Why the Nile dam crisis demands action and accountability
The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become one of the world’s major water conflicts. In recent weeks, it has gained renewed international attention, particularly after remarks from US President...
Will UK-France ‘one in, one out’ deal solve migration dilemma?
Forget the rebranding of the UK-France “entente cordial” as the “entente amicale,” as expressed by King Charles when he toasted the relations between the old neighbors when he received Emmanuel Macron during...
How climate change is devastating the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean region has been engulfed by a wave of wildfires unlike anything seen in recent history. From the lush hills of southern Turkiye to the coastal mountains of Syria and from...
US says it opposed Israeli strikes in Syria
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce says US is engaging diplomatically with Israel and Syria 'at the highest levels'
WASHINGTON - The United States said...
The Levant swings between dreams and deals
The talk of a new Middle Eastern “deal” we have been hearing over the past few days is jarring. The agreement reportedly being cooked up sees Syria cede the Golan Heights to...
Hezbollah now a militia without a project
It must have been difficult for Hezbollah to watch the public ceremony last week in which PKK fighters burned their rifles with their own hands. The scene symbolized the termination of a...
Can Netanyahu deliver a ceasefire Gaza can trust?
With news swirling of a potential ceasefire agreement in Gaza, brokered during a high-profile meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at the White House last week,...
It’s time to put humanity before nationalism
Nine years ago, my teacher asked our class a simple yet profound question: What is the world’s largest religion? A room full of over-enthusiastic teenagers erupted with answers, some said Christianity, others...
Israel seeks to bypass Palestinian leaders yet again
One of the defining features of colonial regimes is a strategy of divide and rule. Successive Israeli governments have repeatedly resorted to this tactic to undermine Palestinian unity and erase any semblance...
Netanyahu’s inconsequential visit to Washington
It might have been naive to believe that the meeting in Washington this week between America’s President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was going to lead to an announcement...