Although the outbreak of Covid-19 has calmed the tension on the Greece-Turkey border, significant challenges remain as it is uncertain if the migrant crisis will flare up again as...

Ever since the US air strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) deputy commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis in Baghdad in January, Iranian-backed Shia militias...

The killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an airstrike last month in Syra's Idlib Province not only brought Turkey and Syria to a state of undeclared war but also...

Although six hours of talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow a couple of weeks ago have resulted in a ceasefire and averted a full-scale...

Thousands of foreign mercenaries — "private military contractors" — are flocking to Libya, adding fuel to the fire of the civil war while further complicating the efforts to resolve...

A devastating civil war and international sanctions have destroyed Syria's economy, leaving it with a GDP that is a third of what it was in 2010. The monetary crisis...

Natural gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean have been the source of regional geopolitical reshuffling. While the utilisation of vast reserves may have a game-changing impact for the countries...

The first major discoveries of gas and oil deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean in has greatly accelerated the geopolitical dynamic of the region and beyond. While the area's subsea riches...

At the beginning of November, warring parties from Yemen's south reached a power-sharing deal which aimed not only to defuse tensions among Arab alliances in South Yemen but was...

As Iran further expands its nuclear enrichment program, the country's economy is plummeting under the heavy weight of US imposed sanctions. Growing dissatisfaction and disappointment with the current establishment have...

Over the past years, Europeans have been helplessly impotent to openly engage (diplomatically or militarily) in Syria and offer a plan or solution which would pursue the bloc's security...

While the death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi represents one of the most successful anti-terrorist actions in recent history and was a severe blow to Daesh, his death is rather...

Although the Turkish offensive in north-east Syria has ceased for five days, concerns are mounting over the humanitarian impact of the operation to push Kurdish-led forces, which Turkey regards as terrorists,...

The recent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and devastating retaliatory attacks by Yemeni forces exposed Saudi military vulnerabilities. Assaults should not come as a surprise, as it was...

In the last two months, several unexplained explosions occurred in Iraq, significantly damaging ammunition warehouses and weapons storage sites. All targets have been associated with Iranian-backed Population Mobilisation Forces...

The recently-held meetings between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iranian officials have caught many by surprise, particularly given that, not long ago, the UAE – along with Saudi...

The US creation called the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA) — dubbed widely as "Arab NATO" — has made no progress in the two years since it was announced....

At the beginning of July, the UAE started to reduce its troop numbers in Yemen, signalling a shift in its military engagement. The move has been interpreted as a...

It is two months since the German Bundestag (parliament) passed a symbolic, non-binding resolution designating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as "anti-Semitic". The controversial motion has triggered...

As the crisis between Iran and the US heats up, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have intensified their missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. Such attacks are in...

Reinstated sanctions on Iran have brought a new complexity to Tehran's relations with those countries which supported the deal, especially Russia. A new reality has forced both countries to...

At the end of May, almost 500 million citizens across the European Union voted for Members of the European Parliament to represent them over the next five years, shaping...

Ever since US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out from the nuclear deal with Tehran and reinstated the most draconian sanctions ever imposed, many have wondered whether Iran can...

For the last two years, the traditional friendship between Saudi Arabia and Morocco has been seriously shaken. Even though officials from both sides have lately tried to lower their tone and...

"There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes he will move the world," Napoleon Bonaparte once said about China. Well, the giant in the east...