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The Arab Summit and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Riyadh on 11 November 2024.
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An Arab vision for regional security

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 19 February 2026
Trump pushes EU states to reduce US dependence
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Trump pushes EU states to reduce US dependence

Fares Garabet 18 February 2026
Lina Jaradat

Braving the bombs: Why Lebanon’s national flag carrier keeps flying

Middle East Airlines (MEA) flights to and from Beirut are ongoing despite Israel's relentless air strikes. Amidst huge losses, MEA bosses know how important it is to stay airborne.

Salwa Baalbaki 10 November 2024
Eduardo Ramon

Remembering my uncle, Yasser Arafat

Writing on the 20th anniversary of the PLO leader's death, former PNA foreign minister Nasser Al-Kidwa reflects on his uncle's life and legacy

Nasser al-Kidwa 10 November 2024
Rateb Al-Shallah speaks with President Carter in the presence of Hajj Badr al-Din.

The life and legacy of Syrian businessman Rateb Shallah

The story of Shallah, who recently passed away at 92, and that of his illustrious family tell plenty about the history of Damascus and its business community over the past 100 years

Sami Moubayed 09 November 2024
Nesma Moharam

How Iran sees the 'New Middle East'

Iran's vision entails a region where US influence is minimised and Israel is isolated

Hamidreza Azizi 09 November 2024
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Novel on Algeria's Black Decade nabs France’s Goncourt Prize

Kamel Daoud's 'Houris' weaves together the suffering of the body with the suffering of a society sworn to silence over a trauma that has yet to heal

Samir Qasimi 08 November 2024
Fighters lift flags of Iraq and paramilitary groups, including al-Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, during a funeral in Baghdad for five militants killed a day earlier in a US strike in northern Iraq, on December 4, 2023. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraq could pay the price for Iran's next move against Israel

As the flames of conflict spread, Iraqis—much like the Palestinians and Lebanese before them—could find themselves ensnared in a struggle they neither instigated nor can control

Haid Haid 08 November 2024
Eduardo Ramon

What will Trump's foreign policy really look like?

Trump's potential team looks to be split between figures like Vance, wanting to reduce US interventions abroad, and hawks like Pompeo, pushing for foreign confrontations

Robert Ford 08 November 2024
Ottoman artillery at Hareira in 1917 to defend against the British advance into southern Palestine. Shutterstock

This day in history: Ottoman-ruled Gaza falls to the British

Gaza has long been a theatre of military confrontation, witnessing four major battles before Israel finally occupied it in the 1967 war

Sami Moubayed 07 November 2024
Ewan White

The eventuality of US-Iran negotiations

No matter who sits in the White House in 2025, Washington and Tehran will have to sit down and talk at some point

Arash Azizi 06 November 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and participants in the outreach/BRICS Plus format meeting attend a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / AFP

BRICS 2024: New members and old challenges

While the Kazan Summit can claim some successes, diverging agendas make the search for the soul of the Global South more challenging

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower 05 November 2024
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Trump has few good options on Iran

16 February 2026

As the US and Iran head to talks in Geneva, competing forces are pulling Trump in opposite directions. There are only two "good" scenarios in front of him, and neither will be easy to achieve.

Michael Horowitz
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Business & Economy

Gold’s ascent points to strains in the dollar-centric global financial order

16 February 2026

Rising bullion prices, volatile currency markets, and renewed debate over US monetary strategy reflect deepening doubts about Washington's stewardship of the global financial system

Mohamed Sharki
The Arab Summit and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Riyadh on 11 November 2024.
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An Arab vision for regional security

09 February 2026

From dependency to strategic agency

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
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Culture & Social Affairs

The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

16 February 2026

Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

Charbel Khoury
Children watch the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatics team performing during Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 13 February 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP
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India’s record defence budget turns heads

15 February 2026

A $86.7bn budget, rapid naval expansion, and longer-range missile development underline New Delhi's drive to modernise its forces and compete more assertively with China and Pakistan

Shakir Husain

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