Kuwait

US fighter jet downs Iranian drone near aircraft carrier, gunboats approach US-flagged tanker

Iranian Shahed-139 drone shot down by F-35 jet over Arabian Sea • In separate incident, six Iranian gunboats approach US-flagged oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
Qatar Emiri Air Force personnel load aid onto a military cargo plane headed to Syria, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, December 30, 2024.

Where are the American bases in the Middle East Iran threatened it might strike? - explainer

Trump warned Iran that if it retaliated against the US, the US would respond at levels “never seen before.”

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a joint session of Congress in which US president Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 1978.

Voices from the Arab Press: Israel, Donald Trump, and Anwar Sadat

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

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
AMER GHALIB speaks at a rally for then-presidential nominee Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the eve of US Election Day last November. Diplomatic appointments must transcend campaign considerations, the writer asserts.

The troubling case of Amer Ghalib: Trump's Kuwait pick raises red flags - opinion

If dozens of Muslim states are acceptable, if Christian state churches are traditional, then why is one Jewish state too many for Mr. Ghalib to acknowledge?

|BySTEVEN BURG

Voices from the Arab press: Partition Lebanon as a solution to Hezbollah

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

FEBRUARY 10, 2023ByMEDIA LINE
BEIRUT’S ACHRAFIEH Quarter, where Christians form the majority.

PM Netanyahu’s ‘magic’ in the gulf might be waning - opinion

Netanyahu must address and repair his relationship with the current US administration before pursuing further relationships with other nations.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByMAJDI HALABI/THE MEDIA LINE
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023.

Voices from the Arab press: 2023: A continuation of last year

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

JANUARY 15, 2023ByMEDIA LINE
EXITING A currency exchange shop in Cairo.

Voices from the Arab press: Taliban are remaking Afghan society in their image

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

JANUARY 7, 2023ByTHE MEDIA LINE
PROTESTERS TAKE part in a march and rally in support of Afghan women’s rights in London, last November.

Arab Gulf countries crack down on homosexuality

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar are tightening laws that aim to prevent, prohibit, and punish homosexual relations and deport foreign nationals caught working in massage parlors.

DECEMBER 16, 2022ByHUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
People take part in a rally marking the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 3, 2021.

COP27: Israeli minister takes part in meeting with Lebanese, Iraqi officials

Lebanon's prime minister downplayed the importance of the event, saying no communication was made with an Israeli official.

NOVEMBER 8, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Israel takes part in Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate Change Initiative at COP27

Voices from the Arab press: Sadat’s genius decision for war, peace

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

OCTOBER 28, 2022ByTHE MEDIA LINE
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Anwar Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which US president Jimmy Carter announced the Camp David Accords results, in Washington, Sept. 1978.

What is the future of Kuwait? - opinion

Kuwaiti writer and poet Nejoud Al-Yagout wrote, "There is no other time but now to wake up from this stupor of separation...Let's take the wait out of Kuwait."

OCTOBER 19, 2022ByNEVILLE TELLER
A WOMAN votes during Kuwaiti parliamentary elections at a polling station in Kuwait City, on September 29.

Aleppo Airport back in service despite airstrikes - analysis

Aleppo International Airport is apparently back in service following airstrikes allegedly carried out by Israel.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A man walks at Aleppo international airport after it was reopened for the first time in years, Syria, February 19, 2020.

Saudi-Iran talks to resume when conditions right in Iraq, says Iranian envoy

Riyadh and Tehran, the leading Sunni Muslim and Shi'ite powers in the region respectively, have been locked in a decades long rivalry.

AUGUST 24, 2022ByREUTERS
Kuwait's new Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah gestures as he takes the oath of office at the parliament, in Kuwait City, Kuwait September 30, 2020.