Category: Middle East

Military personnel from the United States and the Kingdom of Bahrain began a 10-day naval exercise Jan. 15 in and off the coast of Bahrain.

Iran is on a bad start this year as protests start to build momentum even during the holiday season.

A French warship seized illegal drugs worth a total estimated U.S street value of $24 million from a fishing vessel transiting international waters in the North Arabian Sea

In early 2011, the Arab Spring tore through Tunisia, then Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, and Jordan. Syria stood at the precipice as people rose up against the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled since 2000.

It has been a turbulent year in Russian-Kazakh relations. Russia’s oil rich neighbour, which straddles central Asia and eastern Europe, started the year by asking for Russia’s help in restoring stability after protests erupted in its major cities.

Until recently, most people outside of Iran had never heard of the country’s morality police, let alone followed their wider role in the region. But on Sept. 16, 2022, the death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked widespread protests in the streets of Iran and elsewhere that have shown no signs of abating.

Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government’s brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media.

ISIS leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been confirmed to be dead by a spokesman from the radical Islamic terror group. He was killed in mid-October by the Free Syrian Army in Daraa, and ISIS immediately named a successor.

Tehran said on Monday that it had evidence that Western countries were behind the protests that have roiled the country.

As Iran stalls on reviving the JCPOA, the US and other superpowers are under pressure to find other ways to prevent nuclear activity.

After the Istanbul bombing last week, Turkey attacked Kurdish militants.

News about Iranian missiles going to Russia may miss an important point; Will these missiles even work in the cold winters of Russia and Ukraine?