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Turkey-Saudi Normalization: A Larger Regional Bloc at the Door?

Primarily, thawing the icy relations between the two regional giants would rectify the intra-GCC and intra-Sunni bloc divisions that Iran has exploited to flex its muscles in the region.

What Awaits Lebanon Following Hariri’s Step-down from Politics

Middle EastBy Bachar El-Halabi

n a televised interview on the Iranian Al-Alam news channel on February 8, secretary general of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, revealed that they wished the ex-Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, reconsider his bombshell decision of “suspending” his political career, announced on January 24.

The U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: One Boot Inside, the Other Out?

OpinionBy Fatih Oguzhan Ipek

and Iran-linked Shiite militias, but it also enabled the Iraqi parliament to request then Iraqi prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to end foreign military presence in Iraq.

The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry in Yemen

Middle EastBy Emily Milliken Giorgio Cafiero

or decades, the geopolitical and geo-sectarian rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has played out across the Middle East in various destabilizing ways.

UAE Foreign Policy: Good Neighborliness for Now?

OpinionBy Hazal Muslu El Berni

Read: War Within War in Yemen: Agendas and Prospects of Warring PartiesIn contrast to Saudi Arabia, the UAE has been more willing to establish relations regional actors like Iran or Israel.

Macron, the Gulf, and Islam

OpinionBy Alain Gresh

Read: The Lebanese Catch-22: Squeezed between Iran and Saudi ArabiaThe last and most controversial stop of Macron’s trip to the Gulf, in France at least, was his visit to Saudi Arabia.

Arms Sell Like Hotcakes: Yemen Turns into a Hub for Arm Dealers

Middle EastBy Ahd Yaseen Al-Tamimi

Here, I will discuss the three main countries that have been involved in arms trafficking, directly and indirectly, in the Yemen civil war: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Saudi-Turkish Relations: A Possible Breakthrough?

Middle EastBy Ali Bakir Eyüp Ersoy

Yet, it has been facing increasing defense hardships and security vulnerabilities vis-à-vis growing threats to its national security from its surroundings, and particularly from pro-Iran militias.

Managing the Rivalry between the UAE and Turkey

OpinionBy Mehmet Rakipoğlu

Since the start of 2021, the UAE has been de-escalating tensions with regional actors including Syria and Iran.

The Lebanese Catch-22: Squeezed between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Middle EastBy Bachar El-Halabi

Riyadh seemed to have taken offense in Cordahi’s statements on Yemen, where he said that the Iran-aligned Houthi group was "defending itself .

Iran Outsources War and Rules States by Proxy

OpinionBy Tallha Abdulrazaq

hile there always seem to be efforts to rehabilitate Iran’s image at both a regional and international level, usually attempting to make Tehran appear to be the victim rather than the victimizer, few would be naïve enough to deny the fact that Iranian ambitions can actively be classified as being imperial in nature.

Why Iran Is Concerned with Taliban 2.0

OpinionBy Mohammad Pervez Bilgrami

Iran had played a vital role in overthrowing the Taliban in 2001 by sharing key intelligence input with the United States and showing its full support for the Northern Alliance, the main group opposing the Taliban.

On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance: Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban?

OpinionBy Ramzy Baroud

The latter category was eventually expanded to include Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Raisi’s Foreign Policy: Notes on Iran’s New Cabinet

OpinionBy Mustafa Caner

brahim Raisi, ex-judiciary chief of Iran, has been elected as the new president in Iran’s June 2021 presidential elections.

Realpolitik vs. Idealpolitik: Turkey-Gulf Re-friending after a Decade-Long Rivalry

Middle EastBy Sinem Cengiz

invasion of Iraq, which strengthened the Shiite position in the country, and the rising Iranian influence in the region had an important impact on their consideration of Turkey as a potential partner.

Lebanon’s Specter of Civil War

Middle EastBy Makram Rabah

Corruption mixed with Iran’s Lebanon proxy Hezbollah have gradually detached Lebanon from the financial safety net which the Gulf Arab states and the international community has always provided.

Al-Kadhimi’s Dashing Hopes: Regional Security Conference Held in Baghdad

SecurityBy Othman Ali

Al-Kadhimi co-sponsored the conference in Baghdad with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the war in Yemen, Lebanon's collapse, the regional water crisis, and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.