Qatar has long played the role of mediator in regional conflicts, particularly between Hamas and Israel. It has also mediated between the Taliban and…

In the past week, Israel has carried out airstrikes across the region, from Syria and Lebanon to Tunisia and, most shockingly, in Qatar—a staunch US…

When Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks for Syria at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 24 September, it will be the first time…

Syria’s newly confirmed ambassador to the United Nations is a British-trained barrister and longtime critic of former president Bashar al-Assad,…

A prominent voice within Egypt’s ‘Nineties Generation’, the novelist and short story writer May Telmissany has explored the themes of exile, loss,…

Israel’s unprecedented attack on Qatar could significantly alter the China-US stalemate in the Gulf. Before the 9 September attack, even as …

In early August, Israel’s Security Cabinet granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approval to implement military plans aimed at securing full…

Ethiopia has inaugurated its long-awaited hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, putting the spotlight back on one of the most controversial projects in…

Israel’s surprising strike against Hamas leaders in Qatar this week was the latest indication that the second Trump administration has fallen well…

In 1997, a younger Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the assassination of the newly appointed head of Hamas’s political bureau in exile, Khaled Meshaal…