Mohamad Bazzi

Mohamad Bazzi is a journalism professor at New York University and former Middle East bureau chief at Newsday. He is writing a book on the proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The opinions expressed are his own.

November 16, 2018 | Mohamad Bazzi

How Congress can push Saudi Arabia on Yemen

The Trump administration is ending one of the most important elements of US military assistance to the Saudi-led war in Yemen: the refuelling of Saudi warplanes. The Nov. 10...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UN, US, Yemen
June 30, 2017 | Mohamad Bazzi

Mosul's fall won't stop Daesh spreading fear

Iraqi officials have declared that Daesh's caliphate is finished. On June 29, after months of urban warfare and US air strikes, Iraqi forces say they are on the verge...

Published in: Article, EU, France, Iraq, Opinion, Russia, Syria, US
April 11, 2017 | Mohamad Bazzi

Why Assad used chemical weapons

In the early hours of 7 April, the US military launched a series of missile strikes against an air base in northern Syria, in retaliation for the Syrian regime's...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Opinion, Russia, Syria, US
December 8, 2016 | Mohamad Bazzi

Trump can't fight Daesh without wading into Syria's war

Over the course of the US presidential campaign, Donald Trump changed his mind on many issues. But he's been consistent on one foreign policy question: he wants to end...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Iraq, Middle East, Opinion, Russia, Syria, Turkey, US
November 24, 2016 | Mohamad Bazzi

What Trump should do about anti-Muslim hate crimes

In the five days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center recorded more than 400 incidents of "hateful harassment and intimidation" of minorities....

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, France, Opinion, US