The saying attributed to Lenin that there are decades where nothing happens and weeks where decades happen has never been truer than the week that…

As leader of a militia that has been at war for every day of its existence, Hassan Nasrallah was no stranger to danger. But one summer night in 2006,…

The social and political fabric of Lebanon has never been as fragile as it is today. The state that emerged after the 15-year civil war, governed by…

One of Iceland’s best-known writers, Andri Snær Magnason, is one of the few who can claim to have won the country’s main literary prize in all three…

One of the very first actions taken by the incoming Labour government was the scrapping of the previous administration’s Rwanda policy. The…

The bunker-busting bombs used by Israel to assassinate the senior leadership of Hezbollah may also have destroyed a large part of its dollar stash…

When Egypt sent a second consecutive shipment of arms to Somalia last month, it likely did so with water and Ethiopia in mind, although officially,…

In the restive South Caucasus, where grievances do well to simmer, a proposed new road can be much more than just another transport route. Such is…

Iran arguably faces the greatest crisis since its 1979 Islamic revolution following its decision to launch its massive ballistic missile attack…