World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The “Fertile Crescent,” the cradle of Middle Eastern and global civilization, is currently undergoing structural shifts whose repercussions are difficult to gauge in a world where everything moves in several directions at breakneck speed. This is a piece of territory undergoing upheaval on every…

On Thursday the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, addressed her country in what was effectively a wartime statement, regarding the sudden appearance of mysterious drones over critical infrastructure, civilian and military. I say “effectively” because normally a wartime statement…

As a continuation of my previous article about Hamas’ move toward accepting Trump’s plan, the world woke up to the news that both Hamas and Israel had agreed to it. Reaching this outcome was not an easy task, considering the complexity of the regional and military situation in Gaza. The American…

And so it happened. The most senior “general” appeared at the White House and dropped a bombshell that cannot be repelled: a plan to end the war that will reach the two-year mark on Tuesday. The plan starts with a ceasefire and prisoner and hostage exchange, leading to shaping Gaza’s future and…

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. …

Europe wakes up to new apprehension tied to Russia every morning. Hardly a day passes without Russia disturbing the old continent. Their relationship began to deteriorate with the Russian-Ukrainian war. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Europe’s…

This is not an op-ed about “the shifts of sects” but the shifts ‘’within’’ sects that emerged in recent days or that had previously been latent, already present beneath the surface before they recently rose to the fore. Of course, every discussion of “the sects” and their positions necessarily…

“Ha! Ha!” This was how the other day in Moscow national security adviser Dmitry Medvedev reacted to a quip by US President Donald Trump asserting that Kyiv “can win all of Ukraine back to original borders where this war started.” Dmitry Alexyevich, who once served as a parenthetic president of…

More than two million Palestinians are waiting for the sun to rise and for this long, dark night to end – the most brutal war in the history of Palestine’s conflicts. At this important moment, announced in Washington on Monday, the hope that feels both near and far still faces many challenges. …

The floods that have swept across large swaths of Sudan over the past few days have prompted the irrigation authorities to raise red alerts in six Sudanese states. Such events are not typical at this late point in the autumn season, and although the rising waters have begun to recede, the floods…

If we set UN Resolution 1701 aside, its various interpretations, and all the texts around it, we could discuss a divergence in conceptions around the outcome of the “Support War” and the Israeli counter war. In the Lebanese state’s reading, there are “mutual obligations” and “reciprocal steps.” If…

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…