The rare closure of Islam's third holiest site during Ramadan amid the Iran war has disrupted sacred religious traditions and heightened Palestinian fears over the mosque's future

Without a major Israeli or U.S. surprise and amid growing domestic pressure, Washington may look for an exit with Iran through military pressure leading to nuclear talks. If that fails, Israel could turn to a large-scale offensive in Lebanon

Iran's reckless attacks are causing immediate damage to its Gulf neighbors – but they are also fracturing longstanding ties between Tehran and a swathe of Muslim-majority states from Turkey to Indonesia. A key test case is Pakistan, with whom Saudi Arabia has now activated its mutual defense pact – a sign of the widening scope of the war, and its lasting effects

After the past 12 months, Lebanon has been free from the Syrian grip - and its leaders now oppose Hezbollah. The only way to restrain the terrorist organization is by strengthening Lebanese institutions of state and by increased competition

The IDF says that it wants to control the area of Lebanon south of the Litani River - but Hezbollah's presence there has been limited since 2024 ■ Meanwhile, Trump hopes to break the Iranian siege on the Gulf and weighs damaging Iran's oil facilities

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas since last March

Is Trump working for Netanyahu, or the opposite? While public opinion holds that the U.S. was dragged by Israel into an unnecessary Middle East war, an opposite interpretation, no less persuasive, can also be presented