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…

As military escalations go, the latest round of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict was a more measured bout, neither side going all-out in their quest to…

“America is preparing for war to prevent war.” That is how a high-ranking official involved in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations referred to the US…

The world’s two hottest hotspots both got hotter in recent days.A major land war on Europe’s eastern edge pitting the Russian bear against Ukrainian…