Jordan's swift and tough military action has forced Damascus to address a problem it has long sought to ignore. Meanwhile, sources claim Iranian involvement in weapons smuggling.
An $8bn project in the Suez Canal Economic Zone shows Egypt's ambitions to become a global leader in green hydrogen. But with high set-up costs and a huge debt burden, Cairo can't yet go at it alone.
Friday's drone attack on one of Iraq's largest gas fields has led to a temporary suspension of production, resulting in major power cuts across the country's northern Kurdistan region.
'Telegram 29' shows Algeria's determination to win out in a bitter battle with Morocco to control lucrative trade flows in a vital strategic region at a time of wider turmoil
Without US military presence, the vice currently around the neck of IS in northeastern Syria would be loosened considerably, if not removed altogether.
Despite a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and the jailing and exile of many of its leaders, the spectre of an Islamist revival continues to loom in Egypt, 13 years after Mubarak's ouster.
The countries of the Arab Maghreb Union have ambitious plans for 2024 as they try to return to the kind of robust expansion seen before inflation and global geopolitical turbulence hit.
Israeli calls to retake control of Egypt's border with Gaza have been sharply rejected in Cairo. If Israel goes it alone, could its peace treaty with Egypt be at risk?
War and violence are breathing new life into old grievances. It has always been the job of art and culture to help make sense of what we see. Is it still a reliable guide in this tumultuous world?
From Hitler and Mussolini to South American dictators, world leaders have long seen in football's biggest tournament an opportunity to further an agenda
From 3D players to data-transmitting balls, the sport's biggest tournament is awash with technology to help with everything from offside decisions to viewer angles, but does this come at a cost?
Netanyahu continues to defy calls from Washington to pump the brakes on Israel's offensive in Lebanon, something Iran has linked to a future peace deal
While it could be tied to military calculations related to the current US-Iran war, it also reflects a deeper struggle between two opposing regional visions