The very long row of battle dress-clad Hamas’ Qassam Brigades troopers gathered in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza,in a drill preparing for ...

Turkey is returning to the Middle East in pursuit of a dimension of its identity that has been in the shadows over the past century, writes Tarek Osman ...

A Levant approach – one that connects Syria and Lebanon for the right reasons and aligns them with the broader Arab and international economic order – will be critical to ensuring that both ...

Last year featured an unusually large number of efforts to rearrange the ethnic, religious and political realities of the Middle East. The most visible and endlessly frustrating effort is the ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

For Billboard Arabia’s first cover story of 2025, we explore the dynamic world of Al Shami, the young star who has taken the Arabic music scene by storm, soaring to stardom in less than two years.

Sharaa, an Islamist who was once an affiliate of al Qaeda, has been trying to gain support from Arab and Western leaders since he led a rebel offensive that toppled former Syrian President Bashar ...

Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a new series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR F (F For Arab Music Archiving ...

Hip-hop in the Middle East continues to grow, blending tradition with modernity while giving artists a voice to challenge societal issues globally.

Noor Humair ...

The Israel-Palestine conflict has also left a deep imprint on neighbouring countries in the Levant. Jordan was directly involved in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948 and 1967, losing the West Bank and ...