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Allies' anger over Gaza tests US support for Israel

Trump may be willing to accept global isolation to keep supporting Israel, but at some point, he may conclude that he isn't getting enough from Netanyahu in return

Christopher Phillips 04 October 2025
Sara Padovan

Armed and dangerous: a history of women in the Mossad

From seducing nuclear whistleblowers in London to orchestrating assassinations in the heart of Beirut, female Mossad agents stand out in the landscape of modern espionage

Michael Horowitz 30 September 2025
President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, in May 2017. Getty Images

Will Trump’s red line on West Bank annexation hold?

The US president also said "all are on board" for a peace plan to end the war in Gaza, but observers are sceptical given his litany of broken promises. Monday's meeting with Netanyahu will be telling.

Brian Katulis 28 September 2025
Michelle Thompson

Is Israel biting off more than it can chew?

Netanyahu's quest for regional domination is now being pursued without thought to the diplomatic costs, including Israel's relationship with the US. Will this threaten its long-term survivability?

Futoshi Matsumoto 26 September 2025
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Michael Ratney: Gulf states seek clearer US security assurances

In an interview with Al Majalla, the former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia discusses the implications of Israel's strike on Qatar and why he thinks Gulf states will continue to be solid US allies

Ahmed Maher 24 September 2025
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
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Iran's new war cabinet is really an old one

15 August 2026

The appointments show how Tehran is drawing lessons from successive wars and preparing for a prolonged period of insecurity

Alex Vatanka
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
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Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

12 August 2026

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam
 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 29 June 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
Politics

Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

11 August 2026

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

13 August 2026

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

15 August 2026

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi

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