Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim, who died on 13 August 2025 at the age of 88, recognised early the gulf between the hollow rhetoric of Nasserist…

The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon was reached on 27 November 2024, yet the process of implementing UN Resolution 1701 is still underway and…

"In my naivety, I believed that the union between the states of Damascus and Aleppo was a momentous historical event for Syria. So I rushed to the…

The Alaska summit between Trump and Putin was the latest example of the US president's unpredictability and his weaknesses as a diplomat. European…

Almost 108 years after British troops first occupied Palestine, London appears on the brink of finally recognising a Palestinian state. After France…

For thousands of years, metals have been linked to human advancement, from Stone Age tools made of flint to the iron that fired the factories that…

As Syria struggles to contain the fallout from the recent clashes in Sweida, tensions in the northeast are rapidly approaching a boiling point. The…

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When Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah assumed direct leadership of Kuwait as its emir, he was swift to outline his ambitions for the country…