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Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones following Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023, outside a hospital in Khan Younis. AFP

No regional war over Gaza but everyone still loses

The Gaza war probably will not cause a huge regional conflagration but instead will weaken all the major actors.

Robert Ford 16 January 2024
A Palestinian man reacts as he holds the remains of his mother wrapped in a blanket amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. AFP

Israel's war on Gaza: 100 days of death and destruction

According to UNOCHA, Israel has killed 23,074 Palestinians including 10,000 children in Gaza, between 7 October 23 and 7 January 24, an average of 250.8 per day

Elie Kossaifi 14 January 2024
In a document of over 80 pages – which makes for very grim reading – an exhaustive legal case compiled by South Africa is elaborated against Israel’s vicious behaviour. Sara Gironi Carnevale

UN court hears South Africa genocide case against Israel

In a document of over 80 pages – which makes for very grim reading – an exhaustive legal case compiled by South Africa and presented to the ICJ is elaborated against Israel's vicious war on Gaza.

Bryn Haworth 11 January 2024
People carry pictures of deputy head of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed by what Lebanese and Palestinian security sources say was a drone strike by Israel, as mourners gather during his funeral in Beirut on January 4, 2024. Reuters

A Hezbollah-Israel war has never been closer

The killing of Hamas and Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon demonstrates that Israel is willing to trigger a conflict it has long sought to avoid.

Michael Horowitz 11 January 2024
Saudi Arabia’s custodianship of the Two Holy Mosques makes reaching a settlement with Israel extremely challenging. As such, it has prioritised securing Palestinian rights before signing any peace accord with Israel. Nash Weerasekera

Is a Saudi-US pact still imminent?

The biggest obstacle to the normalisation with Israel continues to be its opposition to a two-state solution

Abdullah F. Alrebh 08 January 2024
The funeral of Iraqi Hashed fighters in Baghdad, who were killed in a US airstrike on January 4, 2024 EPA

The world prepares for Gaza war escalation

There's a great risk that the Gaza war's repercussions could spread elsewhere, from Baghdad to Beirut to the Red Sea

David Schenker 07 January 2024
As the scale of Israel’s destruction of Gaza deepens, action in Iran and Lebanon increases the risk of the conflict widening at the behest of a desperate Netanyahu. Sebastien Thibault

Is Netanyahu trying to expand the Gaza war to prolong his rule?

As the scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza deepens, action in Iran and Lebanon increases the risk of the conflict widening at the behest of a desperate Netanyahu

Omer Onhon 07 January 2024
Israel’s war on Gaza is changing global relations. The Arab world must act. Eduardo Ramon

Amid the horrors in Gaza, the Arab world has a chance to reshape its own future

Israel's war on Gaza is changing global relations. The Arab world must act.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 06 January 2024
In recent weeks, policy gaps between the US and Israel have emerged, both on the scope and nature of Israeli military operations in Gaza and what should come next after this conflict is over. Axel Rangel Garcia

No shared endgame for Gaza in sight

In recent weeks, policy gaps between the US and Israel have emerged, both on the scope and nature of Israeli military operations in Gaza and what should come next after this conflict is over.

Brian Katulis 05 January 2024

Relatives of an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza are buried at the military cemetery in Jerusalem on December 24. EPA

Israel’s six-point plan to rally citizens behind its war on Gaza

Dissenting voices are silenced in pursuit of a media narrative and national consensus that disregards the fundamental human rights of Palestinians and allows Israel to continue its brutal assault

Asaad Ghanem 02 January 2024
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Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

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The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

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Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

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Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

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Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
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Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
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The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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