Ibrahim Hamidi

For five decades, Syria lived beyond its borders more than it lived within them. It intervened in others' wars, conflicts, and alliances. At times,…

The growing prominence of figures from Idlib in positions of authority in the “new Syria” has stirred debate over the nature of the political order…

After the Suez War, Winston Churchill was asked whether he would have acted as Prime Minister Anthony Eden had done over the 1956 conflict. “I would…

Syria today is no longer the country the Middle East had grown accustomed to over the previous decades. A country that was once a troublesome…

In Beijing, US President Donald Trump was received with lavish courtesy and exacting choreography: tours through the symbols of imperial history,…

From Moscow to Beijing, and from Washington to New Delhi, the world seems to be entering a new phase, its contours shaped by four men: Donald Trump,…

The US-China competition has officially expanded beyond trade and technology into the very heart of multilateral institutions. The global development…

Damascus has recovered its natural cadence. Within it, the old and the new live side by side, the steadfast and the changing, reassurance shaded by…

In 1982, the Israeli army invaded Lebanon and advanced to Beirut. The Palestine Liberation Organisation was expelled, and Hezbollah was in its…

When the US and Israel waged war on 28 February, some expected the immediate collapse of the Iranian regime, following the assassination of its…