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Iran's supreme leader moved Monday to temporarily shore up the country's leadership after the sudden death of President Ebrahim Raisi a day earlier, while analysts said that there is likely to be a behind-the-scenes struggle in Tehran to fill the unexpected power vacuum.

The war-is-on-off-on-again developments Monday left White House officials scrambling to track what was happening and what it all meant.

Jon B. Alterman Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program Q1: Why did U.S. and British forces attack Yemen? A1: In response to more than 25 attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels in Yemen in the last two months, theJon B. Alterman Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program Q1: Why did U.S. and British forces attack Yem...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea following Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel have riled commercial shipping and threatened to dangerously escalate heightened tensions in the Middle East. On Thursday, the U...

Israel’s military strategies are boomeranging

Doha, Qatar: The outcry over the genocide in Gaza contributed to an urgent and impassioned town hall style debate on which nations and entities should...

QFs Doha Debates discuss who should lead a multipolar world

Doha, Qatar:Panellists at a Doha Forum 2023 session have called on the countries of the world to adopt localised actions to address climate change. Th...

He came to bolster Israel's fight against Hamas and to offer aid to Palestinians suffering under an Israeli siege, but by flying into Tel Aviv when he did, U.S. President Joe Biden inextricably linked himself to any fight to come. Biden's eight-hour visit took place a day after a hospital bombing in Gaza City that killed hundreds of Palestinians quickly became a lightning rod in the Arab world. "From a risk perspective, Biden is now tied to whatever the Israelis decide to do in...

He came to bolster Israel's fight against Hamas and to offer aid to Palestinians suffering under an Israeli siege, but by flying into Tel Aviv when he did, U.S. President Joe Biden inextricably linked himself to any fight to come.