Opinion

Assala's concert, if it goes ahead, would be an important sign that the government can resist conservative pressure campaigns, but it is not a long-term solution

Under sustained economic and military pressure, Iran may come to the conclusion that nuclear weapons are the ultimate and only guarantee of regime survival

Whether the US president will experience setbacks in the forthcoming midterm elections will largely depend on how he manages the ongoing conflict with Tehran

The transitional authorities have created genuine anti-corruption momentum. The challenge is to convert it into transparent procedures, independent oversight, and meaningful checks on executive power.

Syria continues to move towards becoming a unified and stable state, and towards something more fundamental still: a normal country, the kind neither…

The two US officials may have the same enemies, but they have different ideas about how to best confront them

The Yemeni militia appears to have tied its fate to the outcome of Iran's confrontation with the United States and Israel. This is a dangerous gamble.

US-sponsored diplomacy is better equipped to contain the fallout from Israeli strikes than to deliver lasting security

The Ukrainian president's mishandling of the friction between Syrskyi and Fedorov has backfired and now threatens his own political standing

A direct confrontation between Israel and Türkiye, two US allies, would put Washington in a very tough spot

The latest US initiative is structured in a way that lets political elites permanently postpone elections

Israel’s Bar Lev Line was supposed to be unbreakable. The chain of fortified strongpoints running the length of the Suez Canal was built after the…