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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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3 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Steve Inskeep |Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich |Choe Sang-Hun
The story of Chinese Americans really gets going with one of the great early episodes of globalization. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, brought tens of thousands of fortune seekers from around the world, including some from China. What happened next is the sort of history that many schools, states and the Trump administration have lately deemed dangerous and divisive. Chinese people and their descendants helped to build the country while also enduring generations of abuse.
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3 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich |Choe Sang-Hun |Eyad Abu Shakra
Doctors and analysts agree that delirium is a sudden change in the brain function that leads to disturbance and mental confusion. It often results from a transformation the body is subjected to; it could be surgery or withdrawal that follows long-term alcohol abuse. One of the more acute symptoms of delirium is inattention and reduced awareness of one’s surroundings; the delirious can sometimes forget who he is, where he is, and what he is doing there.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri |Hanna Saleh |Tariq Al-Homayed
The State of Israel emerged in 1948, and its emergence was accompanied by a war and the expulsion of the Palestinian population. Its birth thus became the foundational act that precipitated many subsequent wars and, eventually, the “Arab-Israeli conflict.” However, its emergence was also foundational to the rise of military regimes and radical ideologies in the Levant.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Hazem Saghieh |Hanna Saleh |Tariq Al-Homayed
In one of his memorable comments on the current state of Europe, the late Pope Francis expressed the wish that in a world gripped by turmoil and war the old continent becomes a field hospital for victims from the four corners of the globe. The comment implies that real or imagined victimhood provides anyone with a seat at the high table of privileges cast as human rights.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Hanna Saleh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Nabil Amr
Camp David II ended in utter failure in 2000. However, what concerns us most, here, is how extremists’ campaigns undercut the talks and contributed to that failure. In addition to the fact that they were held during the last year of Clinton’s term, both Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat were outdoing one another with their displays of weakness and haste to achieve, in one fell swoop, outcomes that suit one side but not the other.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Hanna Saleh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Nabil Amr
Were the Lebanese really liberated on the 25th of May twenty-five years ago? The official answer has not changed: yes. The commemoration of this occasion and its elevation into a national holiday, “Resistance and Liberation Day” was born of this answer. The residents of the region that had been occupied returned to their towns and villages after the Israeli army’s withdrawal, and the state and its institutions reestablished a nominal presence there.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Mohammed al-Rumaihi |Hazem Saghieh
It would be a mistake to overlook the unique opportunities presented by the region’s shifting strategic landscape following the resounding success of President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. Until recently, this all seemed almost unimaginable, and seizing this opportunity hinges not only on the Americans; the Arab states must also rise to the occasion. Both sides must leverage their influence and resources to generate the momentum needed to deal with every powder keg.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Mohammed al-Rumaihi |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
Baghdad is relieved because it managed to avoid falling into several traps. Iraqi factions entertained the idea of expanding the conflict in wake of the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation in Gaza and opening of the “support front” in Lebanon. However, internal advice and external warnings steered Iraq clear of sliding into the turmoil. The Israeli threats against some of the factions were blunt, and the US needed to step in to prevent it from acting on them. Baghdad succeeded in avoiding another trap.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Mohammed al-Rumaihi |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri |Osman Mirghani
Last week, global and regional media outlets focused on President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh, Doha, and Abu Dhabi. Some of the piles of analysis we saw were objective and fact-based; others were fanciful and prejudiced. Some theories have now been shown to be misguided. One is the theory that the United States has pivoted to China and South Asia, abandoning the Middle East.
