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India and Saudi Arabia: A partnership for peace and prosperity

On the 80th Independence Day of India, I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all Indian citizens in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to our...

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A Syrian intervention in Lebanon would be too costly for Damascus

A Syrian intervention in Lebanon would be too costly for Damascus

In recent weeks, United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of Syrian intervention to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon....

yesterday 10

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What the Taliban achieved and failed to achieve in five years

What the Taliban achieved and failed to achieve in five years

Five years ago, the Taliban entered Kabul triumphant, almost 20 years after the collapse of its first government, triggered by the invasion of...

yesterday 20

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Turkiye’s AK Party turns 25: A journey of change and renewal

Turkiye’s AK Party turns 25: A journey of change and renewal

The initial step taken on August 14, 2001 cannot be viewed merely as the submission of a political party’s founding petition within the annals of...

thursday 10

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Amnesty law a distortion of what Lebanon could have been

The Lebanese are well known for their humor in difficult situations. The first WhatsApp message I received following Wednesday’s vote in Lebanon’s...

thursday 10

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Trump’s Board of Peace facing its first real test

Dr. Abdellatif El-Menawy Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of Donald Trump’s latest Gaza plan has done something useful: it has stripped the Board of...

thursday 30

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The new road to diplomatic legitimacy runs through trade

International isolation once followed a relatively predictable path. Governments accused of serious abuses faced diplomatic pressure and economic...

thursday 20

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Pakistan’s balancing act in the Gulf is getting harder

Pakistan has emerged as a critical regional stakeholder since the conflict between the United States and Iran began in late February. Its role in...

11.08.2026 30

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Remembering Anas, Mohammed and Gaza’s other slain journalists

Remembering Anas, Mohammed and Gaza’s other slain journalists

On the first death anniversary of our colleague Anas al-Sharif, we pray for mercy for him and for all our slain colleagues from Al Jazeera Media...

10.08.2026 20

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Social media companies must act on fake news

Most of us think we would never fall for a fake rumor. But far too many of us do. This is not new. In 1938, Orson Welles convinced, via a radio drama,...

10.08.2026 20

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Five key fronts to counter Israel’s Gaza genocide

It is now official: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected the core conditions of the Board of Peace framework, explicitly...

10.08.2026 40

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Hormuz deal ‘close’ but will Trump accept it?

With the Trump administration clearly struggling to negotiate a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, it has been left to the Gulf state of...

10.08.2026 30

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The Makkah Agreement: A new architecture for regional security

The signing of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye on Friday was a historic development for our region. When...

10.08.2026 60

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Iran’s grip on trade is a potent weapon, but it has an expiry date

Iran’s grip on trade is a potent weapon, but it has an expiry date

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan Iran has turned its ability to restrict commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz into a potent economic weapon in the...

08.08.2026 30

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The post-American Middle East is beginning to take shape

The post-American Middle East is beginning to take shape

For years, Saudi Arabia’s strategic patience was mistaken for strategic dependence. Riyadh absorbed provocations, avoided unnecessary wars,...

08.08.2026 60

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The Gulf’s AI economy won’t wait for Pakistan

Earlier this year Pakistan crossed a milestone it had chased for a decade: its freelancers earned a record $1.76 billion, up 78 percent in a single...

22.07.2026 30

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America’s decades-old bipartisan consensus on Israel has been shattered

Last week, more than 100 House Democrats voted to cut off military aid to Israel. Though the amendment failed because some Democrats and almost all...

22.07.2026 30

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Syrian people must not be failed again

Syria has weighed on my mind for a long time: 15 years of trauma for its people and 15 years of failure in international engagement. I was directly...

22.07.2026 30

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A turning point for African industrialization

Africa’s richest person, the Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, has built the world’s largest single-train oil refinery in Lekki, on the...

20.07.2026 30

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Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions

Wole Hammond and Ellen Davies As Europe faces repeated, dangerous heatwaves, the question is no longer whether rich countries need climate adaptation....

18.07.2026 30

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Silicon valley didn’t buy democracy, it rented the ballot

Venture capital once exercised much of its political influence through lobbying and conventional campaign donations. Now some of its biggest players...

18.07.2026 30

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Macron gives Syria’s reconstruction a vital boost

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus last week was the first by an EU head of state since the fall of the Assad government in 2024....

17.07.2026 30

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The Church of England has taken a long-overdue step on Palestine

The General Synod of the Church of England has committed itself to engaging seriously with major statements and appeals by Palestinian Christians,...

17.07.2026 30

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Yemen is edging closer to renewed confrontation

In the space of just a few days, Yemen appeared to be slipping out of its fragile de-escalation and back into the heart of regional tensions. The...

16.07.2026 30

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‘Safe passage’: The fatal ambiguity at the heart of the Hormuz MoU

Barely three weeks into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) meant to end a war, the United States is once again blockading Iranian ports, the two...

16.07.2026 30

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I served in Balochistan. It’s time to admit what isn’t working

When I joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1988, my first posting as ASP was in Ziarat, Balochistan. Newly married, I jokingly called it my...

16.07.2026 40

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What AI governance demands

One way to represent the artificial intelligence age is with a steep curve and a gradual slope. The curve rises almost vertically: models rapidly grow...

15.07.2026 80

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Even if the Iran war ends, the next fossil fuel shock is already on its way

Mads Flarup Christensen As hostilities between the United States and Iran reignite, global attention has shifted again to the immediate risks of the...

15.07.2026 50

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