Opinion

How will Jeremy Hunt deal with the Middle East?
view
Mahmud el-Shafey
Fear of migrants unites right-wing populists in US, Europe
view
Mark Habeeb
Can a poem be as deadly as a tank?
view
Rashmee Roshan Lall
Arm-wrestling or not, Turkey’s spat with the West leaves a mark
view
Stephen Starr
Iran is not North Korea, it is borrowing a page from Saddam’s book
view
Ibrahim al-Zoubeidi
vA banner reading “See you in Qatar,” in reference to the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in Moscow, on July 14
A failed winter cup will do no good to Qatar’s reputation
view
Mahmud el-Shafey
American Islamophobia’s fake facts
view
Arnold R. Isaacs
Much of social media’s pungent prominence in foreign diplomacy has been led by Trump.
view
Rashmee Roshan Lall
An ALL-CAPS war on diplomacy
view
Rashmee Roshan Lall
Syrian flags hang from buildings as workers rebuild destroyed stores in Harasta on the outskirt of Damascus, on July 15
Talk of rebuilding Syria is delusional
view
Stephen Starr
Start-ups bank on region’s long spells of sunshine
view
Khadija Hamouchi
An activist holds a computer keyboard and makeshift handcuffs in Beirut? on July 24
Lebanon’s shrinking freedom of expression
view
Mona Alami
‘Midnight Express’: It’s the 1970s once more in Erdogan’s Turkey
view
Yavuz Baydar
The futuristic danger of Kirkuk problem
view
Diyari Salih
Turkish opposition has hard time adjusting to Erdogan’s authoritarian politics
view
Yavuz Baydar
Iraq's 60 years of turmoil and destruction
view
Khairallah Khairallah
Given Damascus’ limited manpower, Iran’s presence within Syria allows Russia to continue towards its principal war aim: preserving the regime.
Against conflicted alliances, Russia maintains its diplomatic balancing act
view
Simon Speakman Cordall
A file picture shows Egyptian Army officers walking in front of a huge screen during the opening ceremony of a waterway at the Suez Canal in Ismailia
In Sisi’s Egypt, army plays major role across society
view
Ibrahim Ouf
Competition for dominating Mosul city is still ongoing among the Iraqi parties
Iraq protests rattle politicians but fail to bring any big change
view
Mamoon Alabbasi
Protests and the Iraqi future
view
Diyari Salih
Turkey seen as reintroducing state of emergency through ‘back door’
view
Thomas Seibert
Israel’s new law is an elegy for Palestinian rights
view
Rashmee Roshan Lall
Will Iran be hit hard by new US sanctions? It remains to be seen
view
Gareth Smyth
US President Donald Trump arrives at the airport in Helsinki on the eve of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on July 15
Do all roads now lead to Moscow?
view
Mark Habeeb
AU summit reflects fractured state of Africa
view
Francis Ghiles
Russia runs the show in Syria.
Syria, Iran, unicorns and rainbows: The Trump-Putin tryst
view
Rashmee Roshan Lall
The ambivalent US attitude toward Iran
view
Suha Aljundi
By razing Khan al-Ahmar, Israel will bulldoze illusions of peace process
view
Jonathan Cook
The man who knows too much. Lebanese journalist Fidaa Itani
Fidaa Itani and Lebanon’s battle for free speech
view
Makram Rabah
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) talks to US President Donald Trump during their meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, last July
What the Middle East can expect from the Trump-Putin summit
view
John C.K. Daly