The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro presents another blow -- a new red flag -- for Iran and its main proxy, Lebanon's Hezbollah,.

What has emerged for now is a system that survived by adapting, absorbing pressure, and recalibrating external relationships while preserving its internal foundations. This outcome suggests a central ...

As large-scale protests continue across Iran, a central question has emerged: why has the country’s ruling system remained intact so far? From the outset of the current unrest, some Iranian ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2026. Credit - Iranian Leader Press Office—Anadolu via Getty Images What has emerged for now is a system that survived by adapting, ...

When reports emerged that the U.S. ousted Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, a familiar assumption quickly took hold about another longtime foe of Washington. If the U.S. could engineer the extraction of a ...