Middle East Near You

“We’ll accept whatever the Palestinians accept” has become a slogan used by several Arab states under various circumstances over the years. It seems that it has become a rule...

In the days leading up to the Warsaw Conference on the Middle East, the debate continues over the objectives of this American initiative, its seriousness and feasibility. This also...

Two Palestinian governments will soon see the light of day; both will be under occupation and siege. One will be official and declared, formed by Fatah, and it will...

The resignation of the Palestinian Authority government led by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah was both expected and entirely natural. I say this because it obviously cannot fulfil its functions...

Israel has, so far, succeeded in imposing its own rules of engagement on Syria and Iraq. Barely a week goes by without Israeli warplanes launching missile attacks on Syrian...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif used French magazine Le Point to challenge the world to find a specific statement made by an Iranian official threatening or vowing to...

Over the past seven years, the extreme right-wing Israeli government has sought to exploit the Syrian crisis in order to legalise its annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights...

The second set of US sanctions against Iran just came into force. These sanctions mainly target two strategic sectors: energy and banking. Washington’s wants to “zero” Iran’s oil exports...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seemed angry during the opening session of the 30th PLO Central Council, mainly at representatives of factions and independent figures who decided not to attend the...

The Labour Party conference marked a watershed moment for the Palestine solidarity movement in the UK. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which distributed hundreds of flags that day, noted...

What prompted the Sultanate of Oman to receive the Israeli Prime Minister at this particular time? Three hypotheses were developed in response to this question and as an attempt...

By launching a series of medium-range ballistic missiles towards targets close to areas under American control in eastern Syria, Iran is approaching the “American red lines” without actually crossing...

The Lebanese and Palestinian experiences show the difficulty, if not impossibility, of combining the “authority” and the “resistance”. Each one of these “institutions”, so to speak, has its own...

The flow of American statements confirming its desire for unconditional dialogue with Iran hasn’t stopped. The president and his senior aides haven’t stopped talking about their desire and willingness...

The “shameful” and “weak” performance of US President Donald Trump at the Helsinki Summit dominated news reports, coverage, and reactions during and after the summit. We actually only know...

After returning from its latest tour of the region the American team, with its peace process and deal of the century, is showing exceptional interest in the need to...

The fire that broke out in the ballot box storage in Baghdad did not only devour the ballot boxes, but it also undermined the credibility and integrity of the...

The US Secretary of Defence, General James Mattis, has linked his country’s withdrawal from Syria to a comprehensive solution to the eight-year-old crisis. This means that America is refusing...

We did not take the analyses and predictions that mourned the early death of the Arab Spring wave with its successive revolutions and uprisings that broke out in Tunisia...

I would like to first congratulate you, your people, and myself on your safety and recovery from the health problems that ailed you recently. I would like to take...

The United States has been contacting Palestinian figures from the West Bank and Jerusalem after the Palestinian leadership made a decision to stop contacts related to the peace process...

Palestinian news items, or leaks, report that Arab leaders are putting immense pressure on the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to resume negotiations and restore security coordination, at the...

Economic, trade and cultural normalisation of relations with Israel, let alone political normalisation and security cooperation, has always been criminalised by the Arab states. However, this did not prevent...

No one knows Israel’s schemes, games, lies and manoeuvres better than the Palestinians. Their experience was moulded after over 100 years of confrontation with the Zionist organisations, gangs, state...

Qatar does not have much room to manoeuvre in the wake of the blockade being imposed upon it; the wave that threatens to engulf the small Gulf State is...

While the Palestinian Nakba enters its 70th year tomorrow, the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike will finish its first month, after all the Israeli attempts to break the national prisoner...

There are a number of indicators on the horizon of the southern front which drive us to believe that they will move from the stage of traveling skirmishes to...

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article that spoke of America’s intention to establish a new regional alliance that would include four Arab countries alongside Israel and the...

Bashar Al-Assad’s presidential decree for parliamentary elections to be held in April did not get much attention in international political and media circles, not only because the parliament in...

The media has given a lot of attention to the positions expressed by King Abdullah II on the event of the donor countries’ conference in London. They focused particularly...

Under John Kerry’s mediation, once again, there are have talks between Jordan and Israel regarding the issue of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jordanian guardianship of the holy sites. Benjamin Netanyahu...

The issue of the moment is the question of an impending third intifada. Are the events taking place in Jerusalem and the West Bank heading towards another Palestinian uprising?...