Analysis How Iran war is prompting Saudi Arabia to pursue its own Shahed drones Saudi Arabia is moving to domestically produce a long-range attack drone modeled on Iran’s Shahed-136, signaling a major shift toward scalable, low-cost offensive deterrence. By Francesco Schiavi In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance
As US and Iran near deal, Trump confronts familiar dilemma It's unclear whether President Donald Trump will take the off-ramp as fellow Republicans rail against an interim deal that wouldn't immediately address Iran's nuclear program. Iran
Explainer China wary of Syria's Uyghur militants, but business keeps growing China’s biggest advantage in Syria may be not aggressive spending but the lack of meaningful Western competition. China
Israel strikes Lebanon's capital Beirut for first time in 3 weeks: What to know According to Israeli media, Ali al-Husseini, the commander of the missile unit in the Imam Hussein Division, a brigade affiliated with Iran’s Quds Force that operates alongside Hezbollah, was the target of the attack. Lebanon
