From time to time, Syrian authorities announce the foiling of attempts to smuggle weapons shipments into Lebanon, the most recent of which occurred in the al-Brij area of Syria’s Qalamoun region.
Buckle up for a sobering cross-country tour as we rank the fifty most dangerous stretches of pavement in the US, analyzing ...
The concept echoes recent years of proxy warfare across Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and the Red Sea, where Houthi maritime attacks ...
The fading threat of a US strike on Iran signals a fragmented, deterrence-driven regional order where crises simmer rather than explode ...
Alliances in the Middle East today are being increasingly shaped by flows of electricity, gas, data and clean energy, making ...
AJ chief warns algorithms fuel polarisation, unveils ‘Core Project’ at Web Summit.
Terrorism remains one of the most destructive forces shaping the global order in the 21st century. From the Middle East to ...
Opinion

EDITORIAL: War games

Way back in 2002, right after the attacks of 9/11, the government of the United States spent something like $250 million (!) on a war game (!) that was supposed to test how fast the United States ...
The plural of “axis” is “axes,” apparently. And foreign policy types with axes to grind have been making good use of this ...
For decades, America’s Western allies lived comfortably with a system in which the US was the accepted hegemon and which ...
The Advisor to Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari affirmed ...
In the long arc of Mohamed Salmawy’s literary career, there has always been a persistent question beneath the surface of plot and character: What grants a human life meaning when comfort proves hollow ...