Opinion

Perspectives
To end Lebanon military dualism Hezbollah needs reform not force

Despite US pressure, Hezbollah is unlikely to yield to coercion. To achieve state monopoly on arms, Lebanon must abandon quick-fix wishes, says Sami Halabi.

Engulfed in paranoia Israel sets stage for Gaza 'final solution'

Setting the wildfires aside, Israel and its society must confront the crimes, both ecological and engineered, it is committing in Gaza, writes Alex Foley.

Lebanon/US

From enabling Israel's war machine, to supporting sectarian militias, the US has not played the role of peace broker in Lebanon, writes Jeffrey G. Karam.

Jordan brotherhood

The shock decision by the Jordanian kingdom to ban the Muslim Brotherhood is due to hostilities that have been building for years, writes Osama Abu Arshid.

Narrated
Syrian former Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa addressing the media during a press conference in Helsinki, 21 May 2002 [Jaakko Avikainen/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty]

For decades, Farouk al-Sharaa was among Syria's most important political figures. His newly published memoirs reflect on a turbulent era in Syria's history.

Bader Khan Suri

Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri was detained by masked ICE agents a month ago for committing no crime. His wife Maphaz Ahmad Yousef calls for his release.

Sudan

The lack of debate surrounding the war in Sudan suggests that there is little global interest in the atrocities being committed, writes Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

How do you console a Gazan who lost 30 family members overnight?

To rekindle the Arab psyche into action, we must have the language to empathise with and empower Palestinians during moments of grief, says Salma El Zamal.

Unfiltered
Cinema of Empire: Warfare (2025) and How Art and Culture are Intrinsic to the Architecture of US Imperialism

No Hollywood moral gloss can hide the fact that the illegal invasion of Iraq was led by war crimes on the ground and propaganda on screens, says Rida Jawad.

If AI Can't Speak Arabic or Farsi, It Can’t Imagine Our Future

The failure of AI to understand Arabic and Persian leaves the door open to a future steeped in hate speech, disinformation and erasure, says Ameneh Deshiri.

The Gaza genocide is making Pakistan boycott cricket. Here's why

Frustrated by state inaction over the Gaza genocide, many Pakistanis are boycotting cricket in protest against sponsors linked to Israel, says Afroze Zaidi.

Turkey protests

Turkey's pro-democracy protest movement is fighting an uphill battle against popular exhaustion & a state that won't hesitate to use violence, warns Orhan Kaya.