Qatar’s Gaza role shrinks as Israel pushes back, Hamas shifts towards Turkey and Egypt, and Doha takes a narrower role in ...

The Makkah Pact signals a shift in Middle East security as Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan hedge risks, deepen defence ...

Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan's Mecca defence pact signals a shift toward strategic autonomy as US and China face more independent region.

While regional and international capitals remain preoccupied with other files – most notably the ongoing U.S.-Iran war in the Middle East – the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the ...

Manara Magazine’s forthcoming issue will highlight the ongoing policymaking challenges that countries most affected by climate change in the Middle East and North Africa face, as well as analyse case ...

For Iraq, the fallout from the U.S.-Iran war is no longer limited to missiles, burning ships, or fears over the Strait of Hormuz, because it is now threatening something far more sensitive inside the ...

No ruling dynasty in the Arab Gulf has played a seemingly weak hand with more skill than Doha. In 1968, when the British announced their intention to withdraw from the Gulf, some Western experts ...

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa lack any legislative framework to allow legal gender recognition (LGR) for their transgender populations. This legislative vacuum has forced transgender ...

The Middle East is increasingly gravitating toward parallel – and potentially rival – security architectures. Rather than pursuing strategic diversification within a shared regional order, the United ...

When it was discovered that two Emirati citizens were among the 19 hijackers involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the country’s leadership was deeply concerned.[i] Affiliates of Islamist terrorist ...