#Middle East

The Pentagon is deploying Marines and sailors to the Middle East within weeks. Is this deterrence, or the opening move of a new conflict phase? What investors and policymakers need to watch.

Four weeks into the Iran war, a near-total internet blackout is silencing 90 million people. The voices getting out reveal something the casualty figures can't.

For three decades, Washington has described Iran as perpetually on the brink of catastrophe. What drives this durable narrative — and what does it cost?

Benjamin Netanyahu claims US-Israel strikes have destroyed Iran's uranium enrichment capability. But unverified claims in wartime carry their own strategic logic — and the stakes extend far beyond the Middle East.

Chinese analysts say Iran's missile and drone stockpiles may last just 2–3 more months under current US-Israeli strikes. But the war's end depends less on weapons than on Trump's political calculus.

Israel and Iran are locked in open conflict—but the real puzzle isn't how the war started. It's who actually wants it to stop, and whether they have the power to do so.

Attacks on Gulf energy facilities sent oil prices surging. Here's what that means for inflation, markets, and the geopolitical fault lines that now run through every barrel of crude.

Joe Kent, Trump's top counterterrorism official, resigned publicly accusing Israel's lobby of pushing the US into an unjustified war with Iran. The White House fired back. Who do you believe?

As Iran choked the Strait of Hormuz and drones struck within 500 yards of his hotel, one journalist chartered a dhow and went snorkeling. What that tells us about war, distance, and the world's most important waterway.

Iranian-backed Iraqi militias struck the US Embassy in Baghdad with drones and rockets. Here's what it means for oil markets, regional stability, and your wallet.

As the Israel-U.S. war on Iran chokes the Strait of Hormuz, Russia is quietly positioning itself to deepen its grip on Asian energy markets. Here's what that means for China, India, and the global order.

A drone attack near Dubai International Airport forced Emirates to reroute flights, exposing a critical vulnerability in global aviation security and supply chains.