Tom Barrack travelled to Erbil to meet representatives from Iraq and Syria to discuss Kurdish-American cooperation and the need to tackle pro-Iranian militias

Recent strikes show how workers are beginning to use Syria's expanded civic space to make economic and social demands. The government should see this as a warning, but also an opportunity.

His timid reign served as a how-not-to guide in the exercise of power

The decision to leave the EU has not solved the myriad complex challenges concerning the nature of Britain's future relationship with its European neighbours

Legislation to fund the American military and intelligence services will include requirements that Israeli defence firms be involved in sensitive projects and that classified information be shared

Last month's floods exposed gaps in coordination and governance. Addressing them now will determine whether the next rise in the river becomes a managed risk or another costly emergency.

A generation after the Soviets limped out of Central Asia, and only five years after the Americans followed suit, Russia is back in Kabul with a deal to train and equip the Taliban's fighters

The war exposed how divided Iran's right has always been and handed each faction a new weapon to wield against the other

Washington reportedly refused to show Israel a draft of the MOU when asked. Therefore, without its buy-in, Israel is not obliged to adhere to the deal.

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape