Analysis: IRGC is consolidating control as war accelerates a shift toward more hardline leadership, tightening its grip on political, military and economic power while sidelining more moderate voices in Tehran

Analysis: The move to track service-age citizens leaving the country is part of a broader effort to strengthen state control over manpower in emergencies, despite its bureaucratic framing

Opinion: Above are intelligence, satellites, data processing and at times remote strike systems; below is a human being with a helmet, a weapon and anxiety building with every step through the mud

Opinion: A proposed Russian hub in Egypt could reshape regional power, deepen Cairo’s economic dependence and challenge US influence at the Suez Canal, raising concerns over food security, military access and the future of long-standing alliances