Opinion

The US-Israeli plan for a new Middle East requires a pliable Syria. To this end, a long list of tall demands has been handed to the new leadership in Damascus.

The region carries around 8% of the world's tuberculosis burden―a share that is growing due to conflict, undiagnosed cases, and drug-resistant strains

After decades of under-investment in defence, it remains to be seen whether Europeans have the ability and resources to create a force with the strength and resilience necessary to meet the challenge

Deals with Kurdish and Druze minorities are to be cheered. A blink-and-you-miss-it National Dialogue Conference, the killing of 1,000 people, and the president's ever-expanding powers are not.

There are competing visions for the future identity of Syria, and the path forward is strewn with obstacles that the country's new leaders have to carefully navigate

Since returning to the White House, Trump has made it abundantly clear that it was only a matter of time before he would pick up where Biden left off in going after Iran's remaining 'axis' fighters

Syria's new president says he wants to build a country based on tolerance and inclusivity, but it remains doubtful his HTS base shares this view. Recent sectarian killings are a discouraging sign.

The breakthrough is certainly a remarkable achievement given the tensions between Zelenskyy and Trump that boiled over during their meeting at the White House last month

The US is applying maximum pressure on Ukraine's president to sign over its lithium, titanium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, tantalum, niobium, beryllium, gallium, and neon gas. But in return for what?

The new Lebanese premier's visit to Hezbollah's heartlands was met with orchestrated protests. But quietly, many support him, knowing the militia is to blame for the destruction that befell them.

Amidst an emerging new world order, Saudi Arabia continues to pursue a foreign policy that maintains diplomatic channels with all global power centres and diversifies its partnerships worldwide

An Israeli politician said Cairo could have its huge debt pile disappear in a puff of smoke if it took on management and responsibility for Gaza. Here's why it was right to say no.