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Egyptian troops pose atop a bunker on which they just planted their flag on the Israeli Bar Lev line east of the Suez Canal, Egypt, on Oct. 13, 1973. AP
Politics

Egypt declassifies October war files as tension with Israel intensifies

The October war files — released by the Egyptian Ministry of Defence earlier this month for the first time since 1973 — put the Egyptian army's…

Amr Emam 23 February , 2024
Opinion

Two years of war in Ukraine see tides shift in Putin's favour

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his so-called “special military operation” two years ago, he expected that Russia’s superior military…

Con Coughlin 23 February , 2024
A Ukrainian soldier walks inside a destroyed barn by Russian shelling near the frontline of the Zaporizhzhia province, Ukraine. Getty
Politics

Ukraine no closer to victory two years after Russia invasion

Two years after the outbreak of war, the non-occupied part of Ukraine feels closer to Europe but no closer to victory.With neither side keen to talk…

Khattar Abu Diab 23 February , 2024
Opinion

Gaza war stalls Biden's Mideast disengagement plan

The Gaza crisis may have forced US President Joe Biden to review his plan to withdraw US forces from Syria and Iraq, but there still remains a strong…

Con Coughlin 29 February , 2024
Opinion

The China model is the best bet for developing countries

The “China model” concept began taking hold after Beijing recorded impressive economic growth after 30 years of opening-up and reform policies…

Becky Shen 22 February , 2024
Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli and his Egyptian counterpart Gamal Abdel Nasser sign the union agreement between their countries in Damascus on 22 February 1958. The union lasted until 1961. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

The United Arab Republic: A look at Egypt and Syria's shortlived union

On 11 January 1958, 14 Syrian officers drove to the airport, boarding a charter flight headed for Cairo. Carrying no passports and dressed in full…

Sami Moubayed 22 February , 2024
Is the Russian bear right to be bullish on its economy? The answer is not straightforward. Laura Salafia
Business & Economy

After two years of war, can Russia be bullish on its economy?

“Despite the—let’s be honest—pessimistic prognoses that were made and that continue to be made by some experts today, mostly Western experts, of…

Nazareth Seferian 22 February , 2024
A Palestinian child gestures as people bury their dead who were killed during overnight Israeli strikes at a cemetery in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 21, 2024. AFP
Politics

An Israeli assault on Rafah could send the region spiralling. A deal might save it.

Diplomats are racing to broker a ceasefire agreement in time to avoid what many see as a worst-case scenario: An Israeli offensive in the southern…

Michael Horowitz 22 February , 2024
US vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution for third time
Cartoons

US vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution for third time

Fares Garabet 21 February , 2024

ICJ hears case on Israeli occupation as West Bank reels under attacks

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority Riyad al-Maliki (R) at the International Court of Justice at a hearing on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation on February 19, 2024, in The Hague.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in front of the ICJ as the court hears the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land at The Hague, Netherlands, on February 19 2024.

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Reuters

Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the ICJ speaks during a public hearing on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024.

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Reuters

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour give a statement to the media following the ICJ hearing in the Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024.

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Relatives mourn at the start of the funeral of 26-year-old Palestinian Anas Dweikat in the West Bank town of Rujayb, east of Nablus, on February 19, 2024, after he was shot dead by Israeli forces the previous day at a checkpoint.

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AFP

Mourners carry the body of Anas Dweikat, 26, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Rujeib, east of Nablus, on February 19, 2024.

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AFP

Palestinians inspect a car burnt in a reported attack the previous night by Israeli settlers in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on February 20, 2024.

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AFP

Palestinian Majid Saif, who was injured in a reported attack the previous night by Israeli settlers in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, speaks on his phone in the village on February 20, 2024.

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Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Opinion

Israeli and Iranian claims of victory ring hollow

25 June 2025

Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi

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