Somaliland, a relatively stable and democratic territory in the Horn of Africa, sits at a strategic crossroads linking Africa ...

The Middle East remains the heart of the global energy system, and the strategic geography of the region continues to shape ...

The strategy used to depopulate Gaza - displacement, destruction and fragmentation - is now being deployed on Lebanon.

Cape Route Filling The Hormuz Gap. Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of ...

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world. The Middle East in 30 yearsAsharq Al-Awsat, ...

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE are financing competing data corridors through Syria, Iraq, and East Africa to bypass the two maritime choke points that threaten their digital connectivity.

Iran insists on threatening the world "with a barrel at $200" and attacks three oil tankers while allowing cargo ships linked to its fleet and China to pass through. Due to the whims of geography, the ...

That is why the invitation extended by U.S. congressional leadership to the SPLM-IO’s acting chairman, Nathaniel Oyet, is a big deal. In South Sudan, outside engagement, especially with a ...

Wajir, the principal town of Wajir County in Kenya’s former Northern Frontier District (NFD), stands today not merely as a ...

Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn of Africa ...

Whether Donald Trump’s comments yesterday that the latest Gulf war will be over “very soon” signal a de-escalation of the conflict is anyone’s guess (he also said America may “go further”). But even ...

Africa presents a range of security, economic, and humanitarian challenges to US national security that the Intelligence Community must stay ahead of even as Washington looks to refine its strategy ...