Geostrategy-Direct, February 24, 2026 Iraq is still without a prime minister or president months after its last election as political parties remain at odds. Nouri al-Maliki, one of the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, February 17, 2026 The new Syrian government has garnered support from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and other countries. And Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani is hinting that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, February 10, 2026 Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam knows the United States is now a strong presence in his region and that Iran’s influence is diminished. Thus he (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, February 3, 2026 As the key Middle East power broker at a very sensitive juncture in early 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump has been clear that he does (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, January 27, 2026 Nouri al-Maliki, the leader of Iraq’s Shiite Islamic Dawa Party, served as the nation’s prime minister from 2006 to 2014. His tenure was marked by (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, January 20, 2026 As Syrian government forces have continued to take territory from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Kurdish families were forced to flee the fighting, reports (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, January 13, 2026 The first days of 2026 have seen clashes in then northern Syrian city of Aleppo between Kurdish forces and Syrian government forces which threaten the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, January 6, 2026 When American commandos captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro it put another huge dent in Iran’s network of terror proxies. Venezuela under Maduro served Iranian and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, December 30, 2025 Israel on Dec. 26 officially recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. The self-declared, unrecognized state in the Horn of Africa is located on (more…)