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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Reuters)

Egypt Moves Ahead With National Dialogue

Political and partisan forces in Egypt, as well as civil action players in the country, have enthusiastically welcomed the invitation to national dialogue extended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah…

Mohammed Khalil 20 May 2022
Saudi Arabia's King Salman, center right, welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center left, before a meeting in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

How Different Is Erdogan’s New M.E. Policy?

The restoration of brotherly relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia should not be taken lightly. It is not merely a political reconciliation between two states that had once been in competition…

Dalia Ziada 13 May 2022
A general view of Nizip refugee camp, near the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkey’s Plan to Return Syrian Refugees Home Questioned

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier this week that institutional surveys have shown that more than one million Syrian refugees wish to return voluntarily to their country. This…

Jiwan Soz 13 May 2022
3-	Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador of Kuwait to the US (L) and Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah (2nd L), with UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban, at the Annual Gala of the Kuwait-America Foundation on 11 March 2012. (Photo credit: flickr)

In Recognition of Rima Al-Sabah's Social Activism in Washington

Last week, Rima Al-Sabah, wife of Salem Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ambassador to the US, and a former Lebanese journalist, held her last major international reception, concluding 21 years of Arab and Muslim…

Mohammad Ali Salih 13 May 2022
British home secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta sign the policy to house illegal migrants to UK in Rwanda detention centers.

Are Britain's Imperialist Ambitions Dictating Rwanda Asylum Policy?

In March, the UK government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (which is clumsily shortened to DLUHC) and the British Home Office jointly announced that individuals, families,…

Meera Ravi 06 May 2022
The gunman with a fishing hat in a still image from the video of the Tadamon massacre published by The Guardian

Video Clips Document Horrendous Massacres by Syria’s Assad

The Syrian security authorities continue to release dozens of detainees after the Syrian regime President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty for the “terrorist crimes” committed and for which Syrians…

Jiwan Soz 06 May 2022
Former President Donald Trump

Questions Over Exact Relation Between Trump & Putin

What is exactly the relation between former president Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin? Last week, Newsweek magazine quoted a commentator on Russian state-run TV thanking Trump…

Mohammad Ali Salih 06 May 2022
Shi'ite militias in Iraq, near the Syria border strip in 2015. Photo credit: AP

Disagreements over Smuggling between Regime Forces, Iranian Militias in Syria

Despite the relative calm that the various Syrian regions are experiencing, many disputes have begun to appear in the open between Syrian regime forces and the local and foreign militias that enjoy…

Jiwan Soz 30 April 2022
This file photo taken on September 24, 2020, shows the Brega oil port in Masra Brega, some 270Km west of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. (Photo by AFP)

Libya Struggles with Self-Made Oil Crisis

In mid-April, the MENA growth forecast of the World Bank anticipated that the economies of Arab oil exporter countries “are expected to grow by 5.2% in 2022, the fastest rate since 2016, on the back…

Dalia Ziada 29 April 2022
A live broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual phone-in is seen at the TASS news agency in Moscow on June 30, 2021. GAVRIIL GRIGOROVTASS VIA GETTY IMAGE

What’s Behind Divergence Among ‘Kremlin Buddies’?

The title might appear “blatant” as per the standards and criteria of the “Russian military operation.” This has been the official name for the military confrontations and battles taking place on…

Samy Amara 29 April 2022
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Why siccing Syria's army on Hezbollah is so dangerous

28 June 2026

If Trump's idea is implemented, it would all but certainly further undermine regional stability and US interests in the Middle East

David Schenker
Neil Webb
Science & Technology

The G7 grapples with the politics of AI access

23 June 2026

As advanced AI models become strategic assets, the G7 is confronting difficult questions of access, dependence, and control

Marco Mossad
Massad Boulos, Trump's Middle East advisor, speaks at the Libya Energy and Economic Summit at the Tripoli International Conference Centre in Tripoli on 24 January, 2026. MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP
Politics

US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

Areig Elhag
Grace Russell
Business & Economy

World Cup proves a boon for the Arab hospitality sector

26 June 2026

Owing to time-zone differences, the tournament is creating a new spending cycle for cafés and restaurants in Arab cities

Mohamed Sharki
Culture & Social Affairs

Umberto Eco's 'Inventing the Enemy' as relevant as ever

22 June 2026

A forgotten lecture by the renowned Italian writer at the University of Bologna in 2008 traced the history of hatred through language, myth, and imagination, all of which still apply today

Antoine Jockey

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