Affectionately known as Al-Fedayeen, the national football team reminded the world of a people's ambitions for statehood – and revealed the wider extent of demands for peace in Gaza. 

As the world's attention turns to the safety of maritime trade routes, it is important to recall that civilisations have transported goods and people across the seas for thousands of years.

Realism, not wishful thinking, is needed when addressing the prospects for a two-state solution

With the former prime minister in prison and his predecessor having just had a graft conviction quashed, the path seems clear for Nawaz Sharif to swap seats with Imran Khan. A lot is at stake.

In an election year, Biden needs to draw a line for Iran to deter future attacks while also avoiding a further regional escalation

Pro-Israel lobby groups have an established track record of going after politicians critical of Israel. But their tactics don't seem to be working as effectively as before. Al Majalla explains.

While a direct confrontation between Tehran and Islamabad seems unlikely, things could escalate if Iran feels squeezed in the Levant.

Biden now has a hard choice to make: push Israel into a ceasefire in Gaza or risk a sustained Iran-backed escalation in the region

The more Israel's war on Gaza drags on, the more Nasrallah's speeches lose their value, and the more impotent Hezbollah appears.

Jordan's swift and tough military action has forced Damascus to address a problem it has long sought to ignore. Meanwhile, sources claim Iranian involvement in weapons smuggling.