaders must fill the void left by Washington and defend democracy.

تقوم إيران بتخزين ما يكفي من اليورانيوم المخصب القريب من الدرجة العسكرية لصنع سلاح نووي في غضون أسابيع أو أشهر، وليس سنوات. والرئيس دونالد ترامب، الذي انسحب في عام 2018 من الاتفاق النووي الذي كان من شأنه تأجيل هذه الإمكانية، يناشد الآن إجراء مفاوضات مع طهران. لكن في الشرق الأوسط، لا تقتصر المسألة النووية على إيران وحدها.

السياسة الخارجية للطبقة العاملة ليست مجرد دعوة لإعادة بناء البنية التحتية المادية والتكنولوجية لأمريكا، بل هي دعوة لاستعادة أسسها الأخلاقية والروحية.

With record-breaking arms exports globally, Turkey’s growing market share in the Arab monarchies holds the potential to greatly expand Ankara’s role as a security provider across the Middle East and North Africa.  At the same time, Turkey faces growing competition from Israel and India, which have significantly expanded their own weapons sales to the Arab monarchies, notably the UAE and Morocco.

Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party was set to select its next presidential candidate, the leading contender, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested and jailed, effectively removing him from the race.

Syria’s political landscape has undergone a major shift with the recently announced agreement between the predominantly Kurdish and American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the transitional Syrian government. After weeks of negotiations, this deal signals a potential breakthrough in the country’s long and complex path to reunification.

Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq’s capital, but deep challenges remain.

The punishing Israeli response to the Hamas and Hezbollah attacks of October 7 and 8 has devastated Gaza and Lebanon, decimated Hamas and Hezbollah, contributed to the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, and dealt the most serious blow to Iran’s axis of influence in many decades.

يبدو أن الدبلوماسية بين الولايات المتحدة والسعودية تتخذ طابعاً تجارياً بشكل متزايد، لا سيما فيما يتعلق بصناعة التعدين السعودية.

In a historic call last week, Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed Kurdish militant leader, asked fighters with his Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) to lay down their arms. The announcement is part of recently launched talks between Öcalan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s nationalist coalition. Ending a 40-year war that left 40,000 people dead is something to be celebrated. But consider why the PKK emerged in the first place and optimism quickly fades. 

Why, then, does Öcalan think it is time for the PKK to lay down its arms?

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is deeply saddened by the passing of Ambassador (ret.) Frank Wisner, a valued member of our International Advisory Council (IAC), on Feb. 24, 2025.

On a recent trip that I took across Syria, one thing was palpably clear: Syrians were universally elated to be free from the iron grip of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. For now, that euphoria is inspiring and sustaining a semblance of hope and national unity that had all but vanished throughout the past 13 years of brutal civil conflict.

ركز نائب الرئيس في خطابه في قمة باريس للذكاء الاصطناعي على السرعة وتحرير القوانين ومساعي أمريكا للسيادة التكنولوجية العالمية.