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This handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Presidency Press Office on January 6, 2024, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shaking hands with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) on 6 January 2023. AFP
Politics

Why Turkey was Blinken's first stop on regional tour discussing post-war Gaza

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken started a 10-nation regional tour of the Middle East in Turkey on 6 January, at a critical time for the region…

Omer Onhon 09 January , 2024
A member of Iraq's PMF stands in front of a banner depicting slain Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (L) and IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani, on Jan 2, 2023, at a ceremony marking the anniversary of their assassination. AFP
Politics

As slain leaders commemorated, Iraq and Iran attacked yet again

Baghdad: Fighter jets screeched overhead, and tanks rolled under the Victory Arch in the Iraqi capital on the morning of 6 January in honour of the…

Shelly Kittleson 08 January , 2024
A top biographer trailed the world's richest man for two years then spent 688 pages deciphering him, yet Elon Musk has always been hard to define, as his latest scrap with Jewish leaders shows. shutterstock
Culture & Social Affairs

Antisemitism storm renews interest in Isaacson’s Musk biography

Since Simon & Schuster published his biography in September, there have been some difficult days for billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.Days…

Youssouf Waqqas 08 January , 2024
Fenerbahce supporters stand behind a banner with a quote by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. AFP
Politics

Should politics have a place on the football pitch?

Rarely in their 100-year history have bitter rivals Istanbul, Galatasaray, and Fenerbahçe found common ground. They’re far more likely to find a…

Mohamed Qutob 08 January , 2024
Saudi Arabia’s custodianship of the Two Holy Mosques makes reaching a settlement with Israel extremely challenging. As such, it has prioritised securing Palestinian rights before signing any peace accord with Israel. Nash Weerasekera
Politics

Is a Saudi-US pact still imminent?

The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 was a turning point in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Despite the unsympathetic attitude held by…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 08 January , 2024
Israel tries to expand its war on Gaza to the region
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Israel tries to expand its war on Gaza to the region

Fares Garabet 08 January , 2024
The funeral of Iraqi Hashed fighters in Baghdad, who were killed in a US airstrike on January 4, 2024 EPA
Politics

The world prepares for Gaza war escalation

The arrival of the New Year has brought with it the unprecedented risk of a broadening of the war in Gaza. From Baghdad to Beirut to the Red Sea,…

David Schenker 07 January , 2024
China is still growing faster than the US, but economic parity will be much delayed Eduardo Ramon
Politics

China’s global ascendancy is off to a slow start

Hopes were high for 2023, post pandemic China’s year zero. But after the country sharply reversed its draconian zero-COVID policy in December 2022,…

Shirley Ze Yu 07 January , 2024
Javier Milei has gone from renegade candidate to radical president. He must use his charisma to overcome major challenges and deliver for his coalition of supporters. Axel Rangel Garcia
Profiles

Javier Milei: Argentina's radical outsider-turned-president

Responding to a journalist's question about his sudden surge in popularity, Argentina's newly elected president, Javier Milei, offered a concise yet…

Paul Achkar 07 January , 2024
Israeli army soldiers raise the Druze flag IDF
Politics

Loyalty of Israel's Druze community faces ultimate test

Since the onset of Israel's war on Gaza on 7 October 2023, the Arab Druze community in Israel has mourned the loss of six members serving in the…

Sherine Younes 07 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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