Pope Francis, the 266th in the history of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. He became pope in 2013 after his predecessor, Benedict XVI,…

The term “axis of resistance” emerged in 2001, largely in response to US President George W. Bush’s dubbing of Iran, Iraq and North Korea (and later…

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On 10 March, Damascus struck a stunning deal with the largely Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, who agreed to integrate into Syria’s political and…

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is the key financier of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, a national plan that aims to wean the economy off oil, which…

Ever since US President Donald Trump decided to implement his controversial reciprocal tariffs policy, the White House has found itself trying to…

The Trump administration’s expanded military campaign against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has sparked intense debate across the globe…

The disbanding of Ahmad Al-Awda’s Eighth Brigade on 13 marks a major shift in Syria’s security landscape. It got rid of President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s…

To say Yolanda Guardi is familiar the academic rigour is an understatement: she earned degrees from universities in Spain (Anthropology and Arabic…