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As US rethinks regional presence, Israel shifts focus to destabilizing Iran

Uncertain how to interpret the American regional redeployment, Israel is focusing on efforts to destabilize the Iranian regime and stop its nuclear program.

بواسطة Ben Caspit

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman (R) during an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on June 22, 2022.

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'A claim to be tested': Can Saudi Arabia-Turkey-Pakistan defense pact deter Iran?

The pact commits the three countries to collective defense, bringing together NATO's second-largest army, the Muslim world's only nuclear power and the guardian of Islam's holiest sites.

A couple watch oil tankers

تتبلور ملامح الاتفاق الإيراني العماني بشأن مضيق هرمز وسط ترقب الولايات المتحدة المنهكة من الحرب.

يبدو أن إدارة ترامب على وشك التنازل عن إدارة إيران وسلطنة عمان لمضيق هرمز على أمل أن تتخلى طهران في نهاية المطاف عن برنامجها النووي.

Jared Szuba

بواسطة Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 2025.

Analysis

الأردن يعزز دعمه للولايات المتحدة في الوقت الذي تستهدف فيه إيران اعتماد عمّان على واشنطن

حصلت الأردن، التي تعد بالفعل من أبرز الدول المتلقية للمساعدات الأمريكية، على تمويل جديد من الولايات المتحدة في الوقت الذي تختبر فيه الحرب الإيرانية شراكات عمّان وواشنطن.

Samuel Wendel

بواسطة Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani meets with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in Ankara, Aug. 6, 2026.

أطلع الشيباني، وزير الخارجية السوري، تركيا على آخر مستجدات اندماج الأكراد، وانتقد إسرائيل بشدة خلال زيارته لأنقرة.

أبرزت الزيارة النفوذ المتزايد لأنقرة في سوريا ما بعد الأسد، حيث يعمل الجاران على توسيع التنسيق الاستراتيجي بشأن الأمن والشؤون الإقليمية.

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Israel strikes south Lebanon after soldiers killed, talks continue in Rome

Paramedics work to move an Israeli casualty from inside an ambulance, after being wounded in an explosion in Lebanon, at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, August 5, 2026. Rambam Health Care Campus/Handout via REUTERS

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اتفاق إيران وعُمان يُعزز الآمال في مضيق هرمز مع تطور التهديدات في البحر الأحمر

Khaled ZIAD / AFP via Getty Images

لجنة الشؤون العامة الأمريكية الإسرائيلية (أيباك) ستعارض السيد بعد فوزه الكبير في الانتخابات التمهيدية في ميشيغان

Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed

رئيس المخابرات التركية يستضيف وفداً ليبياً وسط مساعي الوحدة: ما يجب معرفته

Turkish National Intelligence Organization chief Ibrahim Kalin

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Iraqi Prime Minister and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi chairs the Ministerial Council for National Security for an emergency meeting, to discuss the latest security developments and the attack carried out by the United States and Saudi Arabian air forces, Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2026. Media Office of the Prime Minister/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

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Destroyed structures in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel, August 6, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon

Lebanon, Israel agree shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify Hezbollah disarmament

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لماذا لم يعد مضيق هرمز يؤثر على أسواق النفط بنفس القدر؟: صندوق النقد الدولي

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يقول أيمن عودة إن الأحزاب العربية قد تدعم بينيت أو أيزنكوت لعرقلة نتنياهو

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الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة أرمادا: سيستغرق توطين العمالة السعودية "جيلاً أو جيلين".

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زعيم حزب الحياة الحرة الكردستاني يسخر من مزاعم إيران بأن تركيا عرقلت خطة تغيير النظام المدعومة من الولايات المتحدة من قبل الأكراد

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بينما تعيد الولايات المتحدة النظر في وجودها الإقليمي، تحوّل إسرائيل تركيزها إلى زعزعة استقرار إيران.

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كيف يربط قانون العفو التركي عن حزب العمال الكردستاني آمال الأكراد بطموحات أردوغان؟

Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) line up to put their weapons into a pit during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on July 11, 2025.

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لماذا تسعى إيران جاهدة لإبقاء مضيق هرمز محوراً للمفاوضات مع الولايات المتحدة؟

Two brothers watch oil tankers, general cargo ships, bulk carriers, and fishing boats anchored in the waters off Muscat near the Strait of Hormuz on June 18, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.

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بواسطة A correspondent in Tehran

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الأردن يعزز دعمه للولايات المتحدة في الوقت الذي تستهدف فيه إيران اعتماد عمّان على واشنطن

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