World News Insights: Opinion Articles

A Yazidi girl saw her ISIS rapist roaming the streets of Germany, evading justice. Meanwhile, thousands of displaced Yazidis continue to live in refugee camps far from their homes, and the fate of about 2,000 Yazidis remains unknown. Sinjar, on the other hand, is struggling on a long road to…

The two assassinations (Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and Fouad Shukr in the southern suburbs of Beirut) opened wide the doors of the Middle East. Whoever took the decision to liquidate them has also decided to push the conflict, which has been going on since October 7, 2023, towards an end or a…

Could Pezeshkian be Iran’s Gorbachev? Referring to President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, the question was headlined in a Tehran daily Tuesday and triggered a torrent of comments. The paper’s commentator described Pezeshkian as a man trusted by the system and thus capable of introducing unspecified…

Ismail Haniyeh was aware that he was on the top of the Mossad’s hit list, even though Israel knew he had no connection to the October 7 attack. For years, Haniyeh had been at odds with Yahya Sinwar and the current leadership of Hamas. He was ousted from the leadership of the movement, which he had…

Ismail Haniyeh was a diligent student of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. If we were to split Palestinian political Islamists into moderate and hardline camps, Ismail Haniyeh would be classified as a moderate. Even his opponents see him as part of the solution, be it for intra-Palestinian…

From the moment the missile fell on the school in Majdal Shams, it was evident that the tragedy in the Golan Heights could potentially precipitate a succession of other tragedies in other places. The greatest fear was that it could trigger "sedition" ("fitna" in Arabic) between Shiites and the…

Generals and conquerors have long recognized Gaza's strategic significance. Napoleon once said that "Gaza is the outpost of Africa and the gate to Asia." However, the path to Gaza was never paved with roses. Courageous resistance and the plague crushed Napoleon's army in the Levant. Despite…

If Trump stumbles on airplane stairs, it might be enough for him to recalculate his profit and loss, with more than three eventful months left until the US presidential elections. Trump’s remarkable bravery on stage, after his ear was grazed by a bullet, was a pivotal moment in his life. This…

Regardless of who wins the US presidential election after President Joe Biden's exit from the race, an entirely new era will begin once it ends. Despite their divergent backgrounds, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, for different reasons, are atypical candidates. Harris is far more…

In Lebanon, as well as Syria and the occupied Palestinian territories, we find many different assumptions and even more predictions. The facts are strange, but developments on the ground are even stranger. The Lebanese are languishing under their economic and cost of living crises. Amid a vacuum…

Electrification is often presented as oil’s great rival. If we are to believe some of the myths perpetuated about the energy industry, electrification and oil operate in silos, sealed off from one another, as they engage in an existential struggle. ‘There can be only one winner,’ mythmakers tell us…

What went on in Benjamin Netanyahu’s head on his flight back from the United States? The conclusions he reached in the US will impact the entire region, including Lebanon and Gaza. Did he conclude that he mended his ties with the US after holding talks with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump…