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A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. (photo credit: FADEL SENNA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) The Islamic Republic’s attacks on the  United Arab Emirates , a key trading partner for Tehran, are a sign of “strategic desperation,” two experts on the region explained to  The Jerusalem Post  on Monday night. In late March, the UAE’s defense ministry confirmed its air defenses engaged 357 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and 1,815 drones, and sporadic attacks on the country have continued despite the current pause in the majority of regional hostilities. While the UAE bore the vast brunt of attacks on Gulf nations, presumably as it is a member of the Abraham Accords, international relations expert Dr. Arman Mahmoudian, a research associate at the University of South Florida’s Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, explained to the  Pos t that the country is an essen...

An Iranian cleric visits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran,  Iran, November 12, 2025 (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS) Iran’s military industries are operating and completely hidden, Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior  Iranian military commander , was quoted as saying on June 2. The report appeared on  Fars News  and also on other outlets. It was also quoted in Iraq’s  Shafaq  media. Asadi said in an interview with an Iranian website that Tehran has repeatedly emphasized that it "has not yet revealed all of its winning cards.” This indicates “that Iran possesses other cards and capabilities that can be used when necessary to confront any threat,” Shafaq says. A senior Iranian commander said sites that produce military equipment are "completely hidden from the enemy's view," signaling to the US and Israel that Iran is still managing to produce weapons Go to...

(From L-R) The Defense Ministry's International Defense Cooperation Directorate (SIBAT) Chief Brig.-Gen. Yair Kulas, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Defense Ministry Director-General Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amir Baram. (photo credit: DEFENSE MINISTRY) Following the  Iran  war, Israel will have even larger influence in the region among Arab states, despite a wide range of contradictory trends, top Israeli defense sources said on Tuesday. Among the contradictory trends cited by commentators have been that at times Arab states have seemed to want to now be closer to Israel, seeing the power it can project to protect them versus Iran, while at times they have seemed more worried by the danger Iran poses or by the concept of Israel emerging as a regional dominator. These contradictory trends could translate either into expanding the Abraham Accords alliance beyond countries like the UAE to countries like Saudi Arabia, viewed as the crown jewel of normalization, or could translate i...

Image source, Meji Alabi Image caption, Meji Alabi, famous for his edgy videos, wanted to explore more of Nigeria's traumatic past beyond his grandfather's war stories Meji Alabi has directed some of the biggest selling music artists on the planet: Beyoncé, Burna Boy, Davido and Stormzy. But nothing prepared the Grammy Award-winning director for his new documentary on Nigeria's civil war. Warning: This article contains details some readers may find disturbing. Surviving Biafra: Voices from the Nigerian Civil War, produced by BBC Africa Eye, includes previously unseen footage taken on the front line of the devastating war that lasted from 1967 until 1970 when ethnic tensions threatened to tear apart the young West African nation. "It was very much an eye opener for me. I just grew up not knowing much about the war at all, or who was fighting who," said the 37-year-old, who was born in London to Nigerian parents before moving to Texas in the US to go to school. A hi...

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern neighborhoods on March 5, 2026; Illustrative. (photo credit: FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images) Senior Israeli officials have appealed to senior US officials to allow the IDF to expand the strikes in  Beirut , two sources told  The Jerusalem Post  on Sunday. According to the sources, Israeli officials are hopeful that, given the lack of progress in both the negotiations between Washington and Tehran and the talks between Israel and  Lebanon , the US response will be favorable. Go to the full article > >

UK Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper called on Israel to stop its operations in Lebanon in an X/Twitter post early Monday morning. "Israel's military escalation in Lebanon has killed and displaced civilians, destroyed infrastructure, and eroded space for diplomacy," said Cooper. "It must end." Israel's military escalation in Lebanon has killed and displaced civilians, destroyed infrastructure, and eroded space for diplomacy. It must end. Hizballah must end attacks on Israel and disarm. All sides must respect the ceasefire and engage with negotiations in good faith. — Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP)  May 31, 2026 Cooper also called on Hezbollah to "end its attacks on Israel" and "disarm," adding that "all sides must respect the ceasefire and engage with negotiations in good faith."