Middle East

BIO-key (BKYI) spikes on major Middle East defense biometric deployment — stock reacts as company expands EMEA footprint [Nov. 7, 2025]

BIO‑key International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKYI) said today it has secured a “significant” new identity and biometric security deployment with a major defense‑sector security organization in the Middle East, a win the company calls one of its largest security‑sector deployments in

7 November 2025

Trump’s High‑Wire Act: NATO Shockwaves, Middle‑East Firestorm, and a Congress on Edge—What the June 24, 2025 Frenzy Really Means for America and the World

On June 24, 2025, President Donald Trump arrived in The Hague demanding all 32 NATO allies commit 5% of their GDP to defense. Spain and Slovakia sought carve-outs, exposing cracks despite a one-page summit communiqué praised by NATO Secretary-General Mark

24 June 2025

Geopolitica · NATO · Orientul Μέσος · Politica externă · SUA

Strait of Hormuz Crisis: World’s Critical Oil Chokepoint at the Center of a Geopolitical Storm

On June 22, 2025, the United States launched Operation Midnight Hammer, bombing Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, after which Iran’s parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20% of the world’s oil and gas

22 June 2025

Crisis · Energy Security · Geopolitics · Oil · Strait of Hormuz

Internet Access in Syria

History of Internet Development in Syria Syria was relatively late in opening internet access to the public. An internet connection was established in the country by 1997, but for years Syria was the only connected Middle Eastern country that did not

7 February 2025

Access · Internet · Middle East · Syria · Technology