The history of Six-Day War

Assassination or War? A Secret Backstory of the Israel-Iran Conflict

Benjamin Netanyahu and Meir Dagan, former Mossad chief, had fought about the right M.O. against Tehran. Israel has settled that debate now. Meanwhile, the Iranian regime is at its strategic weakest since the Iran-Iraq War

Over to Trump

After a strategic roller-coaster of a year, the world awaits January 20

An Islamist In Damascus

Bashar al-Assad’s fall may have made the Middle East more dangerous

2024 In Review: Open Diary

The Road From Damascus

Israel’s strike at Iran on Syrian soil is likely to escalate the war in Gaza

War for Peace

Memoir of a Kurdish sniper who helped stop the ISIS in Syria

Range of the Radical

Two books explore the influence of Salafism

Living to Tell the Tale

After an arduous journey, badly wounded soldiers from civil war-ravaged Yemen get a healing touch in India

Beirut of the Mind

An iconic city retrieves its romance from the wreckage of war