Maysan Provincial Council head Mustafa Da’ir al-Muhammadawi threatened to declare civil disobedience and seek to separate the province from Iraq in protest against the closure of the Shib border crossing with Iran.

The attack on a church in Jordan’s southern Karak Governorate has raised concerns that the nature of the threats facing the kingdom may be changing, as a religious site becomes a target.

The seizure of explosives linked to Hezbollah has heightened tensions with the Lebanese government, raising questions about state sovereignty and the risk of internal confrontation.

The war against Iran has exposed Iraq’s dependence on oil exports, pushing Baghdad to diversify energy routes and partnerships.

Iraq formally ended the mission of the International Coalition forces fighting the Islamic State, a move Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s government has framed as a transition into an era of full sovereignty and responsibility for the country’s security.

Iraq’s ban on Iranian flights has spiraled into a sovereignty clash, exposing Baghdad’s precarious balancing act between U.S. sanctions and Tehran’s influence

With Iraq teetering on the brink of Balkanization and a June 2027 deadline looming to rein in militias, a shadowy private meeting between Trump and al-Zaidy could decide the nation's fate.

United Nations forces are preparing to leave southern Lebanon as Israeli Occupation forces continue to consolidate their control over villages devastated by the war that began in early March 2026.

Syria’s agricultural recovery requires better water management, affordable financing, modern irrigation, and stronger cooperation among farmers.

Jordan seeks a central role in southern Syria to protect its northern border, limit the expansion of Israeli influence, preserve Syria’s territorial unity, and safeguard its political, security, and economic interests.

Syria faces the urgent task of determining the fate of hundreds of thousands of missing and forcibly disappeared people and giving their families long-awaited answers.

The growing possibility of a gradual withdrawal of Turkiye’s forces from northern Iraq is linked to the PKK’s disarmament and dissolution process, alongside Baghdad-Ankara security talks, Turkiye’s demand for security guarantees, and concerns over who would fill the resulting security vacuum.

The new Syria is moving towards revitalizing and developing industrial cities in the provinces to make them a key element in reshaping the post-war economy.

Iraq faces growing economic, financial, energy, and political pressure as U.S. sanctions on Iran tighten, forcing Baghdad to balance its deep dependence on Iranian trade and gas with its reliance on the U.S.-led financial system, risking that Iraq itself will ultimately bear the heaviest cost of the confrontation.

The choice of Iraqi Shiite leader Hammam Hamoudi as a “link” between Iran and Iraq was no passing development, given that he belongs to a generation of Shiite leaders whose political and organizational careers were shaped in Iran before they returned to Baghdad after Saddam Hussein’s regime fell in 2003.