The US and Israel want Tehran to completely dismantle its nuclear infrastructure, which it will not do. If they do decide to strike, Iran has limited options on how to respond.

Alongside the Syrians who ousted Assad in December were Chechens, Uyghurs, Arabs, Europeans, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Turks, and Albanians, to name but a few. What next for them?

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Steve Witkoff, Trump's personal envoy to the Middle East, says US officials are "bridging the gap between the two sides" and was upbeat that a comprehensive deal could be reached by 20 April

The popular mayor of Istanbul, who has repeatedly beaten President Erdoğan's party in elections, was just days from being confirmed as the 2028 presidential candidate when he was detained. What now?

As defiant as it might sound, Tehran will ultimately find its way to a deal with Washington

If the interim government fails to deliver on promises of stability and prosperity, divisions will deepen, tensions will rise, and Syria could once again descend into violent unrest

By placing conditions to ending the war, the Russian president seems to be stretching the negotiations to bait Trump into maintaining pressure on Kyiv and weakening Europe

Some predict partition, others federalism or fragmentation. Amidst the competing interests of Arab states, Russia, the US, Israel, Iran, Türkiye, and Europe, Syria treads its own path

Israel's coalition government contains far-right parties that do not want to see an end to the bloodshed in Gaza, so it is no surprise that bombs have started falling again