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Trump’s war has backfired spectacularly: Iran is now more influential than ever

Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme, says Fawaz Gerges of the LSE

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‘Not our war’: Gulf states weigh up options as existential threat from Iran conflict grows

Arab states have so far only acted defensively, but there is growing fear war is entering new, more dangerous phase

The Guardian - UK

Oman says US-Iran talks end with ‘significant progress’ but no deal reached – as it happened

Omani foreign minister, who was mediating talks, touts progress after meeting wraps and says more talks to take place next week in Vienna

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We’re on the brink of a disastrous, illegal conflagration in the Middle East. Trump must be stopped

This is a war of choice, based on misinformation. If the US and UK join it, they risk a rerun of the Iraq debacle of 2003, says Fawaz Gerges of the LSE

The Guardian - UK

‘We can barely believe what’s happening’: how Syria’s frozen conflict flared into hot war that could topple Assad

With insurgents closing in on Damascus, questions remain over whether the Assad regime will dig in, and if Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are as moderate as they seem

The Guardian - UK

One year on from 7 October, our panel considers: what next for the Middle East?

There are so many players and so many imponderables. Truly it is a region on a knife edge

The Guardian - UK

Two strikes on militant leaders risk inflaming a Middle East on edge

The targeting of two senior militant leaders in two Middle Eastern capitals within hours of each other — with each strike blamed on Israel — risks rocking the region at a critical moment

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With mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike

This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence

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