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Syrians celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 20, 2024, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad on December 8. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Are Israel and Türkiye heading for a showdown over Syria?

Ankara's drive to reintegrate Kurds into a centralised state clashes with Tel Aviv's preference for a weak, fractured Syria

Haid Haid 20 September 2025
A guard stands outside the damaged National Museum of Yemen building in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

As Israel steps up regional attacks, Yemen bears the brunt

Apart from its ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israel has, this week, attacked Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia and, most shockingly, Qatar—a staunch US ally. But in Yemen, it's been especially brutal.

Anwar Al-Ansi 14 September 2025

From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling

His emerging strategy shows a willingness to gamble on high-profile assassinations, even at the expense of diplomatic blowback, regional stability, and fragile negotiations

Michael Horowitz 11 September 2025
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (L), accompanied by Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (C), arrives at an airport in El-Arish on August 18, 2025, to visit Palestinians wounded in Israel's war on Gaza. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

If Qatar taps out, Egypt can pick up the Gaza mediation baton

Doha says it will keep up its efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel's targeting of Hamas leaders on its soil, but some are doubtful. But is peace even possible at this point?

Amr Emam 11 September 2025
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine 11 September 2025

Doha strike: Israel goes after the Gaza negotiating table

Fares Garabet 10 September 2025
Michelle Thompson

Qatar attack: Netanyahu puts Trump in an awkward spot

The White House moved quickly to distance itself from the attack on a key ally in the region, but it's unclear whether the trust can ever be repaired, which bodes badly for hopes of a Gaza ceasefire

Con Coughlin 10 September 2025
Axel Rangel Garcia

Israel escalates war against Hamas with Doha strike

Qatar decried the strike as a violation of international law

John Haltiwanger 10 September 2025
A man checks the destruction inside the heavily damaged Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters complex in Damascus, following Israeli strikes on July 16, 2025. Bakr ALkasem / AFP

Why a Syria-Israel security agreement is so important

Al-Sharaa confirmed the possibility of clinching a deal during a meeting with Arab journalists earlier this month, accompanied by a US push for Israel to cooperate in this regard

Michael Harari 10 September 2025
Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 09 September 2025
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Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
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Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

29 April 2026

Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

Asaad Ghanem
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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