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Members of Russian and Syrian forces at the Abu Al-Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province on August 20, 2018. AFP
Politics

How the fall of Assad has been a strategic loss for Russia

The rapid collapse of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime dealt a big blow to Russia’s global reputation and represents a strategic loss…

Samer Elias 14 December , 2024
Opinion

Assad's fall throws the future of Syria's Kurds into question

While the long-overdue overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has been a cause for celebration for the vast majority of Syrians, there are some groups—most…

Con Coughlin 13 December , 2024
A long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft and crew of three astronauts lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi desert, northwest China, on October 30, 2024. ADEK BERRY / AFP
Science & Technology

Why China is building a Starlink system of its own

On 5 December, a Long March 6a rocket blasted off from Taiyuan Satellite Centre in Shanxi province in northern China. Aboard was the third batch of…

The Economist 13 December , 2024
Former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his counterpart Elias Hrawi during their meeting in Damascus on March 14, 1998. AFP
Politics

Assad's fall could put Lebanon and Syria on divergent paths

Social media users recently unearthed a tweet from former Lebanese interior minister and MP Suleiman Frangieh, in which he suggested that his…

Houssam Itani 13 December , 2024
A woman inspects the cells of the famous Sednaya prison north of Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime.
 AP/Hussein Malla
Culture & Social Affairs

Blood-curdling tales emerge from Assad's torture dungeons

Bashar al-Assad’s escape from Syria was not the only defining moment of his brutal regime’s collapse. Alongside it was the storming of his infamous…

Samer Abou Hawwach 13 December , 2024
Subhi Barakat was elected as the Syrian Union's first president—a notable from Antioch who had served as MP in Syria’s first parliament, known as the Syrian National Congress of 1919. Wikipedia
Documents & Memoirs

The short-lived Syrian federalism experiment of 1922

Did you know that in 1922, the capital of Syria was Aleppo, not Damascus? That was during the French Mandate years in Syria's short-lived federal…

Sami Moubayed 12 December , 2024
The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addresses a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP
Politics

What needs to happen to rebuild Syria

No one lives forever—and that includes dictators. With Bashar al-Assad now gone, and with nearly half a century of his family’s rule in Damascus now…

Omer Onhon 12 December , 2024
Supporters of Georgia's opposition parties hold a rally to protest against the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union, outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia December 7, 2024. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
Politics

Four scenarios for the protests in Georgia

For the past week, hundreds of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in cities across the country, and the situation is escalating by the…

Luke Coffey 12 December , 2024
Regional events shift focus from Gaza
Cartoons

Regional events shift focus from Gaza

Fares Garabet 12 December , 2024
Saudi Arabia to host World Cup 2034 in yet another crowning achievement Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia to host World Cup 2034 in yet another crowning achievement

Two years ago, fans who stepped into the golden Lusail Stadium on the outskirts of Doha witnesed a truly historic moment when Saudi player Salem Al…

Mohamed Qutob 11 December , 2024
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Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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