An axis comprising Israel, Ethiopia, and Somaliland appears to be emerging, which has the potential to polarise the Horn of Africa and rapidly accelerate its militarisation
London is making it clear that it expects more than just symbolic gestures from Damascus when it comes to holding security forces accountable for atrocities
In response to events since October 2023, Middle East nations have found that they are strong when acting in concert. This has the power to fundamentally change the game.
Economic and technological dynamism characterised 2025, with ambitious initiatives aimed at accelerating non-oil growth, diversifying national economies, and ushering in regional integration
On the margins of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, I was amazed by the sheer scale of the country's capital, home to 23 million, the mundane and the marvellous
There are common themes between those states experiencing growth and those facing crisis and instability. It pays to look at the success stories and to think bigger, including on a regional level.
The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.
PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground
Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints
A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons