Opinion

The two cities and their respective paths to Damascus have very little in common. Furthermore, the debate over the "Idlibisation" of Syria fails to take the big picture into account.

Confronting campaigns that call for vigilante justice is not just important but imperative. Failure to do so risks setting the country ablaze. 

The Israeli leader's intransigence is proving deeply problematic for the White House, so much so that Trump swore at him on a recent phone call

Sharaa's stepping in to fix policy failures outside the state's bureaucratic machinery looks to be an emerging pattern

Despite liberating the south 26 years ago, the militant group clung to its arms. Israel's reoccupation of these lands shows how its stubbornness proved fatal.

Iran-backed militias roam Iraq firing drones and missiles at neighbours, prompting only criticism from Baghdad. If the Iraqi government cannot get a grip, the region will face a future crisis

The similarities between 1956 and 2026 keep revealing themselves, as do the lessons

Both sides have been upbeat regarding progress made in negotiations, although a deal has yet to be reached

This is the most dangerous moment in decades for the West Bank. Its Palestinian representative body is sclerotic and paralysed, while the Israeli right is brazenly pursuing sovereignty.

The pontiff urges better oversight of a technology that will define the future, given its control by a small group of company leaders with some unpalatable views of the world.

Media outlets in Lebanon seem to come up with a new 'story' about Syria's aims and intentions every day. Who is behind them and what do they want?

Israel appears to view the "new Syria" through a strictly security lens and seeks to keep it weakened