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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up a tour of Africa last week, with Israel's foreign minister flying into Kenya for what seems like damage control.

On January 3, 2020, Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani was confirmed dead. He was killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year old…

The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S., and Irans Global Ambitions. By Arash Azizi. London: Oneworld Publications, 2020. $27.95 ($16.95, paper). The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad. By Thomas Hegghammer. Cambridge: Cambridge

IRBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: Iran’s currency has been hitting record lows against the US dollar, which observers say is a reflection of the regime’s increasing isolation on the international stage and the seriousness of the new EU sanctions against its paramilitary enforcer, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Military-technical cooperation between the two countries is unprecedented, but it may have a short shelf life

Arbaeen attracts millions of Shia Muslims - and is also being used by Tehran to assert its role in the region

Bibi may have returned, but he is facing a drastically changed political scenario with a new Palestinian Intifada brewing, but this time armed, and not just with stones.

After Israeli strikes on Damascus Airport many are asking: Did Russia allow this to happen or is Moscow simply too weak to do anything about it?

IRBIL, IRAQI KURDISTAN: Until the spectacular collapse last week of the digital-asset exchange FTX, what was making headlines was Iran’s use of cryptocurrencies to overcome the disadvantages of being cut off from the global financial system. Earlier this month, Reuters news agency reported that the leading crypto exchange Binance had processed $7.8 billion worth of Iranian

Syria's main airport will be out of service for weeks, possibly months, after Israeli strikes. What was the reason for the attack and why hasn't the Syrian regime been more critical of the strike?