As the US-Iran war intensifies, it has drawn in non-state actors across the region. While Baghdad says it is not a party to the conflict, militias have stepped in on Tehran's side.
The Kingdom has long backed the Palestinian cause and is using its global influence to bring about not only a ceasefire but a genuine and lasting peace.
Every year, Palestinians mark the Nakba – “catastrophe” in English – when, in 1948, around one million Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel…
A deal to enlarge the West's main defence pact and another to sell F-16s to Turkey are blocking each other. Meanwhile, Israel's war on Gaza further complicates diplomacy.
What was once a means to ease a blockade has become a strategic part of a raging ground war after a devastating bombing campaign. But there is scant criticism of the network known as 'Lower Gaza'.
Israel's war on Gaza is the most dangerous threat to the stability of the region and the wider world. Most observers agree that it is likely to be a long-term conflict.
Egypt has repeatedly rejected any attempt to push Palestinians in Gaza to the Sinai. It will also almost certainly reject taking control over the enclave after the current Israeli assault ends.
Russia's top political philosopher says new civilisations are rising and could be potential allies and partners in a genuine and equitable multipolar order.
The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.
PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground
Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints
A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons