Middle East

Justifying Oct. 7: Jordan's curriculum full of antisemitic, anti-Israel content, passages

IMPACT-se studied 294 textbooks from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s national school curriculum.

A Jordanian flag flies over the capital city, Amman, Jordan August 17, 2025.
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).

Prime Minister Netanyahu confirms security negotiations with Syria

Flydubai plane.

Flight carrying 80 Israelis lands in Saudi Arabia due to medical emergency

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the riding hall at Pontlevoy Abbey, as part of the 42nd edition of the European Heritage Days, in Pontlevoy, France on September 19, 2025

France joins other Western allies in recognizing Palestinian state


Syria's Sharaa, in New York, renews call for US to formally drop sanctions

Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, led rebel forces that overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government last year.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, US, September 22, 2025.

Responses to Israel's Doha strike: The condemnations mask relief - opinion

Israel’s neighbors and regional players also want to be rid of Hamas.

QATAR’S EMIR Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani: Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said the Israeli strike was a ‘blatant violation of all international laws and norms,’ but Doha ignores the norm not to provide aid and shelter to terrorists, says the writer.

25 ViZionaries: Keren Hajioff - No. 22

A leading figure in Middle East affairs and strategic communication

Keren Hajioff

No. 2: Steve Witkoff: Donald Trump's envoy of peace

His official title is United States special envoy to the Middle East and special envoy for Peace Missions, but de facto, he is Trump’s representative for international issues, wherever it may be.

Steve Witkoff

Israel, Cyprus partnership paves path towards prosperity - opinion

In a region where alliances shift with dizzying speed, the Israel-Cyprus partnership stands out as a stable, pragmatic, and forward-looking relationship.

CYPRIOT PRESIDENT Nikos Christodoulides and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Nicosia in September 2023. The Israel-Cyprus partnership is a stable, pragmatic, and forward-looking relationship, says the writer.

Pezeshkian says Iran can overcome any return of sanctions

After the United Nations voted to uphold the nuclear "snapback" sanctions process, the Iranian President asserted that Iran will not be stopped.

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2025.

Saudi Arabia to support Yemeni government with around $368 million, source says

The grant will be from the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023.

SIS denies claim that Egypt threatened to send troops, aircraft to Sinai after Gazan displacement

After reports from Al-Akhbar about “instructions for a plan to deal with any emergency," the Egyptian State Information Service said that it is fully committed to maintaining the peace treaty.

An Egyptian policeman gestures from an observation tower is seen from the Israeli side of the border with Egypt's Sinai peninsula, in Israel's Negev Desert February 10, 2016.

The future of Israel's 'complex' ties to Qatar uncertain following Doha strike - opinion

Has Qatar shifted from a ‘complex’ state to a hostile one?

QATARI EMIR Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meets Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian at the emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha this week. Leaders were quick to respond to Qatar’s call for a summit, says the writer.

India says it expects Saudi Arabia to mind 'sensitivities' after pact with Pakistan

On Thursday, India's foreign ministry said it was aware that the pact had been under consideration and that it would study the implications for New Delhi.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025.

Saudi pact puts Pakistan's nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture - analysis

Riyadh is hinting that it will have a de facto nuclear shield under the agreement, while analysts say that Israel, widely understood to be the only nuclear state in the Middle East, will be watching.

An illustrative image of missiles against a backdrop of a Pakistani flag.