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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan addresses an Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting at the organisation's headquarters in Cairo on September 10, 2024. Khaled Desouki / AFP

Syria-Turkey normalisation has a long way to go

Even though it would be good for the region and efforts toward resetting ties have regional and international backing, major challenges and even non-starters are blocking the path to rapprochement

Omer Onhon 16, Sep 2024
Israel's war on Gaza will either send the region spiralling into an intractable war or can be a turning point for a better future for all. Saudi Arabia can play a key role in achieving the latter. Sara Gironi Carnevale

The Middle East stands at a crossroads between two futures

Israel's war on Gaza will either send the region spiralling into an intractable war or can be a turning point for a better future for all. Saudi Arabia can play a key role in achieving the latter.

Ibrahim Hamidi 18, Feb 2024
Saudi Arabia’s custodianship of the Two Holy Mosques makes reaching a settlement with Israel extremely challenging. As such, it has prioritised securing Palestinian rights before signing any peace accord with Israel. Nash Weerasekera

Is a Saudi-US pact still imminent?

The biggest obstacle to the normalisation with Israel continues to be its opposition to a two-state solution

Abdullah F. Alrebh 08, Jan 2024
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold posters with his photo as they celebrate the passing of a law criminalizing the normalization of ties with Israel, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Criminalizing Normalization: A Spectacle or An Attempt to Isolate Iraq?

Speaking of a taboo could be quite a risk and pure madness in a country governed by tempers that run the political scene. It is where enacting a law restricting freedom of opinion and expression is…

Rawshan Qassem 03, Jun 2022
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