... favour of a military scenario being likely. First of all, the US has very specific motives for conducting an operation at this particular moment. Iran has been one of Washington's key and consistent adversaries for over forty years. Iran's relations with Israel, a key US ally in the region, are even more acrimonious. The two allies assume that Iran has been pursuing nuclear weapons for many years. The successful example of North Korea, which has become a de facto nuclear power, is an important example ...
... be impossible to go beyond exploring the key emerging trends in terms of striking a new balance in regional affairs and outlining the possible avenues for future changes.
These changes are expected to revolve around four main knots, specifically, the Israeli-Iranian, Syrian, Palestinian and Yemeni knots.
Rostam¹, David, and Uncle Sam
The so-called Twelve-Day War was probably one of the strangest events of the past year. Three countries took part in this military conflict, each of them claiming a ...
... attended the meetings, which, according to a statement issued by US envoy Tom Barrack on November 13,
established
a US-Turkish-Syrian framework for integrating the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into new Syrian structures and redefining Turkish-Syrian-Israeli relations. On November 18, Trump
met
with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to strengthen regional understanding of Syria's new role in US strategy.
Basel Haj Jasem:
Postponing War, Not Building Peace: Limits of Syrian-Israeli Security ...
... after the UN Security Council. Under the initiative of the United States, the UN decided to remove him from the sanctions list. Beyond a high-level Syrian-Turkish-U.S. meeting on key regional security files (SDF, Suwaida, Hezbollah, Southern Syria, Israel), the visit culminated in the Syrian administrator’s declaration of intent to join the international coalition against ISIS. Al-Sharaa sought above all to repeal the Caesar Act, seen as an obstacle to Syria’s recovery and reconstruction.
Alexey ...
... civilizational dimensions of injustice in international relations in the era of globalization. In his interpretation, Takfirism appears both as a distortion of Islamic values and as an instrument of anti-Islamic policy pursued by the United States and Israel, embodied in Zionism and in the obstruction of a peaceful resolution of the Palestinian question. Al-Houthi viewed the militarist expansion of the United States following the 2003 occupation of Iraq as a signal for the mobilization of the Arab ...
On November 3–7, 2025, a group of Russian experts on Middle Eastern affairs visited Israel. The visit was organized by the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Russian Federation
On November 3–7, 2025, a group of Russian experts on Middle Eastern affairs visited Israel. The visit was organized by the Embassy of the State of Israel ...
Even if Israel completely abandons the former foundation of its statehood – the “island” of the West in the Middle East – its place in regional affairs will remain unchanged
Even if Israel completely abandons the former foundation of its statehood – ...
... number of regional and extra-regional actors, with strong participation from European countries. Its outcomes, however, were largely declarative. One of the main reasons for this was the absence of one of the key players at the negotiating table — Israel.
Ibragim Ibragimov:
The Blockade’s Toll: How War Is Deepening the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited but declined to participate at the last moment. The official reason cited was the upcoming Jewish holiday,...
The deal may pause Syria-Israel tensions, but core issues like Golan, sovereignty and trust are still missing
As attention in the Middle East continues to gravitate toward unfolding crises in Gaza and the broader Arab-Israeli landscape, a less visible yet potentially consequential ...
... stands on the brink of humanitarian disaster: tens of thousands of people dead, mass displacement, collapsing infrastructure, famine and outbreaks of disease.
Conflict dynamics
The war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, with Hamas's surprise attack on Israel. In response, the Israeli army launched a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip and imposed a complete blockade on the territory. Within the first months of hostilities, the humanitarian cost was severe: by late 2023, the death toll ...
