Israel has agreed to a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon. The truce announced Thursday could pause fighting with the the Hezbollah ...

The war is heightening the salience of Shiite identity across multiple arenas at once and, in doing so, reshaping how political and military actors assess both their interests and their risks. Groups ...

Iran’s long history shows that even the fiercest attempts to erase a culture have failed. Instead of disappearing, Iranian ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on March 19, 2026 [Ronen Zvulun/Pool ...

Like many of my students from South Lebanon and the Shia quarters of Beirut, he is renting in a ‘safe’ area of the capital.

U.S. President Donald Trump says the American military has begun a blockade of Iranian ports. Trump's statement on Monday was ...