Tom Barrack travelled to Erbil to meet representatives from Iraq and Syria to discuss Kurdish-American cooperation and the need to tackle pro-Iranian militias

Recent strikes show how workers are beginning to use Syria's expanded civic space to make economic and social demands. The government should see this as a warning, but also an opportunity.

Even if diplomatic progress continues, the Strait could be closed again. As a result, the geopolitical risk premium attached to Gulf energy exports is unlikely to disappear entirely.

After five years of suspension, Lebanese exporters are targeting annual sales of $500mn as Saudi Arabia reopens its market

Last month's floods exposed gaps in coordination and governance. Addressing them now will determine whether the next rise in the river becomes a managed risk or another costly emergency.

Long dismissed as kids' entertainment and overshadowed by literary traditions, comics have evolved into a vibrant medium of artistic expression, social critique, and cultural memory

The war exposed how divided Iran's right has always been and handed each faction a new weapon to wield against the other

Washington reportedly refused to show Israel a draft of the MOU when asked. Therefore, without its buy-in, Israel is not obliged to adhere to the deal.

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape