Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali

Another First for Saudi Women

[caption id="attachment_55248789" align="alignnone" width="620"] Somayya Jabarti, Editor-in-Chief of the Saudi Gazette (Asharq Al-Awsat)[/caption]My friend Khaled Almaeena is going out in style…

Thomas W. Lippman

Mr Ghannouchi Goes to Washington

[caption id="attachment_55248900" align="alignnone" width="620"] The leader of Tunisia's Ennahda party Rachid Ghannouchi speaks to the media in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 26, 2014. (Amine Landoulsi…

Caryle Murphy

Sanctioning You-Know-Who

[caption id="attachment_55248896" align="alignnone" width="620"] Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) and Yemen's Minister of Communications Ahmed Bin Daghr (R) attend celebrations on the…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi

Sweet-Talking in Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55248847" align="alignnone" width="620"] Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) hold a joint press…

Alex Vatanka

A Dictator behind the Scenes

[caption id="attachment_55248814" align="alignnone" width="620"] A picture taken in Gaza city on May 11, 2011, shows Libyan state TV showing footage of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in a meeting. (Mahmud…

Hannah Lucinda Smith

A Forgotten Revolution

[caption id="attachment_55248824" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrians hold candles during a vigil outside the Egyptian embassy in Damascus in support of anti-Mubarak protestors on January 29, 2011…

Stephen Starr

Democracy in the Making

[caption id="attachment_55248711" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tunisia's new Prime Minister, Mehdi Jomaa, addresses the handover ceremony in Tunis on January 29, 2014, after the North African…

Youssef Cherif