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Explore Beirut's current mood as regional tensions rise, intertwined with stories from a new memoir and the city's undying cultural spirit.

Missile exchanges between Israel and Iran spark mass evacuations across the region. We break down the latest developments and what this means for global security.

How are regional tensions impacting shipping routes? Your essential guide to using Marine Traffic to monitor vessel movements in the Gulf and UAE ports in real time.

Tensions with Iran are escalating. As the world focuses on the US and Israel, Turkey is playing a double game. An analysis of Erdoğan's risky calculus between alliance loyalty and the fear of chaos.

Exclusive analysis of the killing of MP Muhammad Raad in an Israeli strike on Beirut, the repercussions of the conflict on the Lebanese landscape, and the rising search for recitations by Raad Mohammed Al-Kurdi.