Blinken addressed the possibility of Turkish participation in any multi-national force established and deployed in the region to keep any subsequent peace.

Iraq and Iran both commemorated the third anniversary of the assassination of Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as the year kicked off with new assassinations and recriminations.

After the Turkish Super Cup in Riyadh is abandoned over a row about political slogans and images, confusion and double standards across the sport are brought clearly into focus.

The biggest obstacle to the normalisation with Israel continues to be its opposition to a two-state solution

There's a great risk that the Gaza war's repercussions could spread elsewhere, from Baghdad to Beirut to the Red Sea

China is still growing faster than the US, but economic parity will be much delayed

Analysis of Druze Israeli identity, the factors that shape it, and the reasons why recent Israeli laws may hinder or facilitate this minority's wider integration.

As the scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza deepens, action in Iran and Lebanon increases the risk of the conflict widening at the behest of a desperate Netanyahu

Israel's war on Gaza is changing global relations. The Arab world must act.

The justification given for attacks by Iran-backed militias on US bases in Iraq and Syria is America's continued support for Israel in its war on Gaza.