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The Muhajirin: Inside Syria’s uneasy pact with foreign fighters

An Uzbek fighter’s arrest, and tensions that ensued, lay bare the tense bargain between Syria’s [...]

Why the Gulf became a new arena for India and Pakistan’s rivalry

With both countries entrenching their roles in the Gulf’s shifting security landscape, India and Pakistan [...]

Libya’s 18-month gamble: The UN’s political roadmap to nowhere

The UN mission in Libya, criticised for its internal dysfunction, has laid out a new [...]

UAE quits OPEC: What next for oil, the Gulf, and geopolitics?

Beyond the immediate implications for oil markets, the UAE’s OPEC exit underscores a broader geopolitical [...]