12+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1357+ words) Satellite imagery reveals for the first time the extent of what Iran destroyed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain The military said no one was killed at the base, known as Naval Support Activity Bahrain, and that the strikes didn't significantly…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (756+ words) The Kremlin's ban on Telegram, Russia's most popular messaging app, triggered one of the strongest public pushbacks against Putin since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There have been unsanctioned protests across the country, and public'and'private'opposition from some in the political…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (158+ words) This is not the empire of proxies operating at full strength. It is the empire discovering that its center may no longer be willing to pay the price of its edges. That is why Lebanon matters far beyond Lebanon. This…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (444+ words) Among Erh'rman's four principles, the most consequential may be the insistence that failure should not automatically return Cyprus to the political reality that existed before negotiations began. This concept, while simple in formulation, represents a potentially significant departure from the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1148+ words) Middle East Transparent At the very moment when Washington is trying to shape a new Israel-Lebanon security arrangement, and when the Lebanese Armed Forces are expected to carry a heavier burden in restoring sovereignty and containing Hezbollah, the FY2027 request would…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (676+ words) Today, Jieh finds itself on a different front line. Before the war in southern Lebanon, the town's population stood at roughly 10, 000 residents. Since the conflict escalated, an estimated 40, 000 additional people have arrived, transforming a quiet coastal community into a congested…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (520+ words) (Sultan Pasha Al-Atrash in exile in Saudi Arabia) Clipping of PLO Chief Yasser Arafat with an ailing Sultan Al-Atrash A (pro-Al-Hijri) Druze fighter desecrating the tomb of Wahid Al-Balous (July 2025) Druze fighter posing with dead Syrian government troops (July 2025) The…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1583+ words) The ruling, which effectively invalidated CHP's 38th Ordinary Congress and temporarily transferred party leadership back to former chairman Kemal K'l'daro'lu, immediately transformed what had been a largely internal opposition matter into one of the most consequential political crises of recent years....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1170+ words) The ruling, which effectively invalidated the leadership structure that emerged after the CHP's sweeping 2024 municipal election victories, was widely framed abroad not as a routine judicial dispute, but as a politically engineered intervention aimed at fracturing President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an's…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (309+ words) The figures are stark. According to the United Nations" 2024 Lebanon Aid Tracking report, Germany contributed $332. 6m in aid to Lebanon, the United States $329. 3m, the European Union $296. 5m and France $137. 9m. Saudi Arabia"s contribution stood at just $200, 000 through tracked humanitarian and development channels....