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Trump, Al-Sharaa and the future of Syria

Robert Ford It was during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East in May that he first met Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, after...

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Bashar Assad’s odd decisions

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed A year has passed since the fall of the Assad regime. The change has been immense and its consequences are still unfolding....

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Pope Leo’s message of interfaith dialogue and peace

Yossi Mekelberg The first visit abroad by a new leader reveals quite a bit about their worldview, priorities and how they would like to be...

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The centuries-old Christian presence in the West Bank is under threat

Rev Dr Fares Abraham I grew up less than a mile from Shepherds’ Field in Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank – the hillside where, according to...

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Social media helping to enact and cover up Gaza genocide

Chris Doyle Hillary Clinton last week claimed that TikTok was to blame for many young Americans’ pro-Palestine views and that they were falling for...

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Macron wants to bring new balance to China-Europe ties

Andrew Hammond French President Emmanuel Macron went to China last week for what was technically a bilateral state visit. However, he has higher...

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Abu Shabab’s death signals the inevitable failure of Israel’s plan for Gaza

Said Alsaloul “[The death of Yasser Abu Shabab] marks the end of a dark chapter – one that did not reflect our tribe’s history and principles …The...

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Pakistan–Afghan crisis is deepening dangerously

Dr Syed Kaleem Imam The latest exchange of fire along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Spin Boldak–Chaman frontier) this past weekend has once...

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After el-Fasher, we must refuse a ‘new normal’ of mass atrocities in Darfur

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim Over the last two months in Darfur, Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed horrifying atrocities in the city of...

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How impunity became Israeli policy

Hani Hazaimeh What we are witnessing, from Gaza to southern Lebanon and from Jenin to the skies over Syria, is not a chain of disconnected crises....

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Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head

Marc Owen Jones Qatar is not a big country, but lately it occupies an astonishing amount of space in the imagination of a growing ecosystem of far-...

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Arctic region becoming increasingly contested

Luke Coffey In a surprising move at this time of year, a tanker from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project on Wednesday traveled along the Northern Sea...

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Golan vote signals failure of Israel’s Syria policy

Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib On Dec. 3, 2025, 123 countries at the UN reaffirmed their support for Syria and Syrian sovereignty over the Golan...

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Can Pope Leo inspire peace in Lebanon?

Mohamed Chebaro There are many interpretations of the word “peace” in the Lebanese context. The fact that the visiting Pope Leo this week repeated...

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Pakistan-GCC strategic ties are ever growing

Javed Hafeez Pakistan has been part of the Gulf security architecture for quite a while, especially as the region’s threat perception changes over...

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Bangladesh’s economy is not collapsing but undergoing a necessary reset

Faisal Mahmud The recent wave of pessimism surrounding Bangladesh’s economy under its interim administration, much of it amplified by selectively...

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Syrian aid workers have local trust and capacity — we just need the resources

Dr. Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Faddy Sahloul, Dr. Aref Razouk, Abdullatif Alzalek and Alaa AlBakour Sara — not her real name — is a 16-year-old Syrian...

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US’ renewed focus on Burma Act offers hope

Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Washington has entered a new and encouraging phase of engagement with Myanmar at a moment when the country’s future hangs in the...

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