Middle East & Africa
Restoring Classrooms, Inspiring Futures in Syria
The end of a turbulent chapter in Syria’s history at the tail-end of 2024 marked a pivotal moment in Syria’s history, presenting both immense...
Why is America’s Middle East strategy undermining its own global influence
One thing's for sure: U.S. relations with Arab nations are sailing through stormy seas these days. Every unilateral move by Washington further erodes the...
The Calling Part 2: Trump’s Unexpected Twist
In my earlier article titled "Calling out for Egypt: Why is Global Pressure Intensifying for Evacuating Gaza?" published shortly after the events of October...
Unlocking Africa’s potentials under new AUC leadership
Amid rapidly-growing uncertainty and challenges, the mid-February election of the African Union Commission's chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, during the summit in Addis Ababa, signifies...
Netanyahu’s Quest to Attack Iran with the ‘Mother of all Bombs’
In a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “finish the job” against Iran with...
Horn of Africa’s Pride: Mohamed Ali Yousef Leads the African Union
Saturday February 15, 2025, In a historic moment for the Horn of Africa and the broader East African region, Mohamed Ali Yousef has been...
China-Brokered Iran-Israel Peace: Suez Security & Gaza Stability Deal
After the US President Trump's administration and the West with him exerted maximum pressure on both Egypt and Jordan in order to displace Palestinians...
DRC Crisis: Start of a Wider Regional Conflict
27th January, 2025. For the second time in the last ten years, rebels from the March 23 Movement, or M23, captured Goma– the provincial...
U.S. Rescinding of Waiver on Chabahar Port
On February 6, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order instructing the Secretary of State to "modify or rescind sanctions waivers, particularly those that...
Lebanon: The Long Road from Sectarianism to the Illusion of a Stable State
Lebanon’s past reflects a delicate sectarian equilibrium, formally embedded in the 1943 National Pact, an unwritten understanding aimed at dividing authority among the country’s...