Two Blasts Signal Deadly Game in South AsiaThe Pakistan and India blasts suggest that a new wave of instability is in the making, raising concerns about broader insecurity.
Araghchi Set for Official Visit to FranceIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is set to visit France this week for discussions on bilateral relations and regional and international developments
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
Political stability
Higher turnout rate in the short run will mitigate the intensity of legitimacy crisis and possibility of eruption of street protests, as it will facilitate government formation. But sustainable stability is certain when the next government would curb the corruption and present a ...
Political initiative to sideline Hezbollah
Hezbollah's highlighted presence in the country's political structure, which has the alignment of the people, is one of the main concerns of its enemies. Saudi Arabia is counting on the Lebanese expatriates to curb this Hezbollah influence.
In a r ...
The US president is pushing to seize Gaza and make it an American asset. Alwaght- Over the past months, Gaza crisis has not only become one of the most complicated cases of international security, but also a scene for geopolitical confrontation of the great powers.
Having been standing by the Israe ...
Politically and diplomatically, Syria and Gaza are two key topics of discussion at the White House. The Saudi role in lifting the American sanctions against Syria and simultaneous competition with Turkey for regional influence indicate Riyadh’s strategic position. At the same time, Saudi Arabi ...
Pakistan and Taliban are now in complicated relations that make it hard to predict where they will head. Alwaght- The fresh attacks between Afghanistan and Pakistan that expanded to airstrikes and direct clashes of the forces of the two countries once again disclosed the depth of the historical diff ...
Tehran is aware that any further escalation between Islamabad and Kabul will cause humanitarian and geopolitical crises from which it would not be safe. Alwaght- In recent months, tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban have once again run high and these escalating conditions have moved regional a ...
Crisis, with the Gerald R. Ford carrier group and roughly 15,000 personnel deployed. At the same time, Washington is escalating political pressure by labeling the Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization, potentially paving the way for future action. Controversy continues over US strikes on alle ...
Parts of Lebanese government are proving hostile to Hezbollah just against public will and this sends a signal of weakness to Tel Aviv. Alwaght- In recent weeks, the level of Israeli threats against Lebanon has unprecedentedly increased. Simultaneously, recurrent airstrikes on various parts of the s ...
Al-Jolani is leveraging Russia against Israeli aggression, but Moscow cannot do much to check Tel Aviv. Alwaght- After the last month visit to Moscow of the Russian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, which looked seemingly ordinary, now the ...
Political and Strategic Studies, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the tensions surrounding the Israeli gas agreement stem from the Netanyahu government's view of Egypt as an obstacle to its objectives in Gaza.
They are trying to use economic tools and restrictions on gas flows to pressure Cairo, he st ...