The arrest warrant against Ahmed al-Asadi over alleged corruption may signal a broader “political pruning” of Iraq’s Shiite ruling class, potentially sidelining weaker figures while leaving major leaders largely untouched.

Syria’s new government has turned the page on the SDF as a military and political force whose influence stretched across parts of the country for nearly a decade, after its commander, Mazloum Abdi, announced its dissolution and the end of its mission.

Rebuilding Syrian football starts with professional management, independent institutions, modern infrastructure, school sports, and investment.

Lebanon’s new amnesty law has drawn accusations that it was tailored to benefit certain groups, potentially paving the way for around 3,000 former members of Antoine Lahad’s Army, branded traitors, for serving under Israeli Occupation command.

Over the years, Israeli Occupation authorities have accumulated a large number of Palestinian bodies and remains, initially as part of a policy that tied their detention to cases involving captives, missing people, and captive exchange deals.

“Israel” is using security concerns over Syria’s new Islamist-led government to justify deepening and prolonging its occupation of southern Syrian territory.

After decades of political and security tensions that severely constrained economic integration, Damascus and Beirut are now seeking to recast their relationship around mutual interests and greater parity.

The August 3, 2026, visit by Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, to Damascus and his meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was more than a protocolary stop in the effort to rebuild ties between the two sides.

Almoutasim al-Kilani says Syria's future depends on a nationally led transitional justice process that ensures accountability, reforms institutions, and upholds the rule of law.

For the first time since 2003, the Iraqi government has publicly acknowledged a "serious" financial shortfall that disrupted salary payments for public sector employees in July 2026.

Riyadh announced it had launched strikes on targets within Iraqi territory in retaliation for drone attacks on its oil facilities, claiming the drones were launched from Iraq and carried out by Iranian-backed militias.

The Jurf al-Naddaf incident exposed the Iraqi government’s struggle to bring Iran-backed militias under state control despite reported Iranian support for disarmament, raising concerns over state authority and possible foreign intervention.

A petition by a group of prominent Jordanian political figures calling for the removal of foreign troops from Jordan continues to fuel fierce debate.

Just days after Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi returned from a 5-day official visit to the U.S. where he met Trump and signed dozens of economic agreements, Ali Akbar Velayati, the Iranian supreme leader's senior adviser on international affairs, denounced the trip as "a badge of shame."

Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi has placed himself at the center of a high-stakes political and security test after pledging to President Donald Trump that he would disarm the country's militias and dismantle what is known as the "resistance" within two months.