Will Trump respond to Iran damaging the US embassy?
The US embassy in Tel Aviv has been damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack which landed close by, raising…
Bibi has run rings around Trump
Donald Trump likes to see himself as the Great Negotiator but on this occasion Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, appears…
The red lines delaying an American nuclear deal with Iran
Speaking to reporters on his Middle East diplomatic tour, Donald Trump hinted at what could be his biggest foreign policy…
Trump has given Syria’s new leader the ultimate gift
President Donald Trump was in a generous mood on the first day of his Middle East tour, announcing the lifting…
Hamas is using Edan Alexander to win favour with Trump
The last surviving American hostage held by Hamas in Gaza is set to be released as early as today, coinciding…
Are India and Pakistan heading for war?
Last night, India launched missile attacks on ‘militant’ sites in Pakistan and in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir in retaliation for the terrorist…
Waltz set to take the blame for Signalgate
Mike Waltz, the national security adviser, is set to lose his job over what came to be called Signalgate. He…
Can Pete Hegseth remain at the Pentagon?
The moment the Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nomination for defence secretary, the Pentagon community knew it was in…
Israel is gambling that military action can end the war in Gaza
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is to launch a large-scale expansion of its military operations to seize and occupy more…
America’s involvement in Ukraine is finally being revealed
The US-led coalition to help Ukraine was always more than just a production line of arms deliveries to the Kyiv…
The problem with putting US nukes in Poland
Nukes are becoming a big issue for Poland. One way or another, both the Polish president and prime minister want…
Why Putin could reject a ceasefire
With all the good news coming out of the Jeddah talks about a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, there is only…
What Zelensky needs to do in Saudi Arabia
President Volodymyr Zelensky needs all the advice he can get, as he prepares for talks with American negotiators in Saudi…
Why Macron is offering France’s nukes to Europe
President Emmanuel Macron has raised the nuclear card. He has offered to provide nuclear cover for Europe as fears intensify…
Why Britain is crucial to Ukraine peace talks
Britain has the opportunity to become a master in tightrope diplomacy between Donald Trump and an increasingly alarmed Europe after…
What will happen to Hamas’s tunnels?
Even if the third phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal is successfully completed and all hostages, alive and dead, are…
Should Britain join an EU defence scheme?
The UK and Europe have had plenty of time to get to grips with the inevitable, that President Donald Trump…
Trump professes peace, threatens fury
The new president of the United States believes in fairness, and says the running of the Panama Canal has been…
Isis will not die
The Isis caliphate in Syria and Iraq was defeated at a cost of billions of dollars and the loss of…
Bombing Syria in 2013 would not have toppled Assad
In hindsight, did the US, UK and France fail to seize the chance to topple President Bashar al-Assad in 2013?…
Jolani has learnt from history
The victorious Syrian rebel leader now in control of Damascus has already learned a key lesson in history. After his…
Here’s what Putin wants from Ukraine
Donald Trump is still two months away from becoming the 47th president of the United States, and yet his return to…
The sad death of the Eurofighter Typhoon
Britain’s fighter jets are running missions into Syria, dropping bombs on the Houthis in Yemen, patrolling over Estonia, Lithuania and…
Can Zelensky and Putin do a deal?
Warring parties often strike deals. Exchanges of prisoners, ceasefires to deliver aid, covert talks between intelligence services – and eventually,…
Is Hamas ready for a ceasefire deal?
The president of Egypt has come up with the most modest of proposals to try and end the war in…
