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- <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:justify;">The Middle East’s wars are not ending. They are being reorganized.</span></p>
  
  The age of the new Cold War
  
  As the Middle East enters a new era of strategic competition, unresolved wars are evolving into a broader cold war shaped by U.S.-Iran rivalry, shifting Sunni alliances, Israel’s expanding influence, and Lebanon’s potential role as a testing ground for a new regional order.
  
  August 16, 2026
- <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:justify;">Pakistan’s role in US-Iran crisis diplomacy has become central, highlighting its mediation efforts with KSA, Turkey, and Egypt, and cautious prospects for de-escalation amid the ongoing regional war.</span></p>
  
  Islamabad at the center of US-Iran crisis diplomacy
  
  Pakistan’s role in US-Iran crisis diplomacy has become central, highlighting its mediation efforts with KSA, Turkey, and Egypt, and cautious prospects for de-escalation amid the ongoing regional war.
  
  March 30, 2026
- <p style="text-align:center;">Lebanon boosts border security and anti-narcotics cooperation with Syria and Saudi Arabia.</p>
  
  Lebanon stenghtens border security and narcotics combat
  
  Lebanon boosts border security and anti-narcotics cooperation with Syria and Saudi Arabia.
  
  November 03, 2025
- <p style="text-align:center;">Lenovo joins a growing wave of global firms establishing regional headquarters in Riyadh as part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 push.</p>
  
  Saudi Arabia: The new hub for regional headquarters
  
  Lenovo joins a growing wave of global firms establishing regional headquarters in Riyadh as part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 push.
  
  October 07, 2025
- <p style="text-align:center;">Abu Dhabi is accelerating its digital transformation with a $3.5 billion strategy to become the world’s first fully AI-enabled government by 2027, positioning artificial intelligence as the core of governance, innovation, and global competitiveness.</p>
  
  Abu Dhabi aims to be the world’s first AI-enabled government by 2027
  
  Abu Dhabi is accelerating its digital transformation with a $3.5 billion strategy to become the world’s first fully AI-enabled government by 2027.
  
  October 04, 2025
- <p style="text-align:justify;">Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact, pledging joint protection amid rising regional tensions.</p>
  
  Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact
  
  Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact, pledging joint protection amid rising regional tensions.
  
  September 19, 2025
- <p style="text-align:justify;">After Israel's attack on Qatar and the war in Gaza, prospects of expanding on the Abraham Accords appear thin. The Beiruter breaks down what these accords are.</p>
  
  What are the Abraham Accords?
  
  After Israel's attack on Qatar and the war in Gaza, prospects of expanding on the Abraham Accords appear thin. The Beiruter breaks down what these accords are.
  
  September 13, 2025
- <span id="docs-internal-guid-0a77bafa-7fff-8ab2-214b-9aacc8df7285"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">With the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the Gulf countries are looking to influence the future of the country, while Turkey is looking to fill the gap left by the Gulf in Lebanon.</span></span>
  
  As the Gulf focuses on Syria, Turkey eyes an opportunity in Lebanon
  
  With the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the Gulf countries are looking to influence the future of the country, while Turkey is looking to fill the gap left by the Gulf in Lebanon.
  
  September 08, 2025