Bethlehem is emptying while Iran’s underground churches grow. These are twin responses to states that impose identity instead of protecting freedom.
Middle East
The president threatens unprecedented strikes if Tehran violates the emerging deal during the two-week truce.
The global economy hangs by a silk thread only 33 kilometers wide: the Strait of Hormuz. In this narrow passage, Iran concentrates its most dangerous strategic pressure point and threatens to shut off the lights by blocking the global energy supply.
During the Iran war, Qatar’s media networks have adopted narratives aligned with Iran while framing Israel and the US negatively.
The assassination of Ali Larijani has shaken the regime’s centers of power and faced Mojtaba Khamenei with a critical test.
Middle East expert and Israel Today correspondent Edy Cohen on the growing persecution of Christians in Syria and the failure of international promises to protect religious minorities.
The United Arab Emirates signaled it could join a push to secure the waterway against Iran, but most allies remain reluctant to intervene directly.
Middle East expert and Israel Heute correspondent Edy Cohen analyzes the growing tensions between Egypt and the Gulf states—and the failure of a political pressure campaign.
Operation Epic Fury was not simply about defending Israel. It was about reversing a regional collapse in deterrence that convinced America’s Gulf allies they could no longer trust Washington to hold Iran in check.
