The 12-day conflict was marked by a flurry of propaganda, disinformation and covert operations aided by artificial intelligence and spread by social media.

Welcome to our live blog providing real-time updates and insights from West Asia. Follow the latest developments shaping the ...

The outbreak of direct hostilities between Israel and Iran in June represents one of the most significant geopolitical escalations in the Middle East in ...

During a recent conflict, Israel and Iran turned social media into a digital battlefield, employing AI-driven disinformation ...

Netanyahu has so far prolonged the war to remain in power. Now as another party leaves his coalition government, he is ...

For much of the modern era, the Middle East has occupied centre stage in global geopolitics, owing to its strategic geography ...

Iran’s accusations — that Azerbaijan has played a role in Israeli military operations — lack credible evidence and appear to ...

The Israel-Iran war pushed GCC states to enhance diplomacy with Iran, reject Israel’s military-driven model as incompatible with their economic focus ...

The recent strikes could convince Iran and other states that building nuclear weapons is the only way to prevent such attacks ...

Jerusalem should do whatever is needed to upgrade and enhance its nuclear deterrence posture in terms of doctrine and strategy.The post Iran’s nuclear proxies vs. Israel’s nuclear ambiguity appeared f ...

An Abraham Accords-centric approach tailors the Cold War-era “containment” strategy that George F. Kennan formulated to the Middle East, with Iran standing in for the Soviet Union.

Here is a summer reading roundup of 17 recent deep-think articles on a range of issues: the Gaza and Iran wars, US-Israel ...