Middle East and North Africa

US and Israel launch joint attack on Iran as Trump urge...

US president calls on Iranian people to ‘take over your government’, as explosio...

Afghan Taliban open to talks after Pakistan strikes Kab...

Pakistan carries out air and ground strikes inside Afghanistan Both sides repor...

Pakistan declares state of ‘open war’ after bombing maj...

Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops follow...

Washington pressures Damascus to reconsider purchase of...

The United States is pressuring Damascus to refrain from importing Chinese-made ...

President Nechirvan Barzani formalizes Peshmerga comman...

President Nechirvan Barzani, as Commander-in-Chief, defined the operational and ...

Pakistan strikes Kabul hours after Afghanistan attack o...

Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ce...

Weakened Iran has called Trump’s bluff

Perhaps Iran has grasped something Donald Trump has not – holding good cards doe...

Iran dismisses Trump’s nuclear claims as ‘big lies’

The US president has accused Tehran of seeking atomic weapons during his State o...

IMF: Signs of recovery in Syria’s economy, financial re...

An International Monetary Fund, IMF, delegation has concluded a visit to Damascu...

Statement from the President of the Kurdistan Region

25 February, 2026 - press release

Cross-border clashes erupt as Pakistan and Taliban-led ...

Afghan and Pakistani forces traded fire at their border on Tuesday, officials on...

Armed police flood Iran’s universities to crush student...

Campus clashes provide uneasy backdrop to third round of talks on nuclear progra...

Negotiations underway for prisoner exchange between Syr...

The Syrian government is holding negotiations, mediated by the United States, wi...

Is the Middle East entering a nuclear arms race?

Iran’s contested program, Israel’s ambiguity, and Türkiye’s reassessment of dete...