In May 1953, Syria and Iran signed something that has been miraculously dropped from modern political discourse: a friendship agreement.Nobody seems…

Since the big wave of independence from European rule swept Africa in 1960, no country on the continent has joined the exclusive club of the world’s…

From the smoke and dust from Israel’s south, where Gaza lies in ruins, Israel’s military focus has shifted north to Lebanon and its troublesome Iran…

Nine months into the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the mid-intensity conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah is…

Salar Abdoh has chronicled Middle Eastern wars in books that have outlined the realities of the conflict that has gripped the region. The Tehran-born…

While Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza has drawn much of the world’s attention over the past eight months, fighting on a second front—at the country’s…

Since 8 October, the drums of war have been sounding in Lebanon. Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, announced his involvement in…

In early June, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani announced that he was trying to reconcile Turkey and Syria, whose relationship broke down…

It seems both odd and not that a country being bombed can host bustling music concerts where tickets cost a small fortune while families facing bombs…