Saudi Arabia is helping organize an international push to recognize Palestinian statehood. Is the oil-rich Gulf state acting for humanitarian reasons or due to self-interested foreign policy?

Under a different leader, this new strength might have paved the way for a durable ceasefire in Gaza, possibly a grand ...

Rarely in modern history has a military offensive been as loudly and persistently foreshadowed as the June 2025 Israeli and ...

"On the Hamas front, Saudi Arabia exerts influence indirectly, particularly through Egypt and Qatar," Obaid said. "And the ...

The only way around Hamas is to offer a plan for temporary joint-Arab governance of the Gaza Strip under a revitalized Palestinian Authority.

For Palestinian leaders, these new endorsements feel like progress. They say the world is finally listening. Israel does not agree. Officials in Tel Aviv say this recognition only rewards Hamas. They ...

President Donald Trump’s dream of receiving a Nobel Peace Prize could hinge on the actions of a major international ally, CNN ...

Existing members show no signs of leaving the accords but expanding them is now a much heavier diplomatic lift, at least ...

DALIA DASSA KAYE is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the author of the forthcoming ...

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world. Withdrawal of US forces from the region is ...

The United States is obliged to give Israel a “qualitative military edge” over its neighbors. Will F-35 exports to US allies in the Middle East disrupt that policy?