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America and Iran are getting close to a deal. Or not

A bewildering week brought both frenzied negotiations and renewed American strikes

Does Gadi Eisenkot offer Israel a new chance?

Israelis think he may be a genuine alternative to Binyamin Netanyahu

The Iran war meant an economic crisis for Africa

It was the third shock of the 2020s to hit the continent 

Iran has lost its fear of war

A once-cautious regime is making a risky bet on low-level conflict

Middle East Dispatch newsletter: Syria’s honeymoon is over

An arrest has damaged the government’s image, writes Gareth Browne, our Middle E...

The end of the war in Iran threatens “glorious failure”...

Donald Trump’s deal with Iran leaves America’s ally without any strategic gains

How Israel is frustrating Donald Trump’s Iran plans

Binyamin Netanyahu has defied America twice in recent days

Ebola has put Africa’s fragile health systems in the sp...

Emergencies and aid cuts are accelerating a push for self-reliance

A flimsy deal will stop the bombing and restart the oil

Whether it can do anything more will be the question that defines the next few m...

Fighting in Mogadishu risks making a weak state weaker

A presidential power grab has convulsed Somali politics

The Gulf’s three post-war challenges

Geography, cash and confidence will decide who recovers, and who drifts

Iran’s battered economy will take years to recover from...

Its leaders want sanctions relief and aid for reconstruction

Syria is an unexpected beneficiary of the Gulf war

The revival of an old oil-export route from Iraq to the Mediterranean helps Syri...

What a surge of anti-migrant protests says about South ...

It is too easy for xenophobic vigilantes to take advantage of poverty and a weak...

Is the staple meal in Nigeria and Ghana becoming a luxury?

What the rising prices of jollof rice show about Nigeria and Ghana’s economies

The first-ever robotic rescue at sea is a milestone

An American drone recovers downed pilots in the Strait of Hormuz

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