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Nicola Ferrarese

Redefining the relationship between humans and AI

Algorithms already perform many human tasks with greater accuracy and efficiency. While AI cannot yet do everything a human brain can, progress in this field is rapid. What next for humanity?

Raed Mahdi Salih 04, May 2025
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How Israel’s spies know what Hezbollah will do before it does

Israeli intelligence services have done a thorough job of 'knowing their enemy' north of the border, in a system honed over time and against an enemy who provided opportunities

Samir Ragheb 09, Oct 2024
A billboard portrait of slain leaders Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas (L), Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani (C), and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr (R) on the main road near Beirut Airport on August 3, 2024. Ibrahim Amro/AFP

Betrayed from within: how Israel thoroughly penetrated its enemy

Only with inside knowledge could Israel have killed so many senior figures from Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Iranian military. The axis of resistance needs to face facts: it is completely compromised

Alia Mansour 05, Aug 2024
A Hezbollah member carries a weapon which sources familiar with its arsenal said is used to counter drones, during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's southern suburbs on 17 July 2024. Aziz Taher / Reuters

Israel is winning the intelligence war with Hezbollah. Will it matter?

Commanders and elites are being killed almost every week, but the group is proving to be resilient. Can Israel's spying do real damage?

Bilal Saab 18, Jul 2024
File Photo of Mariam Taha Thompson.

Confessions of Lebanese-American Translator Who Spied for Hezbollah

Mariam Taha Thompson, a 62-year-old Lebanese-American who was a contract Arabic translator with the American forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, was sentenced last month to 23 years in jail for…

Mohammad Ali Salih 14, Aug 2021
Maryam Rajavi (L), President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), listening to Gen. Jack Keane, former Vice Chief Staff of the United States Army, during the Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy, held online on September 18, 2020, in Ashraf -3, Albania. (Getty)

Testimony to Modus Operandi of Iran’s Intelligence in Europe

An exiled Iranian opposition council released a letter sent by a former operative of the Iranian regime’s intelligence ministry to the United Nations Secretary General and other international…

Majalla 26, Feb 2021
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Politics

With his Syria gamble, Trump opens a door

18 May 2025

Although he once deemed Syria unimportant, Trump now seems to realise how key it is to Arab states, whose cooperation he greatly values

Frederic C. Hof
Opinion

Will Trump's peace-through-prosperity blueprint for the region work?

15 May 2025

The US president sees commerce and economic cooperation as the best way to bring stability to a war-torn region. Time will tell if this blueprint will pay dividends.

Con Coughlin
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) welcoming US President Donald Trump (L) upon his arrival in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. BANDAR AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP
Politics

The strategic rationale for upgraded US-Saudi defence ties

17 May 2025

The drive for shared prosperity is dependent on security, which is why the Trump administration has made this the main focus of ties

Brian Katulis
People celebrate in Damascus' Omeyyad square after US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions in Syria, on May 13, 2025. Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria's long road to economic recovery can finally begin

15 May 2025

Trump has lifted US sanctions, offering Syria a "chance at greatness". Despite lingering hurdles, for the first time in a long time, there is an electric sense of hope in the country.

Joseph Daher
Former Libyan foreign minister, Mohammed al-Dairi AFP
Politics

Mohammed al-Dairi: Libyan state-building killed by corruption and division

07 May 2025

Libya's former foreign minister, based in the country's east, says political decisions are no longer Libyan, as he recalls several missed opportunities since 2011.

Johaina Khaldieh

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