The Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, formerly known as Cropper, has come under repeated rocket attacks since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, amid growing instability across Iraq.

Trump’s call for an international coalition to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz has met with widespread resistance, particularly from key allies, most of whom have refused to participate, viewing the conflict as America’s war, not theirs.

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Though the Israeli aggression has ostensibly subsided since October 2025, Gaza today reads less like a territory at peace and more like a live experiment in survival under “a ceasefire” too fragile to guarantee either security or sustenance.

Algeria and Libya gain from rising oil and gas prices, but Algeria’s benefits are more stable while Libya’s remain fragile.

The Iran–U.S.– “Israel” conflict shows modern warfare using satellite networks like Starlink as strategic and intelligence tools, with Iran countering through jamming, seizures, and tech partnerships.

Just hours after London allowed Washington on March 20, 2026, to use its Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean to strike Iran, U.S. sources claimed Tehran launched two missiles toward the facility, nearly 4,000 kilometers away, with one failing and the other intercepted.

Trump threatens to strike Iran’s power facilities if Hormuz remains closed. What could be the targets?

Senegal has doubled prison sentences for same-sex activity, sparking domestic support and international human rights criticism.

Amid U.S. preoccupation with the war on Iran, China is intensifying military pressure on Taiwan, which it claims as part of its territory, threatening both regional security and the global semiconductor supply that underpins the world economy.

After 11 Days of Heavy Strikes, Iran Shifts From Mass Launches to More Destructive, Concentrated Fire.

The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have sparked Maghreb-wide political, economic, and social concerns, prompting calls for unity, dialogue, and strategic preparedness.

At the age of 100, Walid Khalidi, the Palestinian historian from occupied Jerusalem, died on March 8, 2026, after a long intellectual journey that helped rebuild Palestinian memory on rigorous academic foundations and challenged dominant Zionist narratives of the 1948 Nakba.

At a moment of deep regional uncertainty, where lines of war intersect with the maps of energy and trade, Syria finds itself at a new crossroads shaped not only by internal pressures but by fast-moving geopolitical shifts reshaping the Middle East.

As the U.S.–Israeli war on Iran intensifies, Iraq has been pushed into a deepening economic crisis, especially after Tehran decided to close the Strait of Hormuz—the narrow waterway that serves as a lifeline for Iraqi oil exports.