Middle East balance of power
We examine conflicts, diplomatic initiatives, and shifting alliances across the Middle East. This tracks how the military actions of regional powers influence global stability.
Briefs
- Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait condemn Sufa 53 work in Syria
- UK Greens adopt Zionism resolution despite internal opposition
- US bombers leave Fairford and return to their home bases
- Four states agree a follow-up mechanism for Nile and Red Sea positions
- Somalia and Egypt put security and investment on the Alamein agenda
- Fire breaks out at Aramco’s Riyadh refinery as Houthis claim a strike
- Pakistan’s talks leave Imran Khan’s party march in place
- Merz’s Kyiv visit brings €1 billion in military aid and €350 million for energy repairs
- Grossi seeks a repair ceasefire for Zaporizhzhia’s power connection
- Yemen’s government announces an offensive to retake Houthi-held territory
- Vilnius air alert disrupts flights as radar object remains unidentified
- US sanctions two French charities over alleged Hamas financing
- Colombo rejects claim of US sanctions warning over Iranian ships
- Iraq secures a US exemption for up to 40 daily Iranian flights at Najaf
- Moldova identifies three missiles and two drones in airspace incursions
- Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye plan defence pact talks in Riyadh
- Kyiv’s Northern Bridge struck; mayor reports two injured
- Israel’s Supreme Court puts Raam and the Joint List back on the ballot
- Haiti’s violence leaves at least 5,700 killed or injured
- UAE prosecutor calls Flydubai cockpit attack attempted terrorism
- China investigates EU chemical imports without imposing a new duty
- Charles’s Caribbean tour will address slavery without a formal apology
- Sudan’s army claims al-Mazroub on the Kordofan supply routes
- Saudi coalition blames Houthis for Medina power-station attack
- Kyiv closes Southern Bridge after renewed Russian drone strikes
- US Treasury extends Iran sanctions to automotive and rail sectors
- Amnesty’s Morocco investigation traces surveillance beyond phone spyware
- Latvia signs a trilateral agreement for Morana artillery
- Pakistan strikes Kunar and Helmand as casualty accounts conflict
- Flydubai flight lands in Saudi Arabia after cockpit assault
Columns
- The money’s route after designation
- URIF’s batteries are operating while its minerals partnership develops
- The Najaf flight bargain begins on the ground
- USS Theodore Roosevelt is under way; endurance sets the weight
- The rule that travels from 2002 to the election gate
- The oil detour leads back to Ceyhan’s farmland
- The EU redraws authority for threats in space
- A new mine question on Korea’s old armistice line
- Saudi crude returns to the Hormuz route
- The high ground above Taiz’s road
- Switzerland votes on a constitutional brake for neutrality
- JEP's register and AFP's 39 split the same releases
- The Indus bargain was tied to terrorism without being named
- Trump turns down the 12 billion dollar invoice for reopening Hormuz
- Riyadh was named, and the alerts stayed south
- OHCHR adds 61 companies to its settlement list
- Araghchi shortens the 17 June Hormuz clock from 60 days to 7
- CREA counts 107 ships that took the Russian flag as false flags fell
- Grynkewich widens sharing and keeps the US contribution more limited
- Hormuz still has an unsigned order for the first step
- Jaishankar keeps India's Russian oil share on the table
- Qatar and Pakistan keep two clocks running on the Iran war
- A diesel export ban sends the bill across borders
- The International Criminal Court (ICC) file shifts from named officials to the court's dollar gate
- The May text billed Tskhinvali before the ballot
- Riyadh's line killed a missile; smoke stood beside the airport
- Nine encourage votes fill the threshold; the veto stays uncolored
- BDDK put an inspector at the gate without citing Washington
- Bolivia's Congress passed the IMF loan; the veto still sits in the fuel queue
- Macron prices Bab el-Mandeb into a G7 stock meeting