Qatar and Ukraine Sign Defense Pact to Counter Missiles and Drones Amid Iran War. From Kyiv to Doha: Ukraine isn’t just fighting a war—it’s exporting the...
Missiles fall. Air defenses rise. The Gulf fights back—while calling for diplomacy. As the war between Iran and the United States stretches into its fourth week,...
Iran’s Strategic Miscalculation: Why Targeting the Gulf Is a Historic Blunder. As the U.S.–Israel war escalates, Tehran’s missile campaign against GCC states reshapes regional alignments —...
Hotels, airports, oil sites—Gulf states say they’re being dragged into a war they didn’t choose. The Gulf is no longer on the sidelines of the Iran...
Saad al-Kaabi Says He Repeatedly Cautioned U.S. Officials and Industry Leaders About Risks of Strikes on Iran. As Qatar assesses the damage from an Iranian strike...
EU Urges Early Storage Action After Iran Strike on Qatar LNG Hub Sends Markets Surging. The European Union is urging member states to begin filling gas...
Ras Laffan LNG Facility Suffers “Significant Damage” as Gulf Energy War Escalates. One missile. One gas hub. Twenty percent of global LNG at stake. Qatar says...
Revolutionary Guards Warn of Imminent Attacks on Saudi, UAE and Qatari Infrastructure as Oil Prices Surge. The war has moved to the energy heartland. Now the...
Despite Heavy U.S.–Israeli Strikes, Tehran Retains Enough Launch Capacity to Sustain a War of Attrition. Air dominance doesn’t mean silence. Iran’s reduced barrages still carry strategic...
After apologizing to its neighbors, Iran launched more missiles. Is the Gulf now fully in the war? Missiles and Drones Hit Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and...
Strait of Hormuz Tensions and LNG Shutdown in Qatar Send Shockwaves Through Markets. Missiles in the Gulf. Tankers at anchor. Is the world on the brink...
The world’s oil highway is slowing down. Tankers are stopping. What happens if Hormuz closes? Hundreds of oil and gas vessels have halted movement in and...
U.S. Warships, Quiet Talks: Why Washington and Tehran Are Signaling Force and Diplomacy at the Same Time. The deployment of a U.S. naval strike group led...
A rare and coordinated intervention by America’s closest Middle Eastern allies helped pull President Donald Trump back from the brink of military strikes against Iran, exposing...
MOGADISHU / DOHA — Intelligence indications that Turkey and Qatar are exploring a mediation channel between the Somali Federal Government (SFG) and the Al-Shabaab militant group...
Somalia has condemned Israel in the halls of the United Nations. Its ambassador in New York, Abubakar Osman Baale, branded the recent Israeli strike in Doha...
How Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey Quietly Built a Unified Framework to Cripple Somaliland’s Sovereignty. The Doha Forum did not convene to discuss the future of Somalia—it...
FGS Claims of “Direct Talks” With Somaliland Exposed as Strategic Deception. Mogadishu’s newest diplomatic claim—that it maintains “direct and regular contact” with Somaliland—marks a familiar return...
The deadly unrest in Borama has crossed the threshold from an internal security failure to a strategic crisis with international consequences. What began as a local...
HARGEISA / DOHA — Somaliland has crossed a diplomatic threshold that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. In a series of high-level engagements,...