The Israeli premier's uncompromising attitude threatens the fragile ceasefire that the US president has worked so hard to secure

Con Coughlin

Trump's decision to end the war was driven by Western allies' move to recognise a Palestinian state, and the fact that Israel was becoming a moral liability for the US

Badia Fahs

In the Middle East, every action carries symbolism. Al Majalla explains why Syria's foreign minister's visit via Beirut's national airport matters.

Alia Mansour

Trump returns to the region to celebrate the Gaza truce deal—a region he believed had become part of America's past

Ibrahim Hamidi

If exclusion and opacity persist, Syria risks reinforcing the very conditions that led to its collapse. It isn't just the legitimacy of one election cycle that's at stake, but the entire transition.

Haid Haid

With Israel facing unprecedented global isolation over its war on Gaza, Netanyahu would be taking a massive gamble to go back to war—especially after Trump has poured in all his efforts to end it

Con Coughlin

Without genuine reform in the Arab world, critical thinking remains impaired. This means that the failed policies of the past continue to repeat themselves in a vicious cycle of stagnation.

Houssam Itani

Regional and international shifts—most notably the collapse of the Assad regime, as well as President Trump's second term in the White House—have given Ankara renewed confidence

Michael Harari

Both countries have a rare but fleeting opportunity to enjoy genuine cooperation, but the narrow interests of some politicians are threatening to sabotage the opening

Alia Mansour

The region stands at a crossroads that will define its course for at least the next decade

Ibrahim Hamidi

The donations were not random acts of goodwill, but part of a calculated campaign to rehabilitate the Hamsho name, using wealth built on Syrians' suffering to buy legitimacy

Haid Haid

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said little that Arabs had not heard before. When he described the peoples of the region as tribes and denied their…

Houssam Itani