War has a habit of reducing human lives to numbers — 27,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. People see the number, hear the number, frown, and carry on…

You can tell a lot about a place based on the boats and ships that sail to and from it. How large are they? How narrow? What do they carry? What are…

When Israel lost 24 soldiers in one day this week, very few people thought that it would put sufficient pressure on the Israeli government to order a…

There was always going to be a strong reaction to the deadliest terrorist attack in Iran since 1978. It came on the night of 16 January.Two weeks…

Today’s headlines are bleak.Years from now, when we look back on these times, will it be remembered as a nightmarish period or will we be living in…

A deep dive into the roots and tactics of the three most recent global conflicts reveals a persistent adherence to medieval thought processes marked…

Israeli officials and activists are increasingly using social media to call for what they see as a final solution for the security of Israel: the…

One of the most distressing possibilities of Israel's war on Gaza is that the profound suffering it has inflicted on the Palestinian people may not…

"Arabs only understand the language of power." "What cannot be attained through violence is attainable through even greater violence." "Let the…

Mount Lebanon is a place shaped by complex historical forces.Following a harsh crackdown by local princes loyal to the Ottoman Sultanate, the…