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Benoit Faucon

ARTICLES BY BENOIT FAUCON

Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré Photo: Francis Kokoroko/Reuters

The coup leader who’s become an anti-Western hero in Africa and beyond

7 min read . 29 Jun 2025

US-Israel strikes on Iran's nuclear sites force Tehran to choose between risky retaliation or ceding to US nuclear demands.

Iran tries to buy time to weigh its response to US strikes

4 min read . 23 Jun 2025

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AFP)

Israeli Strikes shake foundation of Iran’s theocratic rule

6 min read . 18 Jun 2025

The US, which hasn’t joined Israel in the attacks, began building up its military assets in the region in recent days, including bringing in a second aircraft-carrier group. (AFP)

This ‘bunker buster’ US bomb could cripple Iran’s nuclear ambitions

3 min read . 18 Jun 2025

Tehran is looking to talks as a possible escape hatch, a way of saving face and preserving its theocracy.

Iran looks to Trump as escape hatch as attacks intensify

6 min read . 17 Jun 2025

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking during a ceremony on the occasion of the 36th death anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on 4 June. (AFP)

Iran’s supreme leader rejects US nuclear deal offer

3 min read . 04 Jun 2025

Iranian protesters hold placards outside the Omani embassy hosting a fifth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the US in Rome. (AFP)

US, Iran Meet in Rome with Nuclear Talks Under Strain

4 min read . 23 May 2025

President Donald Trump says US, Iran close to nuclear deal. (Illustration: Reuters)

Trump says US, Iran close to nuclear deal

1 min read . 15 May 2025

A sunken vessel is pictured at a site hit by Israeli forces in the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida on the Red Sea on December 21, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

Shippers are skeptical of Trump’s truce with the Houthis

3 min read . 08 May 2025

Iceland, a NATO member without a military, balances US/Europe ties amid Arctic tensions and considers EU membership. (Image: AFP)

The NATO country with no military gets serious about defence

5 min read . 27 Apr 2025

Hamas, which controls Gaza’s civilian government, got monthly cash transfers of $15 million from Qatar before the war.

A depleted Hamas is so low on cash that it can’t pay its fighters

5 min read . 17 Apr 2025

An Iranian newspaper with a cover photo of Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, is seen in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2025. (Photo: WANA (West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

US softens position on Iranian uranium enrichment

5 min read . 15 Apr 2025

Iran’s currency is among the weakest in the world. (Image: AFP)

Iran has a reason to strike a nuclear deal: Its economy is in trouble

4 min read . 14 Apr 2025

Scores of militias operate in the wilds of eastern Congo. (REUTERS)

War-torn Congo has a deal for Trump: Kick out rebels, get minerals

5 min read . 19 Mar 2025

The Khmeimim Air Base in Syria's Latakia governorate. Russia is seeking to secure the fate of its naval base in Tartus and its air base at Khmeimim—both on Syria's Mediterranean coast and Moscow's only military bases outside the former Soviet Union—with the new Syrian authorities. (AFP)

Russia is chasing a deal to keep its military bases in Syria

5 min read . 06 Mar 2025

Israel wants Hamas to disarm and give up any role in the governance of Gaza. (Image: Reuters)

A decimated Hamas prepares for a new fight With Israel

6 min read . 26 Feb 2025

Colombian soldier Jhonny Pinilla, who fought in Ukraine. Natalia Kepesz for WSJ

The hottest job in a world at war: Gun-for-hire

7 min read . 17 Feb 2025

Residents of the southern Lebanese village of Aitaroun lift portraits of Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah. Lebanon's heath ministry said Israeli fire killed two people on January 27 and wounded 17 others in the south, in a second day of violence as residents tried again to return to border villages. (Photo: AFP)

Iran is funding Hezbollah via suitcases stuffed with sash, Israel warns

5 min read . 31 Jan 2025

The Houthis have attacked more than 100 vessels in the Red Sea since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel sparked the war in Gaza. (File Photo: Bloomverg)

Shippers wary of Red Sea routes despite Houthi pledge to end targeting

3 min read . 27 Jan 2025

Iran has one of the most powerful ballistic-missile stockpiles in the Middle East. (Image: Reuters)

China is helping supply chemicals for Iran’s ballistic-missile program

5 min read . 24 Jan 2025