Donald Trump’s Negotiating Trap in Doha
An Israeli airstrike in Doha has cast a long shadow over the latest round of ceasefire diplomacy. Hamas negotiators, assembled under Qatari protection, became the targets of a strike that killed the son of...
Category: Middle East
A Flotilla, 44 Nations and a Message Delivered at Sea
By Jaffa Levy BARCELONA, Aug. 31, 2025 — A fleet of around 20 small vessels slipped from the city’s harbour on Sunday, laden with food, water and medicine, and carrying a mission beyond mere...
Last Week in Sanaa: A ‘Decapitation’ Airstrike — Assassinations by Another Name
By Jaffa Levy in London and Abu Rashid in Sana’a Last week — Thursday, August 28, 2025 — an airstrike hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several cabinet colleagues....
Recasting the Region: Iran–Iraq Security Deal Narrows Israel’s Options
By Jaffa Levy Baghdad’s new security memorandum with Tehran is not a tidy border fix. It is the start of a legal denial regime: a pledge that neither country’s territory or airspace will be...