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 ...

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 ...

After threatening to annihilate one of the planet’s oldest civilizations, TACO* Trump chickened out again by grasping the ceasefire lifeline that Pakistan had assiduously prepared. Trump needed the ...

Iraq’s parliament has elected Nizar Amidi as president, five months after elections failed to produce a decisive majority.

With Israel’s war demographically reshaping the country, its military strategy is deliberately pitting Lebanon’s religious ...

With 1,100 students already home and the last batch reaching Delhi on Friday, a two-week truce offers a glimmer for aspiring ...

Both President Donald Trump and Iran have portrayed the last-minute ceasefire deal as a victory for their nations, as Israel ...

Last of a series THE previous three installments of this series dissected how Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu ...