Its strategic location at the entrance to the Bab al-Mandab Strait has incentivised various countries to establish military bases in the small African nation

Three factors that limit optimism over the deal are Iran's radicals, China's unwillingness to play a more significant security role in the region and Israel's fear over Iran's nuclear programme 

For 150 years, the narrow passageway has been at the heart of the world's maritime prosperity, but it could soon face competition

The terror group's greatest advantage lies in its "army in detention" in prisons (numbering 10,000 in Syria and 20,000 in Iraq

Security institutions were purposely kept weak so as there would be no threat to the ruling parties, but this has led to widespread crime and terror

UN Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes says that civilians and the military have come to the realisation that they must talk to each other and cooperate to move the country forward

Al Majalla gives an in-depth overview of several vital waterways in the Middle East that are integral to international security and trade

Recognition of the clean-up in Rabat's financial system has helped it back to international markets, and France worries Morocco could turn into a central finance hub and marginalise European banks

Prose penned by Palestine's national poet has been used repeatedly since his death but commentators say this endangers its original purpose