Salem Alketbi
Hunting terror: Israel keeps score but shows no mercy - opinion
Paradise brokers: Hamas fights for power built on a mountain of corpses - opinion
The Middle East's defeat as a governing project - opinion
The Mideast’s victimhood: How Gaza dominates the Arab world and ignores other crises - opinion
The Arab media’s overwhelming focus on Gaza, portrayed as the ultimate test of Arab commitment to justice and freedom. ignores crises in Yemen, Sudan, Syria, and more.
Between martyrdom and ruin: Hamas's next choice will pave a new chapter in Gaza's history - opinion
Hamas faces not a choice of resilience but the inevitability of disintegration and death under the banner of so-called martyrdom.
Russia's Dead Hand system return shows that global stability has become fragile - opinion
The Dead Hand system first emerged in the public eye in the 1980s, as an automatic retaliation mechanism, guaranteeing a nuclear strike even if Russia’s leadership were destroyed.
False saints and real demons: The story of the Middle East - opinion
For more than 70 years, the narrative of the Arab-Israeli conflict has been cemented as the ultimate symbol of historical grievance – a renewable pretext for a multitude of domestic failures.
The Middle East's post-Iran era has begun, no matter how hard Islamic regime denies it - opinion
The Islamic Republic is eroding in Iran, not geographically, but in terms of its influence and dominance. Now it looks more like a crisis-ridden state burning down.
No mercy: Israel’s tactics in confronting terror - opinion
Israel has sent an unequivocal message that its reach will extend to anyone daring to threaten it.
Iran at a crossroads: Intelligence breaches, internal paranoia shake the regime - opinion
Confronted with this damning reality, the mullahs’ regime has resorted to its most familiar weapon: executions and repression
Taking down Iran: The only way to guarantee Israeli lives, Middle East stability - opinion
Israel’s life-or-death struggle against Iran’s regime is the ultimate test of whether the international community has what it takes to stand up to forces of evil and destruction.
Humanitarian diplomacy: The UAE’s approach to the Gaza crisis - opinion
The UAE’s massive efforts have produced genuine innovation in aid delivery, finding ways around traditional barriers.
Hamas’s talk of leaving Gaza: Real change or just buying time? - opinion
Hamas’s latest pronouncements expose deep-seated contradictions that display just how strategically confused and politically rattled the movement has become.