Middle East

By Sam Macale On the morning of March 7, 2025, the village of Qabu al-Awamiya, nestled at the intersection of the Jableh-Qardaha road in Syria’s coastal region, trembled with an earthquake unlike the one that had shaken it in the early hours of February 6, 2023. That earlier …

Ankara’s involvement in Sudan indicates its foreign policy is bereft of any values and willing to ignore sanctions intended to deter continued bloodshed. Recent Washington Post reporting broke the story of Turkish arms manufacturers engaging in weapons sales to both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and possibly the …

Idris Hani The cup of crime in Syria has run over, and all the narratives in which images played a decisive role have been exposed. This same image now creates its own opposing discourse: justifying and concealing crimes. Was it any surprise when Syria was handed over to …

By Sam Macale The first and most urgent demand must be the immediate cessation of hostilities and killings. The international community cannot stand idly by while innocent civilians are slaughtered. Every second that passes without action means more lives lost, more families destroyed, and more atrocities committed with …

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the recent deaths of civilians from the minority Alawite community have raised the total death toll from violence since Thursday to 1,018. This includes 125 security personnel and 148 fighters reportedly affiliated with the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, …

When Mark Carney took the job as governor of the Bank of England in 2013, he negotiated a five-year term rather than the traditional eight-year tenure. The sense was that he was eager to get back to Canada to run for office in the next federal election. But …

If the Arab world acts decisively to sideline Hamas, the organization’s financial, logistical, and public support may erode significantly. The highly anticipated Egyptian vision for the future of Gaza was announced in Cairo yesterday, broadcasting consensus across the Arab world against U.S. president Donald Trump’s “Riviera” plan for …

While the region remains a powder keg in many ways, it is clear that regional elites are ready to focus on cooperation and development. A substantial amount of ink and blood has been spilled throughout the many failed attempts to create a “new” Middle East. Yet the region’s …

“Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.” –T.S. Eliot, The Family Reunion (1939) Normally, geometry and chaos are mutually exclusive. Still, when applied to complex considerations of American national security and foreign policy, this juxtaposition could make perfect sense. …