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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s Visit to Washington is an official state visit planned to take place at the White House on 21 July 2026 at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. The visit will mark the first time since 2009 that a Lebanese president has met face to face with a US president at the White House. During the talks, it is expected that the implementation of the framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel on 26 June 2026, the permanent establishment of the ceasefire, t

The Yemen-Saudi Arabia Tension and Iran Aircraft Crisis refers to the political and military crisis in July 2026 between the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarullah Movement), led by Saudi Arabia. The crisis began when civilian aircraft belonging to Iran flew to Sanaa International Airport, which is under Houthi control. The situation escalated with military strikes on the airport, reciprocal missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks, declar

Allegations of the Iron Dome System Deployment to the United Arab Emirates (2026) refer to reports published on April 26, 2026, by the US-based news platform Axios, claiming that during the early stages of the Iran-Israel war, Israel had sent a battery of the Iron Dome air defense system along with dozens of military personnel to operate it to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Initially based on anonymous sources, these reports were publicly confirmed on May 12, 2026 by United States Permanent Rep

The explosion occurred at a café on en-Nasr Street, located between the Hejaz Railway Station and Merc Square, near the Palace of Justice in the Merc district of Damascus, the capital of Syria. According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, the explosion took place on Thursday, 2 July 2026 and resulted in numerous injuries. Details regarding the nature of the explosion were not clear in the initial hours after the incident, and Syrian authorities launched an investigation to determine its cause. L

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Arab League Extraordinary Doha Summit is an international meeting held on 15 September 2025 in Doha, the capital of Türkiye. The summit convened following Israel’s air strike on 9 September 2025 targeting the Hamas negotiation delegation in Doha. The meeting addressed the attack on Qatar’s sovereignty, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Palestinian issue were placed on the agenda. The summit concluded with joint decisions by the OIC and