The Iranian government is worried. With the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal set to expire, Tehran believed it would be home free ...

The Gaza war that began on 7 October 2023 was suspended with a 42-day ceasefire on 19 January 2025. Hamas’s October surprise ...

The ceasefire in Lebanon is a throwback to 2006, when the national Lebanese army was supposed to defang Hezbollah and chart a ...

The Islamic Republic is more vulnerable than it’s been in years. The US should use its leverage to push for a lasting deal.

Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem delivers a powerful warning to Israel, rejecting any extension of the ceasefire ...

The election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency of Lebanon has profound implications for the country, both domestically and ...

The election of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is a political breakthrough in Lebanon and a harbinger ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate ...

The Iraqi government is looking to gain control of Iranian-aligned armed groups that operate inside of Iraq but outside state ...

Iran’s FM Araghchi rejects Gaza expulsion proposal, warns against attacks on nuclear facilities, and calls for serious ...

The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria was truly a turning point for Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” in the Middle East. For over a decade, the Assad regime benefited from longtime allies ...