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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

Reuters/ Carl Recine

Democracy and society

The World Cup of opportunity

The world’s melting pot is not London or Los Angeles but Doha. Many are here for the work prospects and the opportunities brought by the World Cup

By Myles Benham

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

‘I think that might be one bridge too far for Russia’

Middle East expert Gil Murciano on Israel's relationship with the West, arms exports to Ukraine, Moscow's role in Syria and the threat from Iran

By Gil Murciano

Reuters/Amir Cohen

Foreign and security policy

Israel’s strategic balancing act

Israel’s refusal to sell weapons to Ukraine disappointed Western allies — but there are strategic reasons for this stance

By Daniel Rakov