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2 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Emile Ameen |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri
It is not unusual for President Donald Trump to kick off his first tour in Riyadh, just like he did during his first term in office. The changes that have taken place in Riyadh since his 2017 visit and his arrival on Tuesday have deepened his conviction of Riyadh’s ability to host major dates and meetings.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Emile Ameen |Hazem Saghieh
It would be reckless, very reckless... to speculate that developments in the Arab region between now and the Arab League summit scheduled for May 17 will follow a logical trajectory! Anything could happen, as there are no guardrails or constraints between us and the abyss.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Emile Ameen |Hazem Saghieh |Mustafa Fahs
Iranian commentators appear to be relaxed about the prospects of the ongoing negotiations with the United States. Some have implied that a honeymoon period is possible with the “Great Satan” if its intentions are sincere. They speak of a mutual need. Iran needs an agreement that would end the cycles of sanctions and accusations, while the American administration needs an achievement of the size of an agreement over Iran’s nuclear deal.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Emile Ameen |Hazem Saghieh |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri
From the moment US President Donald Trump announced his latest tariffs, people across the globe have been speculating about whether his decision would lead to a global economic recession. It seems that some of the world’s leading economic minds worry that, unfortunately, there is a risk of something worse than a simple recession and that the repercussions could spill over into the global arena of politics and security.
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2 months ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Hazem Saghieh |Hanna Saleh |Emile Ameen
With the Trump administration sending conflicting signals about its intentions on dealing with Iran, the Iranian leadership is once again divided on how to respond. One faction is trying to paint a grim picture in which the US will give Israel enough support to inflict a heavy defeat on Iran to complete the defeats already inflicted on Tehran's allies in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.
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2 months ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Hanna Saleh |Emile Ameen |Neil Quilliam
A few days ago, on the 20th anniversary of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri’s assassination, many of those who remember what happened reiterated that they had remained confident he would not be killed until it happened.
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2 months ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hanna Saleh |Hazem Saghieh |Emile Ameen |Neil Quilliam
From the moment a law granting the warlords of the Lebanese civil war amnesty was passed, establishing “immunities” for official and legitimizing “impunity” (all compounded by an external veto on the dissolution of Hezbollah’s militia) the coup against the Taif Agreement and the constitution began taking shape. No functional state was established and, since then, the government’s role has been reduced to crisis management and the distributing spoils of a sectarian, predatory power-sharing system.
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2 months ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Emile Ameen |Neil Quilliam |Nadim Koteich
If we were to avoid skepticism of the so-called Resistance Axis’ intentions- despite the many valid reasons to be skeptical and assume that their actions genuinely reflect a perspective- we could claim that they are pushing the Lebanese to finalize their defeat in the name of the victory they claim to have attained.
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2 months ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Emile Ameen |Neil Quilliam |Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra
It has been decades from the end of the Second World War in which the United States played a key role in defeating the Axis powers, and then reinforced transatlantic relations through the establishment and rise of NATO in 1949. The alliance managed to maintain a united front and remained steadfast in the face of the Warsaw Pact throughout the four decades of the Cold War.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Serge Schmemann |Faisal Saleh |Emile Ameen
Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's choice of Saudi Arabia as the destination of his first foreign visit aimed to deliver blunt messages inside Syria and beyond. This isn’t only about Saudi Arabia being an economic and political heavyweight on the Arab, Islamic and international levels, but also about the new Saudi Arabia, which in a handful of years has become more open and witnessed rapid reforms and advances.
