Hizbollah calls Lebanon’s elite to order
The country’s new government faces continuing unrest and economic turmoil
View ArticleTrump’s Israel-Palestine real estate deal is intolerable
There is not the remotest chance any Palestinian leadership could accept these terms
View ArticleRussia and Turkey have fallen out in Syria
Although both are mistrustful of the US, their interests are not aligned
View ArticleEurope could soon feel the fallout from Idlib
Turkey regularly threatens to reopen the refugee routes north for fleeing Syrians
View ArticleIran’s hardliners face a legitimacy problem
Disaffected voters could boycott this week’s parliamentary elections
View ArticleLebanon’s economic crisis requires an urgent decision on IMF aid
The country is trapped in a full-scale emergency that could unravel social bonds
View ArticleThe Hundred Years’ War on Palestine — equality and a single state
Rashid Khalidi’s rigorous history is one of the great books on the Israeli-Palestinian question
View ArticleWar of attrition in Syria is spiralling out of control
The skies above Idlib are crowded with rival warplanes and drones with 3m civilians at risk
View ArticleCrown prince strikes again with palace coup and oil war
Saudi Arabia’s rash but ruthless 34-year-old heir looks out of his depth
View ArticleThis may finally be the end of the road for Netanyahu
The question is whether Benny Gantz and the Arab Joint List can end the political deadlock
View ArticleMiddle East may face an explosion of refugee Covid-19 cases
Movement of paramilitaries and pilgrims also make it hard to contain the disease in the region
View ArticleSanctions on Iran must be relaxed in the crisis
Ordinary Iranians and their neighbours should not have to die because of hardline leaders
View ArticleUS-Saudi ties strained as Mohammed bin Salman reverses on oil
Crown prince gambled his political capital in Washington by flooding saturated market with discounted crude
View ArticleBenjamin Netanyahu draws another winning hand
New unity government gives Israeli leader the manoeuvring room he needs
View ArticleFailure of oil price war may cost Putin dear
Trump’s benevolence towards the Russian president cannot be relied on
View ArticleLebanon’s economic ‘freefall’ warning is understatement
The recovery plan is more forthright than previous Lebanese to-do lists but the bar is low
View ArticleSigns of Iranian retrenchment are likely to be overstated
More probably, Tehran is trimming its sails to weather a violent political storm
View ArticleFamily feud breaks apart Syria’s troika of power
Rift between the dictator Assad and his cousin comes as victory in war looks close
View ArticleNetanyahu has a chance to advance annexation plans
The Israeli premier now has every motive to distract public opinion and move ahead with this pledge
View ArticleIn Libya the west is strengthening its adversaries
Halfhearted interventions have made a bad situation worse
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