The Saudi oil pipeline through Yemen is a geopolitical project to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, but its future remains uncertain due to Yemeni instability, Houthi opposition, and regional rivalries.

Continued Israeli targeting of Gaza police since the October 2025 ceasefire has impacted internal security and daily life and prompted competing efforts and proposals to fill the resulting security vacuum.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's decision to suspend defense pact with “Israel” has raised a host of questions about the motives behind this move and its timing.

Mauritania is facing rising tensions after fuel price hikes driven by global shocks and subsidy cuts, sparking protests, political backlash, and government containment efforts.

A sweeping reshuffle ordered by Sudan’s TSC chief and army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on April 2, 2026, has triggered questions over its timing, intent, and broader implications for the country’s shifting power balance.

Within days of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran breaking out in late February 2026, streets across West Bank cities filled with lines at gas stations as prices for vegetables and bread surged, and the strain has persisted despite a two-week ceasefire.

The Israeli Occupation strike on gas processing facilities in Iran’s South Pars field on March 18, 2026, sent shockwaves far beyond Iran’s shores, rattling energy balances across the Gulf.

The United States is 48 days into its war on Iran and has received no support - military or diplomatic – from its European allies at that time, underscoring Donald Trump's irritation with NATO.

As the war, described by Netanyahu as a seven-front war spanning Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, the West Bank and beyond, continues to expand, Al-Jazeera has again become a focal point of controversy—not only for its coverage, but as a target in an escalating media battle.

The downing of a drone suspected to be Iranian over the British base at Akrotiri in southern Cyprus on April 2, 2026, was not a routine security incident but a turning point that quietly yet decisively redefined the role of these bases in the Middle East’s widening conflicts.

Qatar has intensified its diplomatic and political efforts amid escalating regional tensions, engaging in a series of high-level contacts and meetings.

Throughout his war on Iran, Trump repeatedly stressed the need for Washington’s Gulf allies to become more deeply involved in a regional strategy to counter what he described as "the Iranian threat."

Gulf media coverage of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran has revealed a distinctly one-sided approach, with reporting across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait, closely mirroring official narratives and government positions.

Extremist settlers and some soldiers, driven by religious ideology, carry out ongoing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank amid limited international response.