Middle East
U.S. Strikes Houthi Weapons Depots in Yemen
After a brief lull in operations—or perhaps more accurately a brief lull in Western media coverage—the U.S military’s kinetic campaign against the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen is ratcheting back up in intensity. The...
China Is Aiding Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea
The Yemen-based Houthi rebels have found a new backer: the People’s Republic of China. In a recent report published by i24 News, U.S. intelligence sources detail the undercover collaboration between Beijing...
Iran and United Arab Emirates Decide to Thaw Their Frosty Relationship
Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), two countries that have long operated on opposite sides of the region’s “cold war,” have begun to thaw their relations, according to the Iranian...
Its Time to Admit It: America Lost the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Editor’s note: In early August, The National Interest organized a symposium on American foreign policy in the Middle East under the Biden administration. A variety of scholars were asked the following question: “Given...
Biden’s Middle East Drawdown Was Long Overdue, but Its Not a Strategic Shift
Editor’s note: In early August, The National Interest organized a symposium on American foreign policy in the Middle East under the Biden administration. A variety of scholars were asked the following question: “Given...
Biden’s Middle East Military Drawdown Is Less than It Might Appear
Editor’s note: In early August, The National Interest organized a symposium on American foreign policy in the Middle East under the Biden administration. A variety of scholars were asked the following question: “Given...
Leaving Afghanistan Doesn’t Mean a Total Middle East Withdrawal
Editor’s note: In early August, The National Interest organized a symposium on American foreign policy in the Middle East under the Biden administration. A variety of scholars were asked the following question: “Given...
Saudi and Iranian Officials Meet for Peace Talks in Baghdad
On Friday, the first officials from Saudi Arabia and Iran began arriving in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, in advance of a summit between the two nations intended to promote...
Tough Question: Was the Gulf War Really a Win for the United States?
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The problems solved by American force of arms don’t remain solved, and the United Nations is anything but united. States can apparently even invade their...
Gulf-Israeli Economic Cooperation Can Benefit the Palestinians
The United Arab Emirates recently announced plans to invest $10 billion in Israel targeting key sectors such as energy, water, and healthcare, a reminder of the exceptionally enthusiastic and wide-ranging...
Israel Has Good Reason to Be Wary of ICC Probe
“The investigation,” the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said the other day in announcing her probe of Israeli and Palestinian activity in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem,...
Israel’s Master Plan to Destroy Any Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program
Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz has revealed that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has fully updated its future attack plans against Iran’s nuclear facilities. “We have (the attack plans) in...