In recent months, a string of high-stakes confrontations between Iran and Israel have unfolded before the world’s eyes. Under different circumstances…

This is not the first time that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hinted at a possible departure from the influence of Iran, in whose debt he has…

Comparisons can certainly be drawn between Israel's current war on Lebanon and its past wars. However, this war's objectives are markedly different…

Selecting the cover story for the October issue of Al Majalla proved no easy task. September and October were marked by a series of significant and…

Not long ago, a senior-level meeting was convened in Damascus. Supported by key Arab states, it explored the reassertion of Syrian influence in…

These are difficult times for Hezbollah. In terms of its leadership, the group has all but been decapitated. In terms of its communication systems,…

The world’s crises are increasingly interconnected, but three flashpoints in particular are uniquely intertwined: Syria, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine. Why…

Two of the biggest names in global intelligence made an unprecedented public appearance together this month in an event that revealed the diplomatic…

The relationship between Faruq al-Qaddumi, the head of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, PLO chief Yasser Arafat…

While international and regional power struggles for influence within Iraq have been commonplace for some time, escalating regional tensions have…