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6 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Mustafa Fahs |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
Some are preempting US President Donald Trump’s expected visit to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf next month by discussing the promised three trillion dollars, suggesting it should be conditional upon achieving political deals – ranging from Gaza to a Palestinian state, to Yemen and Iran. First, these are business deals, including civil, military, and investment projects – not political trade-offs.
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6 days ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Mustafa Fahs |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri |Hanna Saleh
Between Aoun's insistence on the state monopolizing arms and Hezbollah reverting back to its position on maintaining its arms, reproducing its previous taboos and reiterating the notorious threat “to cut off the hand that reaches for the weapons,” Lebanon (its state, people, sectarian and political parties) face two opposing challenges.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Ross Douthat |Hassan Al Mustafa |Mustafa Fahs
When US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus was born on July 10, 1982, the scene was as follows: General Ariel Sharon’s tanks were surrounding Beirut from all sides and his jets were bombing the capital without mercy. The general of the city of the time was Yasser Arafat, who was championing the Palestinian cause. Arafat sought to fight on for another six months before taking a decision over what to do next, recalled Hani al-Hassan who was in the battle.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ross Douthat |Hassan Al Mustafa |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri
There are two related theories of what Donald Trump’s dramatic revision of the global trade system is intended to accomplish. First, the goal is to revitalize American manufacturing, our capacity to build at home and export to the world.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hassan Al Mustafa |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri |Hazem Saghieh
Sectarianism has a profound role in shaping the consciousness of wide segments of the Middle East’s population. It increases their propensity for violent behavior, both verbal and physical, and can lead to sectarian discrimination. Sectarianism is not born of a single factor. Rather, a set of overlapping factors makes it a complex problem.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri |Hazem Saghieh |Sam Menassa
In a bold step, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani called Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to congratulate him on the formation of the new Syrian government. Sudani has taken the initiative, and this gesture will contribute to rebuilding trust between the two governments after decades of political animosity. The two countries’ hostile relationship dates back to when they were both governed by Baath regimes.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Tressie McMillan Cottom |Eyad Abu Shakra |Mustafa Fahs
Iran is a major and prestigious country that the region has an interest in seeing become stable and prosperous, away from the rhetoric of threats to shut the Hormuz Strait and support Houthi rockets attacks in the Red Sea. The Khomeini revolution was not just a major coup in Iran, but its constitution carried with it a project to upend regional equations.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Tressie McMillan Cottom |Eyad Abu Shakra |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri
I’m far from a Luddite. It is precisely because I use new technology that I know mid when I see it. Academics are rarely good stand-ins for typical workers. But the mid technology revolution is an exception. It has come for us first. Some of it has even come from us, genuinely exciting academic inventions and research science that could positively contribute to society.
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3 weeks ago | 
aawsat.news | Eyad Abu Shakra |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri |Osman Mirghani
Yesterday, in Jeddah, Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers Murhaf Abu Qusra and Michel Menassa signed a promising agreement to end lingering border issues between Lebanon and Syria. In truth, neither the new Syrian government nor the current Lebanese authorities contributed to these issues, which were inherited from the birth of the current Syrian and Lebanese territories during the French Mandate period and on the ruins of former Ottoman provinces and states.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri |Osman Mirghani
Yesterday, in Jeddah, Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers Murhaf Abu Qusra and Michel Menassa signed a promising agreement to end lingering border issues between Lebanon and Syria. In truth, neither the new Syrian government nor the current Lebanese authorities contributed to these issues, which were inherited from the birth of the current Syrian and Lebanese territories during the French Mandate period and on the ruins of former Ottoman provinces and states.
