Turkish and Syrian security officials are rumoured to have recently met at Latakia's Hmeimim air base under Russian auspices, where some cooperation agreements were reached

While replacing Biden at this late stage would be challenging, the party still has time to choose a new nominee before the Democratic convention in late August

Two key candidates—Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Masud Pezeshkian—are promising to make a deal with the West to lift the sanctions, while Saeed Jalili is pushing for ties with non-Western countries

Ahead of the upcoming US presidential election in November, Al Majalla rolls out a series of analyses covering the gamut of issues related to the critical vote

Political partisan attacks are fierce ahead of the November elections, and the risk of violence is high. The latest assassination attempt on Trump is a grim snapshot of what could be coming.

Netanyahu and his right-wing government have gone beyond their stated aims to remove Hamas and have destroyed Gaza in an onslaught against its people

A diplomatic initiative led by US envoy Amos Hochstein to separate Israeli and Hezbollah "Radwan" special forces appears to be falling short, and time is running out

The Lebanese armed group is trained and equipped much better than Hamas

Muhammad Shia al-Sudani is hoping to help Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria's Bashar al-Assad mend fences, yet it is precisely the issue of fence security that means he will struggle.

An important institutional body with an 8-year term, this collection of ageing and sclerotic clerics is meant to wield real power by overseeing the Supreme Leader. In practice, they simply nod along.