Amine Ayoub
ARTICLES BY: Amine Ayoub
The Jihadist in a Tailored Suit: How Syria’s New Parliament Is Fooling the West
On July 12, 2026, the newly formed Syrian People's Assembly convened in Damascus for its inaugural session, creating a meticulously crafted illusion of a modern...
Saudi Arabia’s Iran Silence Is a Strategic Calculation, Not a Scheduling Conflict
When France invited Egypt, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to a dedicated Arab-leaders session at the G-7 summit in Evian on June 16 to...
Trump Called Erdogan ‘My Friend’ — but Turkey’s Behavior Is Anything but Friendly
On June 10, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told AKP lawmakers that Israel's strikes on Lebanon and Syria had "brought the issue to a point...
The US Vote to End the War Shows That Iran’s Pressure Strategy Is Working
The vote was 215-208. Four Republicans crossed the aisle. Cheers erupted in the chamber. For the first time, the US House of Representatives approved a...
Could the Iran War End with Tehran’s Uranium in China’s Vaults?
When American and Iranian negotiators first began sketching the contours of a ceasefire framework, the central verification problem was always the same: where does the...
Hezbollah Is Using the ‘Ceasefire’ to Produce More Drones for War Against Israel
Every ceasefire brokered over Lebanon in the last two decades has been sold to Western publics as a humanitarian achievement. In practice, every one of...
Trump’s Effort to Open the Strait of Hormuz: Saudi Arabia Decided Washington Isn’t Worth the Risk
There is a structural problem with Gulf Arab reliability that "Project Freedom" -- President Trump's plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz for global transit...
If Iran Won’t Deal, Trump Must Make the Cost of Refusal Unbearable
The ceasefire with Iran is expiring. The talks collapsed after 21 hours in Islamabad. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. Trump himself, speaking aboard...
The Pakistan Gambit: Why Islamabad’s Mediation Should Worry Israel
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been widely celebrated as a triumph of Pakistani diplomacy. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has received...
The Spanish Sabotage: How NATO’s Weakest Link Endangers the War Effort
As the Western alliance entered the second month of its existential struggle against the Iranian regime, the southern anchor of NATO officially buckled. In a calculated...
The Entebbe Alliance Reborn: Why Uganda Is Ready to Fight Iran Alongside Israel
Fifty years ago, Israeli commandos stormed the terminal at Entebbe Airport under the cover of darkness. They engaged in a deadly firefight with Ugandan troops...
The Energy Dilemma: Will Washington Let the Iranian Regime Survive?
For the first time since the "Second Iran War" began its lightning-fast escalation across the Persian Gulf, a palpable chill has settled over the direct...
Iran’s ‘Missile City’: Underground Arsenal Exposes the Strategic Failure of Containment
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released propaganda footage of an underground complex it calls “Missile City,” a vast network of tunnels packed with...
Khamenei Is Dead — But the IRGC Is Already Plotting His Replacement: Why the US Should Reject a Cosmetic ‘Transition’
Over the weekend, Iranian state media officially confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The 86-year-old ruler, who steered the Islamic Republic’s hostile foreign...
