Bruno Finel

France's special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, took a rare step forward on Friday, publicly blaming Hezbollah for choosing Iran over Lebanon. 

Cornered by relentless US and Israeli strikes, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took to X on Friday with a carefully crafted message: "We are committed to lasting peace in the region yet we have no hesitation in defending our nation's dignity and sovereignty."

The Lebanese government has taken two significant steps to distance itself from Tehran amid the escalating regional conflict: canceling visa-free entry for Iranian citizens and formally banning the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from operating on Lebanese soil.

The Lebanese government has suffered a catastrophic loss of credibility. Just months ago, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam confidently announced the near-total disarmament of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and along the Israeli border, a declaration welcomed by Western capitals eager to believe the region was stepping back from the brink.

Pedro Sanchez has once again chosen to place himself firmly on the wrong side of history, doubling down Wednesday on his refusal to support the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, threatening the cohesion of NATO and exposing himself as the Western leader most willing to provide diplomatic cover for a theocratic regime that has spent decades sponsoring terrorism across the globe.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wasted no time condemning the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, calling them a "clear violation of international law" during a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner in Ankara on Monday. 

As the U.S. and Israel strike at the heart of Iran's nuclear ambitions, Madrid plays a dangerous game of moral grandstanding,  at the expense of its NATO commitments and transatlantic credibility.

For years, Hezbollah has sought to portray itself as a Lebanese “resistance” movement with domestic political legitimacy. But recent events suggest that distinction is increasingly difficult to sustain.

The UAE Ministry of Defence has released a staggering assessment of the Iranian assault on the country since attacks began on February 28, 2026, revealing the full scale of one of the most intense missile and drone barrages ever launched against a single nation.

The National Salvation Front, one of Syria's oldest and most established opposition movements, expressed open jubilation Saturday following reports of the elimination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Like clockwork, Emmanuel Macron rushed to his keyboard Saturday to remind the world that he exists. As US and Israeli strikes reshaped the Middle East in real time, France's increasingly irrelevant president issued yet another carefully worded statement that will change absolutely nothing.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emerged from Thursday's nuclear talks in Geneva with a familiar message: the United States must avoid "excessive demands" if diplomacy is to succeed.