In a move that sent political shockwaves through Iraq, the Official Gazette published a decision listing Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi group as terrorist organizations, a step the Iraqi central bank later walked back, calling it an “unintentional mistake.”

On November 24, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Secretaries of State and Treasury to evaluate whether certain branches of the Muslim Brotherhood should be designated as FTOs and SDGTs.

At a pivotal moment in Syria’s political landscape, Damascus’ entry into the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS marks a strategic shift that is reshaping regional and international alliances.

The United States has begun reassessing the status of Syrians living in the country following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024.

In a startling twist, Egyptian lawyers and rights groups report a surge in children as young as 11 being hauled before State Security prosecutors—accused of nothing more than playing PUBG online.