The opposition now faces the daunting task of governing the newly seized territories, fortifying their defences against counterattacks, and maintaining unity among its factions

Haid Haid

War is forcing a begrudging acknowledgement that these states are broken and cannot be pieced together without radical new thinking to accommodate today's reality

Houssam Itani

At a time when Beijing and Moscow show strength, key democracies like France, Germany and South Korea find themselves consumed by internal strife, hurting their ability to confront autocratic states

Con Coughlin

The latest catastrophe to strike the country has been most fully felt by the Shiite community. It is just the latest bust in an endless cycle of misery

Mohamed abi Samra

The president-elect intends to drill for more supplies of traditional fossil fuel and his energy secretary is known for backing fracking. Gulf states and OPEC are keeping watch for the price impact.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi

War has exposed realities that states once knew before those with extreme positions altered everyone's worldview. Now, after decades of table-thumping, Devlet Bahçeli has a bright new idea.

Rustum Mahmud

Will the country's stakeholders be able to breathe new life into the Lebanese state, or will we see the birth of an entirely new one?

Ibrahim Hamidi

In under 72 hours, HTS forces reclaimed dozens of strategic towns and sites in and around Aleppo. Al Majalla explains the underlying factors behind the Syrian opposition's success.

Haid Haid

A decade ago, Bashar al-Assad could call on his Russian and Iranian allies. Today, they have other fish to fry. Amidst his threats of a counter-offensive, the opposition smell their chance

Con Coughlin

Sectarian clashes were predicted as Israel drove hundreds of thousands of Shiites out of their strongholds. With bombs no longer falling, what next for a country whose divides have been exposed?

Houssam Itani

Without action to tackle antimicrobial resistance, by 2050, bacterial AMR will cause 39 million deaths

Hanan Balkhy

Like Martin Luther King, I, too, have a dream—one of a free Palestine. Biden has a fleeting chance to repair his legacy as an enabler of Israel's genocide in Gaza, but I am not holding my breath.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy