Voices from the Arab press

Voices from the Arab press: Yemen’s fight to retake Sana'a mirrors Syria’s liberation of Damascus

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

Houthi supporters rally in solidarity with the movement, in Sana’a, Yemen, Oct. 9.
(From L) TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chat after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 7.

Voices from the Arab press: Mecca pact will strengthen security, stability

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcomes Lebanese President Aoun at the presidential palace in Ankara, July 30.

Voices from the Arab press: A new pathway for Lebanon

SATELLITE VIEW shows vehicles at an entrance to Pickaxe Mountain tunnels, near Natanz nuclear facility, in Iran, June 21.

Voices from the Arab press: The Red Sea, redrawing the war map


Voices of the Arab press: Russian-Western escalation: Dangerous game, unpredictable results

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 DAMAGED STATUE of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk region, seen in August 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Can Trump bring an end to bloody wars?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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Voices from the Arab press: Save UNRWA!

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 PALESTINIANS QUEUE for food distributed by UNRWA at a Gaza camp, 1956.

Voices from the Arab press: Riyadh’s diplomatic role

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 CARS AND people surround camels for sale during the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, Saudi Arabia.

Voices from the Arab press: The US elections and the Gaza war

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 PALESTINIANS FROM the Ansar brigade burn effigies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a military drill in Khan Yunis.

Voices from the Arab press: Will Lebanon defeat Israel? Yes – this is how

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 A firefighting plane attempts to extinguish a fire resulting from Lebanese missiles, in Safed, Oct. 20, 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran’s policy of strategic patience

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 IRANIAN MILITARY truck carries surface-to-air missiles past a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran.

Voices from the Arab press: What will become of Hezbollah?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 ASSASSINATED HEZBOLLAH leader Hassan Nasrallah – with a black stripe for mourning – is displayed during a broadcast from private Lebanese station NBN, in Beirut, Sept. 28.

Voices from the Arab press: Is Iran interested in a deal?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi attends the Tehran International Conference on Palestine, in Tehran, last month.

Voices from the Arab press: If this isn’t a war, what exactly is it?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 PROTESTING OUTSIDE Istanbul’s US Consulate in Jan. 2020, after IRGC Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike outside Baghdad Airport earlier that month.