Opinion

Before rebuilding buildings, Damascus needs to rebuild trust with its citizens

The US president's ambition to become the fifth holder of his office to win the top global award remains frustrated, with a key ally being the main reason

Two different approaches to conflict management can be seen taking hold in recent years, driven either by narrow national interests or messianic aspirations

Today, Hezbollah, Iran, and, ironically, Israel find common cause in their shared desire to destabilise Syria

The high-profile gathering of central bankers will put the Federal Reserve chairman's fraught relations with the president in the spotlight. Markets, policymakers and politicians will be watching.

To prevent an ugly repeat of history, a durable solution in Ukraine requires Kyiv's presence at the negotiating table, not the dinner table

The Syrian government now faces another defining test: it can either allow tribal mobilisation to spiral into open conflict with the SDF or reassert its leadership through de-escalation

Despite mounting global and domestic outrage over his seemingly endless war on Gaza, Israel's prime minister sees little reason to back down, given the impunity he has enjoyed thus far

The choice is between the logic of the state and the logic of the militia

The grim arithmetic of Israel's daily killings of Palestinians hasn't moved so-called "civilised" countries to stop the carnage. Meanwhile, slavery and child labour are on the rise.

The honeymoon period—characterised by unified Arab, regional, and Western backing for Damascus—seems to have ended, giving way to a phase marked by competing foreign agendas in Syria

In an age when rare earths power not just economies but warfare, these precious minerals are not just coveted but existential to countries that want to safeguard their hegemony