Shiite forces within Iraq’s ruling Coordination Framework have reached an impasse over selecting a new PM, with both Nouri al-Maliki and current PM Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani firmly backing their own bids.

The sudden U.S. aggression on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Nicolas Maduro, in early January 2026, sent shockwaves across the region, revealing sharply contrasting reactions from Iran and the Israeli Occupation.

Nikolay Mladenov, the former UN envoy to the Middle East, has emerged as the leading contender to head the “Peace Council” for Gaza, a body that would oversee day-to-day governance of the territory.

A growing American footprint is taking shape in Libya, made unmistakably clear by the first official visit of Gen. Dagvin Anderson, the head of United States Africa Command.

Despite the Trump administration’s direct complicity in the aggression on the Arab world and the wider Middle East, the president’s new national security strategy sketches a shift in Washington’s priorities, signaling a pullback from the region.