Arab world

Why is Saudi Arabia investing billions in Syria’s economy? - analysis

Syrian officials described the move as the largest influx of investment since the US sanctions were lifted.

Businessman Nabil Al-Mazloum during signing of strategic agreements between Syria and Saudi Arabia in Damascus, Feb. 7, 2026.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt on August 25, 2025.

Egypt’s Sisi visits UAE amid Gulf tensions and regional challenges - analysis

Abdul Hamid Thunaibat of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, speaks as he addresses people gathered to pay condolences after the killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri, at the headquarters of Jordan's Islamic Action Front, in Amman, Jordan January 3, 2024

Why the West is finally waking up to the Muslim Brotherhood - opinion

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 26, 2025.

Hamas economy expert: Lindsey Graham's warning exposes gap between Arab rhetoric and reality


The international community has forgotten Sudan

Behind the Lines - The international community seems largely indifferent to the 15-month war in Sudan that has seen thousands of casualties and millions of displaced people

 NOT GAZA – a view of damage to a street in Omdurman, Sudan as a result of the civil war, in April.

The West needs to choose appeasement or the defeat of evil in the Middle East - opinion

Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis care not about the cause of the Palestinian people. They are directed by their rogue state, which sponsors their mission to undermine any prospects of peace.

 THE WRITER, then-MP for Bury South and serving as a member of the shadow cabinet, meets with President Isaac Herzog, when he was opposition leader and chairman of the Labor Party, at the House of Commons in 2015.

Egyptian court extended detention of two Israelis in Taba hotel brawl

Two cousins from Nazareth were given extended detention in Egypt after a hotel brawl in Taba, as injuries mount and families plead for help from the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

 Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.

Media in Israel stands in stark contrast to media in the Arab world - opinion

In the Middle East, press freedom is rare—except in Israel. Explore the irony behind media censorship.

 A VIDEO released last month by Yemen’s Houthis shows what they say is smoke rising from a fire aboard a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea. Says the writer: No one in the Saudi media would question why Riyadh isn’t cooperating in confronting Houthi attacks. (Houthi Military Media/Reuters)

'Nasrallah the chicken hunter': Arab world mocks Hezbollah over foiled attack

‘The Chicken Massacre was carried with premeditation and deliberation,’ added one user ironically.

 A poster showing Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah seen with photos of Israeli chickens (illustrative)

Meet Ella Waweya, the IDF's top Muslim woman, speaking out to the Arab world - exclusive

‘Captain Ella’ tells the ‘Magazine’ about her work as IDF spokesperson to the Arab world.

Maj. Ella Waweya, the new Arabic language spokesperson, pictured on July 7, 2024.

Saudi coffee or Arab coffee: A storm in a coffee cup

Saudi Consumer Protection Association decision regarding the name of local coffee sparks heavy debates on social media.

Mohammed bin Salman coffee.

Wikipedia in Arabic denies rape committed as weapon of war - opinion

Arabic Wikipedia’s “Israel-Hamas war in Gaza” article reflects cultural biases, underreporting, and denial, especially regarding war rape by Hamas, highlighting broader societal stigmas.

 Wikipedia's logo in Arabic, the pieces of which have changed to the colors of the Palestinian flag due to the Israel-Hamas War.

'Internal conflicts explode': Arab world celebrates Supreme Court’s haredi draft decision

"This will escalate tensions between the leadership of the military and the judges on one hand, and the leadership of the right-wing government on the other," said one commenter.

 Police disperse demonstrators during a protest against haredi IDF conscription, outside the High Court in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024

Texas woman accused of attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian-American

Other US incidents amid the Gaza war include the fatal October stabbing of a 6-year-old boy in Illinois whom police said was targeted because he was Palestinian-American.

Elizabeth Wolf, accused of the attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl, poses for an undated police booking photograph in the Dallas suburb of Euless, Texas, U.S.