Bruno Finel

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. 

In a stunning display of diplomatic reassurance, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian took to the podium Thursday to deliver what may be the least surprising speech in modern history: Iran, he insists, does not want nuclear weapons.

The United States did not seek zero uranium enrichment in nuclear talks this week and Iran did not offer to suspend enrichment, Iran's foreign minister said on Friday, adding that he expected to have a draft counterproposal ready within days.

Tensions between the United States and Iran are no longer simmering quietly in the background. They are front and center, raw and escalating. Military deployments, sharp rhetoric and urgent diplomacy are converging into what looks increasingly like a defining moment.

Morocco has emerged as a key contributor to the newly announced International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza, becoming the only Maghreb country to commit troops to the initiative.

Mojtaba Amani, Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, announced on X that he has officially concluded his mission in Beirut. 

Morocco has been elected this week to the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), reinforcing its growing diplomatic role on the continent.

Massad Boulos, U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs, held talks on Saturday with UAE Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, underscoring the strategic importance of U.S.-UAE cooperation amid mounting regional challenges.

The opening of the 39th African Union summit in Addis Ababa was marked by a controversial statement from AU Commission Chair Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, who declared that the “extermination” of the Palestinian people “must stop.”