Tariq Al-Homayed

A few days ago, there was uproar on social media after Mousa Abu Marzouk, who heads Hamas’s International and Legal Relations Office, walked out of a television interview in protest over a question he was asked. For those who missed the story, here’s what happened: The host asked Abu Marzouk…

Two years have passed since the October 7, 2023 operation that Hamas called a “flood”. The operation changed the region, especially the “lawless spaces” where the state has been hollowed out: Lebanon, Assad’s Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and at the center, Iran. Two years into a war that could have ended…

Neither has Hamas surrendered, nor has Netanyahu decided to play politics. Both are betting on the devil “in the details.” And it seems President Donald Trump has decided to force their hand, a move in keeping with his self-proclaimed talent for negotiation, a game he believes he masters best. …

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 20-point plan as a “peace proposal” to end the war in Gaza presents a clear-cut opportunity that leaves very few options to the entire region - not only Hamas or the factions, nor even those behind them. Either Gaza and its people are saved, or…

On January 26, 2025, I wrote here an article titled “Forget the Noise,” reminding readers of news that deserves attention. The campaigns of distortion and disinformation are intense and relentless. I am returning to this idea now because it seems the theme should be addressed regularly so long as…

"Everyone I asked about the mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan - signed in Riyadh in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif - gave the same response: 'A masterstroke.' This was the reaction of…

I will not call it arrogance; this is madness. The military strike in Doha targeting Hamas is a turning point. It has rung the alarm and presented lessons. The apprehensions it has fueled in the Gulf and across the Arab world are justified, isolating Netanyahu and the Israeli mindset that drives…

The other members of Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah’s (General Supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center) delegation and I arrived in Damascus at eight o’clock in the morning last Sunday. We were there for the inauguration of several ambitious humanitarian, medical, educational, and…

Everyone is warning against an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, condemning it and denouncing statements made by (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and members of his extremist cabinet. But the real question here is the one I posed to an Arab diplomat: "Don’t you see that the invasion…

Sometimes questions offer more clarity than answers. So here, (not through social media, where most of them are bots) I’ll pose questions to the supporters of the militias. When it comes to the worst and ugliest form of starvation, which we are seeing in Gaza, the question is: What exactly is…