Tensions are mounting between longtime rivals and uneasy neighbors, Ethiopia and Eritrea, as Addis Ababa’s renewed push for Red Sea access raises fears of a new war in the Horn of Africa, just seven years after the restoration of diplomatic ties.

As the Trump administration hesitates to re-engage with Syria, a group of U.S. lawmakers, encouraged by the Syrian-American lobby, has started building quiet bridges between Washington and Damascus.

While Iran warned several regional countries that any support for a potential U.S. strike would be seen as a “hostile act” with “serious consequences,” one country was notably absent from the list: Saudi Arabia.

Far from being just a legal arrangement, the "prisoner exchange" between the UAE and Egypt risks becoming a bridge that moves political detainees from one form of captivity to another, perpetuating a cycle of repression and abuse.

Since the onset of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Netanyahu has frequently invoked religious language and extreme, genocidal rhetoric while discussing the so-called "New Middle East" and its transformation, excluding Palestinians and their right to self-determination.