The recent meeting between interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia was hailed by many as a historic…

Over the past two years, Algerian agriculture in its desert regions has witnessed a dramatic transformation, as the country aims for food sovereignty…

I came back to Tokyo late last year after having served in Baghdad as Japan's ambassador to Iraq. It was a great relief to return home after several…

For much of the past two decades, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was barred from filmmaking by his government. But even when he was put under house…

When Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed the country’s highest honour on Sergei Lavrov, Moscow’s long-serving foreign minister, earlier this…

For over 60 years, Syria’s Baathist regime disguised the large-scale expropriation of private property as lawful governance. From sweeping…

The Middle East and North Africa are riddled with civil and proxy wars that have broken states, devastated economies, and displaced millions. The…

Although US President Donald Trump suggested last week that a nuclear deal with Iran was “close,” that doesn’t actually seem to be the case as both…

The Middle East is going through a critical period of social and cultural transformation that will shape the region’s future. The transformations…