Hamas is all but destroyed and Hezbollah has been badly wounded, perhaps fatally. Meanwhile, the Houthis and the militias in Iraq have also been hit. Is Iran next?

Syrian refugees are confronted with two equally perilous choices—stay and relive the horrors of war in Lebanon or return to Syria and face the dangers that drove them to flee in the first place

Tehran has spent four decades building Hezbollah into a fighting force on Israel's northern border. It was Iran's first and best line of defence. Its crumbling might precipitate a change in approach.

Iran's second missile salvo into Israel and the latter's invasion of Lebanon is seemingly tearing up long-established rules of engagement. Al Majalla's cover story unpacks these seismic developments.

Sectarianism has infected every aspect of the state, effectively paralysing it. Lebanon desperately needs a unifier, but none are i

Many Israelis see their success against Hezbollah in Lebanon as an opportunity to reshape the Middle East

Lebanon's history has shown us that it's a country that manages to bounce back from every disaster

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq appears more capable of inflicting damage on Israel than ever before. But as the ongoing escalation in Lebanon shows, Israel is determined to route out all threats.

With Israel having killed so many Hezbollah leaders, including the influential Hassan Nasrallah, Iran's joystick controlling Beirut has been severed. Eyeing a power vacuum is Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

In the months leading up to Israel's war on Lebanon, there were warnings of what would come, but empty sloganeering gave a false sense of security

Now more than ever, world powers need to stop putting roadblocks in the UN's way so that it can carry out its mandate: to prevent conflicts from turning into global conflagrations

With corruption rife and elections looming, power struggles in Baghdad have only intensified. Instead of being impartial, hijacked state institutions foment even more strife.