To maintain power, the Houthis foment tension and division, spread fear and terror, practice discrimination, and exact revenge.

Sweden's Nato membership and Turkey's purchase of new F-16 fighter jets from the United States seem to have been included in a bigger package deal negotiated during the summit

Lofty humanitarian policy ambitions in Brussels are unrecognisable at the EU's borders and the clash between intentions and actions means migrants are dying

Clashes with Kyiv grab the headlines, but Damascus is part of Putin's plans as wider geopolitics resonate as the war goes on

Like the Palestinians before them, Sudan's people seek refuge from war and dream of return. This is one personal story of conflict's devastating arrival in Khartoum.

Nato's resolve in facing down Russian aggression is strong and the alliance's summit will show that. But its agenda will be long and complex. Al Majalla takes a look at what to expect.

Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it.

An Israeli-Russian researcher's reported abduction in central Baghdad in March has drawn international attention but unsolved kidnappings have long plagued Iraq

The bloodshed and brutality of Syria's long war have re-cast allegiances, with tens of thousands of Arabs fighting for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

Police violence and a disproportionate number of racially-motivated incidents have sparked a summer of riots. The rhetoric of politicians, especially toward Muslims and Arabs, led up to the clashes.