Tag: Middle East

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ( Rustam Azmi/Getty Images)

The rise of West Asia: How the Iran war will shape the 21st century

Dominic Green · March 6, 2026 5:12 am

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - FEBRUARY 20: Arvid Lindblad of Great Britain driving the (41) Visa Cash App Racing Bulls VCARB 03 RB Ford leaves the garage during day three of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on February 20, 2026 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images)

The Iranian Grand Prix

Andrew Bernard · March 6, 2026 5:02 am

A ballistic missile is launched from an underground site in Iran

Iran’s spray-and-pray strategy aims to widen the battlefield and spread consequences

Timothy Nerozzi · March 6, 2026 5:00 am

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during a press conference after casting his ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections in Tehran on May 10, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Ali Khamenei, 1939-2026

Sean Durns · March 6, 2026 4:30 am

A German plane takes off from an airport in Oman

State Department announces first US-chartered evacuation flight from Middle East and 10,000 aided in return

Timothy Nerozzi · March 5, 2026 3:14 pm

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Russia distances itself from Iran conflict: ‘Not our war’

Brady Knox · March 5, 2026 2:34 pm

Iranian Shahed exploding drone.

US looks to lessons from Ukraine in how to fight Iranian drones

Mike Brest · March 5, 2026 12:57 pm

Azerbaijan strike

Iran widens regional war with first strike into Azerbaijan

Brady Knox · March 5, 2026 9:48 am

This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows a F/A-18E Super Hornet preparing to make an arrested landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after a mission in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Beware Iran’s Council at Fili: What if the regime goes underground?

Tom Rogan · March 5, 2026 8:00 am

Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Beltway Confidential

Beware the Reza Pahlavi boosters

John Schindler · March 5, 2026 6:00 am

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Starmer defends waffling on Iran: ‘Hanging on to President Trump’s latest words’ is not ‘special relationship in action’

Timothy Nerozzi · March 4, 2026 5:48 pm

Passengers deplane from an aircraft in Prague

White House and State Department defend evacuation strategies for US citizens

Timothy Nerozzi · March 4, 2026 3:18 pm