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3 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Steve Inskeep |Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich
Israel’s crushing victory in its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon last year is considered one of its military triumphs, ranked alongside the Six-Day War victory in 1967. Meanwhile, its operations against the Houthis in Yemen, so far, have been more theatrical than effective, resembling its 2006 war in Lebanon. This, despite the fact that the armed group has no air defense capabilities or a missile arsenal to strike back.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Abdulrahman al-Rashed
President Donald Trump’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last week exceeded expectations, putting Saudi-American relations on a new trajectory. A series of major agreements were signed, reflecting the extraordinary alignment of the two nations’ interests and reaffirming the Kingdom’s status as a regional leader.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Abdulrahman al-Rashed
Let us forget, for a moment, that the president of the United States is the most powerful political leader in the world, and that he can annihilate humanity at the press of a button or obliterate the global economy with an “executive order.”For a moment, let us put that to one side and focus, instead, on two undeniable truths that we must address as Arabs during these extraordinary times in our contemporary history.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Tariq Al-Homayed
It is difficult to single out one aspect of US President Donald Trump’s pivotal visit to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, as the most prominent or important. The visit was clearly not merely made for investment deals alone.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Tariq Al-Homayed |Emile Ameen
Baghdad has the unusual ability to force its visitor to open up about the past and its pains. The ability becomes more pronounced when the friends choose to have dinner on the banks of the Tigris only to find out that the current resort was once one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. I believe people are like pledges and ideas, just passengers in the train of time. The only difference between the passengers is their destination and the impact they leave behind.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Tariq Al-Homayed |Emile Ameen |Mustafa Fahs
Sanctions on Syria could have extended for a year or more due to various considerations, including the uncertainty surrounding the country’s political future, reservations about its new leadership, or concerns from powers like Israel. The United States does not lift sanctions except after a lengthy evaluation; it previously signed a deal with the Taliban, yet Afghanistan has remained under economic sanctions for four years.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Hazem Saghieh |Mustafa al-Kadhimi |Abdulrahman al-Rashed
He had hardly finished addressing the crowd in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City that Cardinal Robert Provost as the newly minted Pope Leo XIV was transformed into a blank face on which interest groups and lobbies of all kind could draw the image they would like him to become. Since we are now used to a new kind of journalism, let’s call that the journalism of what might be as opposed to what has actually happened.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Mustafa al-Kadhimi |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Tariq Al-Homayed
The 1993 Oslo Accords are put forward as proof that peace with Israel is impossible in every debate on war and peace. These accords tested Israel's desire for peace, and Israel failed; put the same test, Palestinians (and Arabs) passed and affirmed the sincerity of their desire for peace.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Mustafa al-Kadhimi |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Tariq Al-Homayed |Eyad Abu Shakra
Romanticizing history is not acceptable anymore. Our people in Iraq have been particularly obsessed with their history, so much so they have forgotten about their future. Debates are centered around their ancestors, overlooking how to make their own history today. Those who do think about shaping their future are shaping history today, striving to make the best out of the present.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Tariq Al-Homayed |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel
“I’ve come this afternoon to talk about the bright future of the Middle East”—this is how the voice of US President Donald Trump echoed everywhere, among those who love him and those who oppose him. He chose to deliver his remarks in the evening in Riyadh, which was morning in the United States. He didn’t give a general speech, nor one specifically about US-Saudi relations, but instead focused his address on the region’s main issues.
