As the US-Iran war intensifies, it has drawn in non-state actors across the region. While Baghdad says it is not a party to the conflict, militias have stepped in on Tehran's side.
Only the large mobilisation of voters who rejected Trump enabled Biden to win in 2020. And with his age and centrist politics, he may be unable to mobilise enthusiastic support from the left.
The BBC, which prides itself on impartiality, has been attacked by both sides for refusing to call Hamas terrorists and for labelling pro-Palestinian protesters as supporters of Hamas.
The international body has prevented a third global war, but the UN, especially its Security Council, is looking stuck in the past. The global south's calls for reform have yet to be heard.
While the IDF wants to degrade Hamas's military capabilities, the ground operation comes with a host of political and tactical risks. Al Majalla explains.
Nabil Ammar tells Al Majalla that his country remains 'open' to talking to the IMF, and points to where political Islam has failed his nation. He also says it refuses to become a 'guard' for Europe.
The deliberate escalation of Iranian proxies against US forces in the region is clearly intended as a warning against continued American support for Israel's war on Gaza
After seismic events shift Palestinian politics, it is time to look at the transformed circumstances of a long struggle, as well as the factors that always defy change throughout turbulent times
The 100-year-old hospital was rendered non-operational after an October 17 strike, which has so far claimed 471 lives and left more than a thousand wounded. The incident sparked global outrage.
The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.
PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground
Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints
A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons