An earthquake in Afghanistan earlier this week levelled entire villages and left people trapped under rubble for days, but in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, saviours were thin on the ground
Deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria earlier this year were followed by the Morocco earthquake, floods in Libya, and an extreme heatwave in Europe, which will further drive costs up
Seven months after the earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria — the area that suffered the most from marginalisation policies before the Syrian conflict — the heavy cost of the…
A new report highlights how the damage caused by the quake ate up a third of Syria's national 2022 GDP. Also, 6,392 people were killed and 170,000 displaced in the catastrophe.
After Syrians experienced the brutalities of war for more than a decade as the world stood by watching, earthquake survivors say they didn't expect help this time either
When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response
Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.
Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.