Jesse Marks

Jesse Marks is a Middle East scholar with over a decade of experience working on and in Syria, spanning roles with the UN, the US government and think tanks.

Syria’s post-Assad energy quandary

After more than a decade of war, Syria’s energy sector lies in ruins—but the scramble to rebuild it is already underway. With former Syrian President…

01 September 2025

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, Syria, December 22, 2024.

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Ahmed Sharaa on Syria's 'zero-problems' strategy

26 August 2025

Syria's president says the Abraham Accords aren't the right fit for Damascus. Instead, he hopes to reinstate the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel or something similar

Ibrahim Hamidi

Tunisia's President Kais Saied (R) shows Massad Boulos, senior adviser to the US president for Africa, pictures of starving children in Gaza during their meeting at the presidential palace in Carthage on July 22, 2025.

Tunisian Presidency / AFP

Business & Economy

The US returns to North Africa with an eye on Beijing and Moscow

29 August 2025

The US is prioritising trade, investment, and regional stability as it reasserts influence from Morocco to Libya

Mohamed Sharki

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet on the sidelines of the two-day NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 24, 2025.

Ludovic MARIN / AFP

Politics

European countries trigger the ‘snapback’ of Iran sanctions

29 August 2025

France, Germany, and the UK ran out of patience with Tehran and are bringing back previously halted UN measures

Keith Johnson

People mourn for Palestinian journalists Moaz Abu Taha and Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, who were killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza on August 25, 2025, along with 15 others.

AFP

Culture & Social Affairs

'Genocide didn't unfold in Gaza; it was the intent all along'

25 August 2025

A new book by Lebanese jurist Mazen Shindab provides an invaluable legal resource on the genocide in Gaza, laying bare the flaws of international law and the moral imperative to hold Israel to account

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush

Sara Padovan

Politics

Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world?

25 August 2025

Trump's willingness to cede Ukrainian land to Russia will have global repercussions, but the acceptance of land seizures actually goes back decades, with Israel being a serial offender

Christopher Phillips

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Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world?

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Syria’s post-Assad energy quandary

Ahmed Sharaa on Syria's 'zero-problems' strategy

The US returns to North Africa with an eye on Beijing and Moscow

European countries trigger the ‘snapback’ of Iran sanctions

'Genocide didn't unfold in Gaza; it was the intent all along'

Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world?

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