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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Ghassan Charbel |Tariq Al-Homayed |Emile Ameen
This war had been brewing for two decades - long anticipated but repeatedly avoided. Both the Iranian and Israeli sides had succeeded in avoiding direct confrontation, limiting themselves to proxy wars, until the October 7, 2023, attack happened. At that point, the Israelis decided to eliminate the sources of threat and shift their strategy from “mowing the lawn” - targeting the proxy threats as they grow - to destroying the entire octopus.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Tariq Al-Homayed |Emile Ameen |Mustafa Fahs
It’s no simple feat to make Tehran live at the mercy of Israeli fighter jets and for the Israeli army to declare that the skies leading to the Iranian capital are open to its aircraft. It’s no simple feat to make Tel Aviv come under a barrage of Israeli missiles and for its people to come out of the shelters and observe the destruction around them.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Emile Ameen |Mustafa Fahs |Mamdouh al-Muhainy
The war that erupted at dawn last Friday, triggered by a series of painful Israeli strikes on Iran, is unlike any of the region’s modern conflicts. It is not a repeat of the Gaza wars, nor of the Lebanon front. It bears little resemblance to the US invasion of Iraq or the grinding Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Emile Ameen |Mustafa Fahs |Mamdouh al-Muhainy |Amir Taheri
This conflict cannot be resolved with a two-state solution. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed this point recently, warning the Security Council that hope for a two-state solution may dissipate entirely. This conflict cannot be settled through perpetual war and the firepower of the Israeli occupation that is seeking endless annexation, gulping up more and more land through the expansion of settlements.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri |Osman Mirghani |Emile Ameen
The Houthis resemble a boxer who, whenever he thinks he is about to strike his opponent, finds himself on the receiving end of devastating blows. However, despite his broken nose, gouged-out eye, and the blood pouring from his face, he refuses to leave the ring. Such behavior is met with glorification and veneration by the Resistance Axis.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Osman Mirghani |Emile Ameen |Abdulrahman al-Rashed
Will they, won’t they? This is the question that those interested in current talks between Tehran and Washington on Iran’s nuclear program are darting around in the hope of getting a straight answer. Public statements from both sides offer no clear answer. President Donald Trump seems confident that an accord that reflects his wishes is well on the way to conclusion. He is even musing about a golden age of prosperity that awaits Iranians once the accord is signed.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Emile Ameen |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Steve Inskeep |Hazem Saghieh
Day after day, Israel makes increasingly clear that it has no intention to make peace. It does not want a comprehensive and just peace, nor is it willing to take modest preliminary steps that could build the mutual trust necessary for more meaningful progress. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government seems intent on creating more walls and fences, rejecting the idea of building bridges in principle.
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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Emile Ameen |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri
Yes, Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia was historic. He showed himself to be more politically sensible than any US leader in a very long time. Politically, economically, and beyond, it was a visit for the history books- that much is clear from Trump’s statements about the development he witnessed in Saudi Arabia alone.
