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3 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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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel
It has been said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was displeased by US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of his National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, as well as President Trump’s stance on Iran and Syria. There is a big difference between the Iranian nuclear file and what I now call the Syrian file, except in Netanyahu’s disturbed mind. So the question becomes: What is the difference between Trump and Netanyahu and the way they think about things?
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
I have been following the rapidly developing events in my beloved Syria over the past four days with a heavy heart, especially concerned by the events unfolding in the south, where my family’s roots stretch across no fewer than ten villages and towns.
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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 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Mustafa Fahs |Amir Taheri |Jebril El-Abidi
If wars and disasters shake ideas and convictions, how has no proposal that goes beyond immediate policy been put forward as this war rages on? The Levant is disintegrating, to say nothing about the exceptional suffering the Israelis are inflicting upon the Palestinians, or its humiliation of Syria and Lebanon and the losses it has inflicted upon them.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ross Douthat |Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra
Pope Francis, who passed to his reward on the morning after Easter at age 88, was a version of the liberal pope that many Catholics had earnestly desired all through the long reign of John Paul II and the shorter one of Benedict XVI — a man whose worldview was shaped and defined by the Second Vatican Council and whose pontificate sought a renewal of its revolution, a further great modernization of the Catholic Church. In one way, at least, he succeeded.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra |Mamoun Fandy
To say that our history moves slowly is not a great discovery. We have seen, and continue to see, generation after generation living on "causes" that revert back to square one every time a solution that ends the struggle seems possible. This is particularly true of the Palestinian cause and the "vicious attack" on it and us, but it is also true of the Kurdish cause and sectarianism in the Levant and even applies to the conflict in the Western Sahara that dates back to 1975.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra |Mamoun Fandy |Ghassan Charbel
The war between Lebanon and Israel has reared its head once again. This comes after the ceasefire announced on November 27 was extended to February 18. While it was in effect, Israel violated the agreement 1,500 times, and Israel's Defense Minister announced that the occupied positions in Lebanon would be turned into a buffer zone. Assassinations of Hezbollah's military apparatus have accelerated, with several senior field commanders recently targeted.