Regime's strategy is not battlefield victory but raising the regional and global costs of any attempt to overthrow it.

India’s festival of colour has become a day when women brace for harassment.

Conservative dissent over the war is fracturing the GOP and testing the durability of US support for Israel.

A protracted conflict in the Middle East could help Russia's war effort in Ukraine.

Trump and Netanyahu are in this war for very different reasons. And that will soon show.

Assassinations provide a short-term political boost but lead to long-term disaster.

Proponents of foreign intervention in Iran are unlikely to get the sudden rupture and regime change they hope for.

A prolonged conflict is bound to disrupt the model of regional stability and economic prosperity the Gulf has pursued.

NGO ban and the blocking of aid due to closure of the border crossings are meant as another collective punishment.

The US and Israel declared regime change as their ultimate goal. That, however, would be difficult to achieve.