On 13 October, the Tel Aviv District Planning and Building Committee approved plans for a permanent UAE Embassy headquarters in Herzliya Pituah, nearly a year after the proposal was first submitted.

Iran’s decision to rename Quds Force secret unit 840 as Unit 600 and appoint a new commander raises questions about Tehran’s ability to rebuild its overseas operations network after a series of intelligence breaches and assassinations.

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.