Sultan Barakat

The Houthis and Iran are seeking to gain leverage, but they may instead get a unified front in the Red Sea.

The no-war, no-peace status quo with Iran increasingly benefits the US, its energy sector and its ally Israel.

The future of diplomacy between the US and Iran depends on giving mediators the backing needed to make agreements stick.

An arrangement that allows each side to claim it achieved its core goals is the most likely path out.

Trump and Kushner’s plans for Gaza are bound to fail. Here is why.

Restoring education must start now under Palestinian leadership and with solidarity from abroad.

The aid initiative did not help Palestinians and actively undermined the very concept of humanitarianism.

A new initiative by RWI promises to revolutionise the way compliance with the rules of war is monitored globally.

Establishment of a viable Palestinian state will be the key to ending this conflict. So how do we get there?

The ban stands against the core principles of Islam and hinders the Taliban’s efforts to gain international recognition.