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Israeli Paratroopers' Brigade members operate in a location given as the
Syrian border, in this handout picture
released on 13 December 2024. Israel Defence Forces

When it comes to Syria, Israel prefers coercion to conversation

Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will go off what his opposite number in Damascus does, not what he says. In the meantime, Israeli actions make a genuine peace more difficult.

Michael Horowitz 16 December 2025
A giant campaign billboard rotates showing Likud candidate Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Labour Party leader Isaac Herzog (L) in March 2015. Today, Netanyahu is asking Herzog to grant him a presidential pardon. Gil Cohen Magen / AFP

Clemency for retirement: the deal shaking Israel

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks presidential clemency in the face of incarceration and political oblivion

Mohammed Najib 13 December 2025
Lina Jaradat

Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria

There was visible warmth when the US and Syrian presidents met in the Oval Office last month, with some even speculating a Trump visit to Damascus. But there is much to do before that happens.

Robert Ford 07 December 2025
A wounded girl lies on a hospital bed after an Israeli strike in the Syrian village of Beit Jin on 28 November 2025 killed 10 people, the deadliest Israeli attack since al-Assad's ouster in December 2024. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP

Israeli actions in southern Syria give Iran an opening

Israeli raids and bombs have served as a powerful recruiting tool for those wishing to resist Israel

Subhi Franjieh 05 December 2025
A Palestinian man walks with his child after speaking to Reuters at an undisclosed location in Johannesburg, South Africa after being transfered from Gaza via Israel on 14 November, 2025. Reuters

Inside the shadow network moving Palestinians abroad

A plane carrying Gaza refugees arrived in Johannesburg earlier this month, exposing a systematic pattern of organised transfers that had Israeli military coordination

Michael Horowitz 24 November 2025
People gather outside the municipality building in the southern Lebanese border village of Blida in the aftermath of an Israeli army raid on the village, on 30 October 2025. MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP

Israel's three options on Hezbollah disarmament

Israel seems to prefer military pressure, but if it thinks outside the box, it may find better—and more creative— ways to achieve its goal

Michael Harari 22 November 2025
Asaad al-Shaibani lead picture for part 2 Al Majalla

Asaad Shaibani: no deal with Israel without troop pullback

In the final part of a two-part interview with Al Majalla, Syria's foreign minister says the policy of having good relations with neighbours does not equate to acquiescence over land grabs

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 November 2025
Sara Padovan

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff 12 November 2025

Hezbollah in Israel's crosshairs

Fares Garabet 09 November 2025
AFP-Reuters-Axel Rangel Garcia

What Arthur Balfour's grandnephew gets wrong

His belief that Palestine was an uninhabited land—a blank canvas devoid of people or history—betrays a mindset just as colonial as his grand uncle, Arthur Balfour

Hussein al-Sharaa 07 November 2025
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Israel’s election may not end its political crisis

26, Oct 2026

With a complex election setup and the deep polarisation that has plagued Israel in recent years, expect prolonged political deadlock

Michael Horowitz
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Rwanda's Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva during a welcoming ceremony for participants of the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, Russia, on 28 October 2026. Igor Ivanko/REUTERS
Business & Economy

Russia-Africa summit: ambitions and challenges

29, Oct 2026

Amid competition for influence and resources, Russia knows that Africa is a market with potential. For African states, Russian companies are still of interest, but the value equation needs to change

Rana Freifer
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Lula defies Latin America’s pro-Trump wave

28, Oct 2026

Brazil's left-wing president won a historic fourth term in office

Catherine Osborn
Anne-Claire Legendre, the newly appointed president of the Institut du monde arabe, poses for a portrait at the institute’s headquarters in Paris, on 18 February, 2026 AFP
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Anne-Claire Legendre’s vision for the Institut du monde arabe

29, Oct 2026

As the institute approaches its 40th anniversary, its president outlines a new vision for cultural collaboration between the Arab world and Europe

Elie Kossaifi
President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) greeting Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R), in Tehran on 18 May 2025. Iranian Presidency / AFP
Politics

Afghanistan: Iran's strategic depth card in Central Asia

28, Oct 2026

Once nurtured by Pakistan, the Taliban now works closely with Iran, much to the delight of Russia and China

Kamal Alam

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