Opinion

The UAE is believed to have played a facilitative role in the normalization of ties between Somaliland and Israel
Somaliland's emerging alliances: Deepening ties with Israel and the UAE
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Saad Guerraoui
Maduro is facing US federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others
Venezuela and the curse of the Sahara
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Hatim Betioui
The price of the Iranian rial gives an idea of the depth of the economic crisis the "Islamic Republic" is suffering
Iran's crises raise questions about the regime's fate!
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Khairallah Khairallah
A connection that was never incidental
How Maduro’s capture shifts the balance on Polisario
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Abdelhay Korret
An approach grounded in political realism and workable solutions
Why 2026 could be the year the Western Sahara dispute finally ends
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Manal El-Zobaidi
Nearly one million followers
The December flood
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Amr El-ghazaly
The Sultanate of Oman has its own distinct political, cultural, and social climate
Sultanate of Oman and the choice of culture as soft power
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Hatim Betioui
Expanding role
Pakistan eyes strategic pivot in Middle East amid domestic pressures
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Shafique Ur Rehman
Children paint at a Christmas market during holiday season in downtown Beirut.
The challenge of the Christmas story
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James J. Zogby
A customer reads a book inside a basement dedicated to books near Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad.
A deep wound in Iraq’s memory
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Karam Nama
A sign reads “Save America from Trump” outside a “Veterans for Mendoza” event for Democratic candidate for Arizona Congressional District 6 JoAnna Mendoza, in Tucson, Arizona, December 16, 2025.
The Democrats' greatest challenge ever
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Alon Ben-Meir
A historic year by all means
Morocco’s 2025: a year of diplomatic and sports triumph and economic resilience
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Saad Guerraoui
Strong vision
Turning challenges into opportunities, Morocco ends 2025 on strong strategic footing
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Mohamed El-Hadi El-Hidri
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference in New York City, December 9, 2025.
Wake up: It’s not your daddy’s New York City anymore
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James J. Zogby
US President Donald Trump looks on ahead of the annual Army-Navy football game in Baltimore, Maryland, US, December 13, 2025.
Trump’s disgraceful and destructive use of presidential pardon
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Alon Ben-Meir
Dr. Suzan Amedi A Syrian flag is displayed outside the White House following the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 10, 2025.
Washington, when extremists are rewarded and allies are ignored
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Suzan Amedi
"Shiite participation in the elections was not at the level of published figures"
Iraq's parliamentary elections: Inflated turnout figures and deepening sectarian control
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Boubaker Sghaier
King Hamad reminded everyone that the GCC’s progress draws its strength from bonds of brotherhood and kinship
The Manama Summit: Gulf realism drawing the features of the future
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Hatim Betioui
Dakhla Atlantique, the Moroccan port's gateway to West African countries
Morocco’s port revolution: How Rabat is redrawing the map of African trade
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Said Temsamani
Support for Israel was once the issue sine qua non for candidates for Congress
Criticizing Israel: No longer controversial in US politics
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James J. Zogby
Karun River is now running dry
Why the Iranian regime continues executing its own people: Fear, control and survival
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Abdollah Pakatchi
Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as they meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara
Pope's visit to Turkey
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Kamal Sido
"Trump does not need to erase the truth; he is a master at drowning it with repeated lies"
Trump must be stopped from destroying our democracy
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Alon Ben-Meir
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US President's envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Moscow
The Gaza and Ukraine plans compared
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James J. Zogby
Stop Genocide hashtag
Defying genocide
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Vijay Prashad
"The Sahara is Moroccan, and Morocco will remain in its Sahara until the end of time"
The truth and history in the case of Western Sahara
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Abdellatif Ouahbi
Houthi supporters shout slogans during a pro-Palestinian rally one day after Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa last September
The Houthis rebel against Tehran… Is the Iranian “Axis of Resistance” approaching its end?
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saleh abuaudal
Professor Michael Scoullos
The Mediterranean between environmental awareness and the Cousteau Legacy: From the silent world to the noise of data
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Mohammed Tafraouti
Morocco's King Mohammed VI
King Mohammed VI and the Moroccan approach to a just peace: A voice of strategic reason in a fractured Middle East
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Said Temsamani
Syrian and Lebanese baseball items on display at the exhibition, Little Syria, NY, An Immigrant Communitys Life & Legacy at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration in New York in 2016
Lebanese immigrants in Utica: Telling our American stories
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James J. Zogby