The region is changing, in part due to Israel's own successes. But if it leaves foreign policy decision-making to a heavily politicised clique, it may not be able to reap the rewards.

In an interview with Al Majalla, the head of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression says that accountability is key to ensuring peaceful coexistence in a country torn apart by war

The year 2024 was replete with exceptional films that restored faith in the role of cinema in analysing and helping audiences process the chaos and destruction unfolding around them

The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza tells Al Majalla a ceasefire in Gaza is desperately needed and warns of a humanitarian 'vacuum' without UNRWA

There is a huge misconception that Syria's Alawite community was a major benefactor of the Assad regime. But nothing is further from the truth. Al Majalla explains.

Earlier eras have been characterised by peaceful coexistence in Islam, when people from different religions lived side by side, with equal rights, at a time when violence raged around other faiths

Key regional powers—Türkiye, Egypt, Iran—do not see eye to eye over what transpired in Syria. One emerges as a winner, the other a loser, and Syria's new Islamist-leaning leaders unsettle the third.

War caused its GDP to fall by 86%, leaving 69% of Syrians impoverished. Regime change brings hope for an economy once one of the Middle East's strongest. This is its story and a look ahead.

While Syria's new leader has, so far, managed to blur the lines between political Islam and secularism, the ability of his government to withstand pressures will be put to the test