While diplomats attempted to facilitate a humanitarian truce in Khartoum, fighting on 16 April between tribal factions — some of whom were given or…

Much of the Umayyad dynasty remains a mystery — especially since contemporary historical studies in the Arab world continue to be dominated by…

Sudan’s army and militia groups have resorted to violence and destruction, directing their weapons at their own citizens and each other, unable, yet…

Saudi Arabia is making a major effort to build on the diplomatic momentum generated by its agreement to normalise relations with Iran.The Kingdom has…

The impact of Syria’s civil war is scattered right across the country. It has changed the fabric of daily life, touching its streets and houses and…

With international efforts underway to bring Syria out of long years of isolation, diplomats are looking to Libya for lessons on how to reach a…

In under a decade, TikTok has successfully become a major cultural power across the whole world. Nowhere has its dizzying rise been under more…

The Kurdish autonomous administration in north-east Syria has recently released 20 Islamic State affiliates for maintaining good behaviour during…

I was so disappointed recently by a Cezanne exhibition (at Tate Modern), that I wrote about the frames rather than the paintings. How, then, to…

I recently organised an energy security conference in my hometown of Oil City, Pennsylvania — whose oil discovery in 1859 gave birth to the biggest…