Syria-Iraq border

The olive tree is no longer just a source of sustenance for West Bank Palestinians, but a silent witness to their profound struggle between permanence and erasure

Since Trump began lifting sanctions in May, no time has been wasted. US investment delegations have been flocking to Damascus, and security cooperation has already started.

The US president hasn't invested enough political capital in the painstaking details of peacemaking. Instead, he has focused on short-term truces he can boast about in his quest for a Nobel prize.

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

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term