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Inside story: Iran-US deal takes shape but thorniest contentions lie ahead
52+ min ago (119+ words) A draft framework for a potential comprehensive agreement between Iran and the United States is circulating among negotiating parties, according to multiple regional sources briefed on the talks. If finalized, the proposal would mark the most significant diplomatic step since…...
Will Iraqi PM Zaidi push for Iraqi diplomacy as mediator or messenger?
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (78+ words) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi's May 5 call to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian appeared to signal the new premier's eagerness to turn a diplomatic page for Iraq. According to a readout of the call, the then-premier-designate affirmed his future government's readiness…...
Inside story: After Beijing, will Trump resume war on Iran?
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (88+ words) The answer arrived not in a diplomatic communiqu" but on Air Force One. Asked by reporters on his way back from Beijing whether the United States was finished with Iran, President Donald Trump said Washington may still need to do…...
How the Yemen conflict has turned increasingly economic
1+ week, 1+ day ago (97+ words) As 2025 came to a close, a dramatic power struggle in areas controlled by Yemen's internationally-recognized government threatened to plunge the country into renewed chaos. The Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council's (STC) military push for control upset an already unstable balance, triggering…...
Iran weighs risks, opportunities as Trump pursues deals in China
1+ week, 2+ day ago (12+ words) Amwaj. media...
Amid war over its skies, Baghdad plays the field for new fighter jets
1+ week, 5+ day ago (82+ words) Iraq has in recent years found itself in the middle of several bouts of Israeli-US wars with Iran, with its airspace constantly violated by all parties throughout. Amid this tit-for-tat missile and drone warfare, Baghdad has taken tangible steps to…...
PM-designate Zaidi walks tightrope toward new Iraqi government
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (98+ words) The story: Prime Minister-designate Ali Al-Zaidi's ongoing efforts to form a government has quickly developed into a high-stakes tug-of-war among Iraq's political class. As parliamentary blocs jockey for control over federal ministries, Washington has reportedly reiterated demands that Zaidi exclude…...
Competing interests threaten to undermine Iraq's resource diversification
2+ week, 2+ day ago (105+ words) Iraq's significant mineral riches remain woefully untapped, with hydrocarbons continuing to dominate Iraq's export-driven economy. As it stands, oil accounts for over 99% of the country's export value and approximately 90% of the country's budget. Reports suggest that if fully exploited, 16 T…...
Sudan after the Iran war: Red Sea front of the Saudi-Emirati rift
2+ week, 2+ day ago (127+ words) Sudan was already one of the key theaters where the'Saudi-Emirati rift was taking shape before the Israeli-US war on Iran. As the latter subsides, the former contest is likely to intensify. What was once managed as a quiet rivalry within…...
Could shifts in Iraqi Kurdistan turn former foes into Turkish partners?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (104+ words) Turkiye's ongoing peace process with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has opened up a complex period of diplomatic restructuring in the region. Beyond reshaping Ankara's relations with Turkish Kurds, the negotiations have reordered ties with key political actors in neighboring…...