Donald Trump

Football at the highest level is no stranger to controversy, and World Cup tournaments are not immune to political intervention. Still, 2026 is proving to be much more than a talking point

The Haftar family in the east and the Dbeibeh family in the west are both influential players in the Tripoli-Benghazi standoff, but envoys from the US and UN are trying to find a way through.

Border security and cooperation with Washington

Ankara believes Trump's idea to deploy Syrian forces to disarm the Lebanese militant group would further inflame a volatile situation

The temporary Director of National Intelligence is a partisan appointment by the US president, who seems to want him to dig into the 2020 election

Washington reportedly refused to show Israel a draft of the MOU when asked. Therefore, without its buy-in, Israel is not obliged to adhere to the deal.

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape

The Israeli government is not a party to the new peace agreement, and top officials have already spoken out against it

Solving the country's acute power shortage is a priority for Zaidi, who is looking to strike much-needed investment deals with US companies, whilst also keeping Iran onside