Chess has deep roots in the Arab world. It flourished during the Abbasid era, when Baghdad was growing into a major cultural centre, and an important…

Few Lebanese will forget the day of 4 August 2020, when an enormous store of ammonium nitrate caused a huge explosion in the Port of Beirut.It killed…

If Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump wins a second term in November’s election, US policy would shift in several big areas, according…

Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr (also known as Hajj Mohsen) in the neighbourhood housing the group’s Shura Council in the…

Britain’s new Labour government has only been in power for a month, but already it is facing a grave threat after far-right-inspired riots erupted…

The southern suburbs of Beirut have returned to the headlines in a way that its residents had hoped it would not.After a series of senior ‘axis of…

When all is said and done, when a smouldering and ruined Middle East is all that remains, one thing will be as clear as day: the depth of Israeli…

Chinese companies are expanding production of electric vehicles (EVs) in the Middle East and North Africa in part because markets there look ripe for…

Israel has now been waging a genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for ten months.The length and extent of the onslaught has made it a…