While the Middle East has a track record of leaving conflicts unresolved, could this chapter be one that could reshape history and break with past patterns of conflict resolution?
History has proven that cutting separate peace deals with Israel has not led to a comprehensive and lasting peace for the region. The potential of a Saudi-Israel normalisation opens a new door.
Erdoğan must carefully weigh his supporters' deep emotions toward the Palestinian cause with the realpolitik benefits of improved relations with Israel.
There is consensus that the regular army needs to be purged of political influence. Progress depends on reaching an agreement on what to do about the Rapid Support Forces, and justice must be served.
Reading the diplomatic signals being sent will be key to whatever unfolds next in Gaza. Al Majalla reviews international and regional positions being taken and the limits being set.
Russia's credibility in the region was diminished by its backing of the Syrian regime, so it has limited cards to play. But Moscow stands to benefit from Western distraction in its war on Ukraine.
US warships have been deployed to the Middle East for nearly a century. As the USS Gerald R Ford arrives in the region, Al Majalla revisits the list of 'presidential' destroyers in Arab waters.
Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself
For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone