Diplomacy prides itself on nuance, yet there are moments when nuance collapses under the weight of geography. Israel's recognition of Somaliland was not a symbolic flourish; it was a geopolitical ...

The huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years has posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly ...

Syria’s tribes, sensing it was time to split from the Kurds and ally with Syria’s government, mobilised. That spelled the end ...