Middle East
Lebanon’s existential crisis
Who will negotiate with the IMF to get the bailout that Lebanon needs, almost literally, to survive?
What’s up with Macron’s Lawrence of Arabia stunt?
Often with Macron his failure comes down to poor communication at home and abroad
No bread, no heat, no hope: life in Lebanon after the Beirut blast
The clock is ticking for Michel Aoun’s Lebanese government
How much worse can things get for Lebanon?
Sectarian tensions could rise following today’s devastating explosion
Why the US assassination of Iran’s top general didn’t spark a war
Iraq finally has the sort of leader the West has hoped for
The sunset of secular Turkey
Let’s not pretend that Turkey wants to be a Western nation with Western values
Netanyahu won’t be worried about Israel’s coronavirus protests
A portion of Israeli society is angry at the ossifying decade-long rule of one man
Is it too late to save Lebanon?
My country has always had a penchant for self-destruction
There is no justification for turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Turkey is jeopardizing freedom of worship
Erdogan, Hagia Sophia and the rebirth of an Islamic Turkey
In the eyes of many Turks, the modern west has rejected modern Turkey,
The hypocrisy of Turkey and Pakistan’s Islamophobia claims
The voices of non-Muslim communities are often drowned out in both Turkey and Pakistan
Israel’s short-lived ‘victory’ over coronavirus
Having snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, Israel’s options appear limited
Iran’s second wave could come crashing down on the regime
Iranian demographics could mean the country faces an even greater health crisis
Syria’s nightmare is far from over
This is a war that was been waged by a state willing to win at any cost, against its own people
Does Israel train America’s police forces?
A new lie for the oldest hate
Macer Gifford: my fight against Isis
The British trader on death threats, Shamima Begum and a looming crisis
Will India and China go to war?
The first Asian conflict of the Asian century
The mullahs’ coronavirus gamble has backfired
Iran faces a choice likely to affect the stability of its regime, perhaps existentially
The Taliban: an apology
If we put up new statues, we should perhaps give them a finite lifespan
Dear dictators: don’t lecture the US on how to treat its people
Russia, China, Iran and, worst of all, Canada, are all seeking to exploit the rifts in US society
Western states have failed the Palestinian ‘right of return’
Time to shut down UNWRA
How the Libyan conflict became the Middle East’s most important proxy war
The Libyan civil war is an example of what happens when western governments walk away from a conflict
Oil on troubled waters: the US-Saudi alliance is crumbling
There’s been a change to Trump’s strategy in the Middle East
Why Benjamin Netanyahu has outlasted all his political rivals
He has maneuvered the religious Jewish Orthodox parties to rely only on him
Has Trump finally decided to dump Saudi?
Two US jet fighter squadrons have just left the region, and the US Navy presence in the Persian Gulf is also being wound down
