Leyla Demir

The region is being reordered in fragments. Istanbul, March 2026 The phrase shadow war no longer explains enough. It still suggests secrecy, deniability, selective force, …

Beirut, September 2025. The Middle East is no stranger to proxy wars, clandestine operations and intelligence rivalries. Yet today, the most decisive battles are unfolding …

Beirut, August 2025 In the shadow zones where states collapse and international promises turn into empty slogans, there’s a flow rarely captured in headlines: humanitarian …

Beirut, July 2025 In the old paradigms of Middle Eastern conflict, territory was won with tanks, martyrs were buried with flags, and the enemy had …

Nicosia, July 2025 As airstrikes flicker across regional maps and diplomats convene in sterile rooms of orchestrated silence, a deeper, less visible war is unfolding—one …