Opinion

In January 2021, the US State Department declared that "Saudi Arabia is a vital US partner on a wide range of regional security issues". But as 2021 came to...

Israel has announced new plans for the village of Khan Al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, which has been demolished and rebuilt several times, and which attracted international attention...

Iran has announced that it stopped the flow of natural gas to Turkey for ten days, starting from 20 January, due to a "technical failure". This resulted in an...

There has been a noticeable increase in Islamophobia in Britain, revealed by a recent study from the University of Birmingham, which reported that 25 per cent of Britons have...

Already exhausted in the Syrian mediation efforts, Staffan de Mistura, has just been appointed, by the United Nations Secretary-General, as his envoy to Western Sahara's decades' long dispute. Mr....

In one of the videos an inmate is blindfolded and lies face down on the floor with his hands tied to his legs behind his back, whilst others have wounds on their legs and backs.

The situation inside the Palestinian arena is more dangerous than the Palestinian people think. The sense of being lost that the Palestinian cause is experiencing is likely to escalate,...

Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalising the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three...

After a long period of arduous negotiations with Iran, and after failure seemed closer than success, the parameters of the negotiations returned and changed, and the US was close...

Illegal settlers from the Givat Ronen settlement carried out a terrorist attack against Palestinian citizens and activists from Israel's Rabbis for Human Rights. This resulted in ten of the...

A decision by Sunni Muslim leader, Saad Al-Hariri, to step away from Lebanese politics opens the way for Shia Hezbollah to extend its already deep sway over the country,...

With each new day, the situation in Sudan worsens and becomes more complex and aggravated, with no solutions or exit strategies on the horizon. Instead, all the signs are...

In recent weeks, relations between Turkey and Israel have thawed slightly, despite hostile statements by their leaders. Decision-makers in both countries are trying to bring the relationship out of...

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched two missile attacks at the United Arab Emirates in the last week, raising the stakes in a ruinous and complex conflict. Monday's assault, which...

The defence of civil freedoms in Tunisia is once again a priority for parties, activists and observers, after it was believed that the issue had been settled as one...

The latest study presented by Oxfam to the last Davos Forum included shocking figures, although they were a continuation of other previous figures by the foundation and other institutions....

The Palestinian Authority continues to attract negative publicity and erode its own standing with the Palestinian people. PA leader Mahmoud Abbas's recent meetings with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz...

It took more than one week to decorate the house of the Palestinian hunger striker, Mujahid Hamid, who was due to be released from the Israeli occupation jail on...

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country's anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara in anticipation of a Palestinian response to the ongoing...

When the Ministry of Finance announces that the results of the first five months of the current fiscal year (2021-22) point to a growth in the total budget deficit...

We are about to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. If the coup which brought Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to power was not staged in 2013, I believe...

What is the Middle East? Why is it the "middle"? And to whom is it "east"? We should take into consideration that what is "east" to certain geographical location...

The Palestinian National Council (PNC) is the highest institution of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). The Council has wide-ranging powers, but exercises only a few of them, because the...

Many in the Arab world were baffled when Sudan joined three other Arab states and normalised relations with Israel in 2020. For decades, Sudan has maintained a staunch anti-Israel position and...

The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games may go down in history as the official start of the cold war between the US, a handful...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas adopted a new programme in May 2017, in which it declares itself a Palestinian national, Islamic, liberation and resistance movement that aims to liberate...

Last week, 80-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Asad was kidnapped, tied up, and apparently tortured by Israeli army thugs in the West Bank. He was found dead soon after. It's the...

Mehdi Ali was only 15 when he made the dangerous journey to Australia by boat in 2013, fleeing persecution in Iran, as members of the Ahwazi Arab minority. "Since...

The Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele, landed in Turkey last Wednesday, 19 January, to meet with the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The next day, both leaders signed a deal...

Israeli parties have witnessed successive developments recently, including the likelihood of a political explosion following a possible deal with Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party,...

We all know that political lobby groups can be influential, and that those which back the occupation state of Israel are more influential than most in the West. However,...

On 14 January 2022, Russia hosted a meeting of Special Representatives for the Normalisation Process between Türkiye and Armenia, Ambassador Serdar Kılıç and Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament,...