Ibrahim Hamidi

In 2011, amid heightened anti-government protests in Libya, a Western intelligence official delivered a message to Moussa Koussa—a key security…

Following an intensive round of negotiations in Damascus led by Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and conducted under close US…

Across the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, crises do not exist in vacuums. They intertwine and reinforce one another. What at first glance appear to…

One of the last big things Rifaat al-Assad ever did was flee Syria, having lived long enough to see his family’s half-century of rule come crashing…

The Syrian government’s rapid recapture of most areas formerly held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in under two weeks is not only a stunning…

Alliances in the Middle East can no longer be viewed through the familiar lens of traditional conflicts or the ideological divides that shaped the…

For years, Tehran projected confident deterrence across the Middle East, a citadel protected by legions. Today, it faces vulnerabilities like few…

The morning of 11 September 2001 began as an American tragedy, yet it proved a defining rupture in contemporary history. On that day, the United…

For more than half a century, US diplomat Richard N. Haass has navigated Washington’s corridors of power, focusing on foreign policy. Today, he is an…

The Middle East stands at a crossroads. Protracted crises now collide with sharpening rivalries, set against deep regional and international…