Ten years ago, jihadist militants were on the rampage in Syria and Iraq. With territory the size of the United Kingdom under his control, the leader…

In the aftermath of the Islamic State (IS) attack in Moscow on 22 March, media and policy attention focused squarely on the threat posed by IS’s…

In the nearly six months of regional conflict that followed Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, many of the red lines that have traditionally…

For more than eight years, the United States has maintained a military deployment in northeast Syria. Over time, that presence has evolved from…

Since Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October, the subsequent Israeli military campaign on Gaza has killed more than 18,000 Palestinians and…

On 7 October, Hamas shocked the world, when thousands of its militants invaded southern Israel, taking control of territory, massacring civilians and…

Whether with the invention of the wheel, electricity, or the internet, revolutionary innovations in technology have fundamentally changed the world…

In 2023, as the West is preoccupied with the war in Ukraine and the governments of the Middle East embrace a self-described era of “de-escalation,”…

While the regional normalisation of Bashar al-Assad’s regime continues apace, media coverage of events has generally presented developments as…

As governments across the Middle East continue to ride a wave of engagement and normalised ties with former adversaries, the era of the Arab Spring…