In addition to securing political gains regionally, the move aims to extract money from cronies who have neglected their financial obligations to the regime.
Militias are mired in misconceptions, from the origin and use of the term to how full-blown opposition to regular armies develops. Russia's Wagner Group and Sudan's RSF show that, in different ways.
Writers should be more transparent about this common affliction that plagues artists around the world. Some have found ways to overcome it, while others have succumbed to it.
The positive atmosphere generated by the signing of the Abraham Accords gradually began to evaporate, especially after the return to office of Israel's hawkish prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the July edition of Al Majalla magazine, the cover story focuses on post-election Turkey and what Erdogan's victory will mean for Turkey and the region.
Fifty-three million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, which is one in every six people, don't have enough to eat
It is unfortunate when a superpower loses its moral compass and becomes controlled by individuals obsessed with imperial expansion, even if it means disregarding international law
Putin's failure to act against someone like Prigozhin, who was once regarded as a close protege, suggests the Russian leader is not as strong as he would like the Russian people to believe
A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza
Armed groups are being formed in places like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, where state militaries cannot defeat jihadists and separatists alone. Once formed, however, they seldom stay loyal.
For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.