Three factors that limit optimism over the deal are Iran's radicals, China's unwillingness to play a more significant security role in the region and Israel's fear over Iran's nuclear programme 

The terror group's greatest advantage lies in its "army in detention" in prisons (numbering 10,000 in Syria and 20,000 in Iraq

Security institutions were purposely kept weak so as there would be no threat to the ruling parties, but this has led to widespread crime and terror

UN Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes says that civilians and the military have come to the realisation that they must talk to each other and cooperate to move the country forward

Both parties in awkward alliance see mutual benefits and aim to make inroads in areas the US once took for granted

Al Majalla gives an in-depth overview of several vital waterways in the Middle East that are integral to international security and trade

China's growing unilateralism and Russia's invasion of Ukraine turn Tokyo's pacifism around

It was not a sectarian revolution or war, even though it has some important sectarian components

With the BBC agreeing on Lineker to return to work, Sunak hopes the issue will blow over. But this seems unlikely

With significant and deepening interests in the Middle East, Beijing's growing role in geopolitics is reshaping both the region and China's reputation in global diplomacy, first via Riyadh and Tehran