Joe Lauria: Iran-Saudi rapprochement isolates US
Ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that overthrew the US-allied Shah of Iran, the rivalry between the two major Middle...
Opinion
Salem AlKetbi: Did the US diplomacy in Ukraine get it right?
A year after Russia’s war in Ukraine and during his recent visit to Kiev and Warsaw, US President Joe Biden...
Tunisia Unrest: Saied’s Challenging Term
With a cult of personality taking shape, parliament’s back broken and a neutered political opposition, Kais Saied’s Tunisia is a...
Martin Jay: Dumb and dumber plan to bring peace to Ukraine
Scholz and Macron have a plan to bring peace to Ukraine, but Putin can’t stop laughing as it’s so stupid....
Why Libya’s Presidential Elections Face Opposition
The latest meeting of ambassadors of the countries with stakes in Libya, sometimes known as the Libya Contact Group, ended...
Salem AlKetbi: America’s Insistence on “Defeating” Russia
Although the American desire to defeat Russia in the war in Ukraine has been clear since the beginning of the...
Concerns Rise Over Tebboune’s Candid Talk
If I were an Algerian citizen, I would be feeling anxious. The interview Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune just gave to...
Omar Ahmed: UK food shortages and the Maghreb
North Africa was once known as the "breadbasket" due to its favourable climate and significant arable land along the Mediterranean...
Mehdi Mabrouk: The myth of colonization in Saied’s Tunisia
Since the beginning of the 1990s, there have been radical shifts in the scene of migration in the Mediterranean. With...
Youssef El Kaidi on Morocco-Africa Relations
Morocco’s increasingly multifaceted influence in Africa has increased tensions between France and Morocco, despite French attempts to keep its discomfort...
Hafed Al-Ghwell on Tunisia’s Saied
It is unlikely that even the most pessimistic assessments of Tunisia’s democratization could have accurately predicted what has befallen the...
Mustafa Fetouri: US still is clueless in Libya
The West's meddling in Libya and deciding how and when the country will move forward with its elections is down...
Salem AlKetbi: Biden’s priorities and the battle of slogans
The address to the Union is an annual event where the world learns what direction the White House is taking....
Polisario Concerns Raised by Margarita Arredondas
How seriously can Morocco take the European parliament when an MEP 'intergroup' is so hell bent on spreading lies about...
James J. Zogby: Real journalism asks tough questions
Too often both the Israeli and Arab press fail miserably in reporting on violent acts in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Aspects...
