Middle East

Voices from the Arab press: Internal Arab fractures amid Iran war

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

A man stands on the rubble as emergency services operate at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Ain Al Mraiseh in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 1, 2026.

Antisemitism is returning – and the world is silent, again - opinion

An Emirates aircraft is seen through the window of a Middle East Airlines airplane at Cairo International Airport, March 31, 2026; illustrative.

Airline pilots fear retribution over refusing to fly in Middle East, aviators' group says

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iran war is huge success for Israel - but it is not a victory, yet - opinion


Syria, Jordan, Turkey sign deal to launch regional trade corridor

The agreement prioritizes the railway sector, including a proposal to link Anatolia in the north with the port of Aqaba in the south and extend toward the Gulf.

View of Amman from Temple of Hercules ruins at Amman Citadel on July 27, 2025 in Amman, Jordan.

Editor's Notes: Why Americans turned to Al Jazeera instead of CNN or Fox during Iran war - comment

Qatar now funds the most-watched English-language news channel covering the Middle East. And it got there because the West stopped showing up.

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

As US and Iran talk truce, Israel digs in for a 'forever war' - analysis

Israel's creation of "buffer zones" in Gaza, Syria, and now Lebanon reflects a strategic shift after the attacks of October 7, 2023, one that puts the country in a semi-permanent state of war.

IDF FORCES in southern Lebanon.

Hormuz at near standstill as Iran warns ships to keep to its waters

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, one of Japan’s big three shipping firms, is among those caught up in the confusion as firms try to work out what impact the US-Iran two-week ceasefire is having.

A ship passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

'Everything begins with intelligence': Three wars rewriting the rules of modern warfare

From Israel to Ukraine and Taiwan, today’s conflicts are redefining the rules of warfare – and the technologies that drive it

Warfare is becoming increasingly autonomous, data-driven, and dependent on commercial innovation.

Caught between wars: Gaza residents wait for someone to change their fate

Amid the war with Iran, Gazans find themselves waiting for a resolution to their own predicament and conflict

Gazans say they feel abandoned due to the ‘new’ war in Iran and because of other global events. Many feel they have been left to face their fate alone.

Between two camps: Iran war forces the Arab world to pick a side - opinion

A war that will decide the Middle East’s next alignment

Signing the Abraham Accords at the White House in 2020.

Kurds allegedly forced to register as Syrian Arabs to receive citizenship, NGO claims 

NSVH reported that the failure to provide an option to register as Kurdish, which was flagged during field monitoring, has raised serious concerns about Damascus’s compliance with the legislation.

Kurdish women dance hand in hand as the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) members celebrate Nowruz at the Jezhnikan Village around Baharka, Iraq, on March 18, 2025.

Why the Iran ceasefire leaves Israel facing harder questions than before - opinion

A two‑week ceasefire allows for a momentary assessment, and raises new questions about the region post‑war.

A woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street after US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

WATCH: Netanyahu claims Israel was not surprised at last second with Trump's ceasefire

Netanyahu also added that Israel and the US had changed the face of the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.