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Israel's Legal Counselor Tal Becker, lawyer Malcolm Shaw, and Gilad Noam, Deputy Attorney-General attend the ICJ prior to the hearing on the genocide case against Israel in The Hague on January 11, 2024. AFP
Politics

Composition of Israeli defence team at ICJ shows it takes genocide case seriously

Israel has decided to send a team of legal experts to defend itself against accusations raised by South Africa that it is carrying out a genocide in…

Michael Horowitz 12 January , 2024
Opinion

Don't let Syria slip off the global agenda

For the last few months, the international community’s attention has been naturally focused on the crisis in Gaza. However, we must not look away…

Brigitte Curmi 12 January , 2024
Syrian writer Khalida Saeeda recalls a strange encounter she experienced during Lebanon's civil war, where a moment of panic revealed one man's true nature. Marian Moratinos
Culture & Social Affairs

The day a bird saved me

In the Lebanese war, which alternated between civil war and Israeli aggression, there were many situations where people’s true colours showed — some…

Khalida Saeed 12 January , 2024
Both Moscow and Kyiv have several moves left to alter the war's outcome. The ability to do so largely depends on the commitment of resources and the will to fight. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

The war in Ukraine is far from over

Washington: In February 2024, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will enter its third year. The toll, thus far, has been staggering. The…

Anna Borshchevskaya 12 January , 2024
A view shows the bridge of HMS Diamond, seen here firing her Sea Viper missiles in the Red Sea on January 10, 2024. Reuters
Politics

US options to counter Houthi threat to global shipping

In US Middle East policy — as terrible as Israel’s war against Gaza is right now — there isn’t a more urgent priority than addressing the threat…

Bilal Saab 11 January , 2024
Opinion

Blinken's faltering regional tour shows declining US influence

In the 50 years since former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger launched his famous shuttle diplomacy mission to bring peace to the Middle East,…

Con Coughlin 11 January , 2024
In a document of over 80 pages – which makes for very grim reading – an exhaustive legal case compiled by South Africa is elaborated against Israel’s vicious behaviour. Sara Gironi Carnevale
Politics

UN court hears South Africa genocide case against Israel

Something is changing in the world’s perception of events in Gaza.In the course of the past three months, in response to Hamas attacks on 7 October,…

Bryn Haworth 11 January , 2024
Central Asian tiles often featured a fusion of Iranian turquoise with the deep, luminous blue of Afghan lapis lazuli. Supplied
Culture & Social Affairs

Cartier’s muse: Islamic art on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi

In the echoes of history in palace walls, mosques, weapon handles, luxurious textiles, and French fashion houses (or ‘Maison’), Cartier found an…

Abeer Younis 11 January , 2024
Will it bring about a golden age or new dark times for mankind? A year of AI’s rapid rise feels like a millennium. Are we ready? Nicola Ferrarese
Science & Technology

AI odyssey in 2024 may mark the start of a new era

London: At the end of 2022, the ChatGPT programme was released into the world, and within two months, a record 100 million users had signed up. Was…

Khaled Kassar 11 January , 2024
People carry pictures of deputy head of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed by what Lebanese and Palestinian security sources say was a drone strike by Israel, as mourners gather during his funeral in Beirut on January 4, 2024. Reuters
Politics

A Hezbollah-Israel war has never been closer

When he was killed in a suspected Israeli strike in southern Beirut, deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau and Hamas's military commander of…

Michael Horowitz 11 January , 2024
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq and Syria, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Israeli spy Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

29, Sep 2026

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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