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Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

Foreign and security policy

A tug of war and peace in Yemen

As a key chapter of the Yemen war nears its end, risks of disruptions to the peace remain — with potentially dire consequences for the population

By Magdalena Kirchner

Reuters/Essam Al-Sudani

Economy and ecology

Iraq is running out of water

The country can’t master such a bleak future on its own. Failing to take vital measures will result in a regional security nightmare

By Stefan Lukas

Reuters/Corinna Kern

Democracy and society

Fight till the bitter end

The Israeli Knesset just passed the first bill of its judicial overhaul agenda, risking irreconcilable polarisation and violent escalation

By Muriel Asseburg

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Like nothing ever happened

After 12 years of being suspended, the League of Arab States has welcomed back the Syrian regime. But what is driving this normalisation?

By Joseph Daher

Reuters/ Morteza Nikoubazl

Foreign and security policy

A deceptive graveyard peace

There are signs of détente in the Middle East. But beneath the surface, it is churning

By Marcus Schneider

Reuters/ Mohamed Azakir

Foreign and security policy

Political settlement first, refugee return second

Europe’s current approach to facilitating refugee returns and containing new arrivals from Syria is based on wishful thinking

By Malik al-Abdeh, Lars Hauch

Reuters/ Matan Golan

Democracy and society

A private militia for an arsonist

Israel's Security Minister Ben-Gvir, known for his radicalism, wants to establish a police force that follows his orders blindly

By Peter Lintl

Reuters/Ammar Awad

Democracy and society

In Israel, democracy still holds

The achievements of Israeli demonstrators show that its political centre is healthier and far more vital than elsewhere in the democratic world

By Bret Stephens

Reuters/Ammar Awad

Democracy and society

A break in the clouds over Yemen

The current rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran could promote peace in Yemen. Much depends on the seriousness of the actors involved

By Magdalena Kirchner

Reuters/ John Sibley

Interviews

'Many in the Arab world are fed up with western finger-pointing'

Middle East expert Nadim Rai on the Arab world's perspective on the World Cup and the boycott debate in the West