In his capacity as head of the US peace team in charge of the so-called “deal of the century”, Jared Kushner visited the Gulf region and Turkey last week. Obviously, the visit was part of an ongoing effort to market the project.

This week, the Israeli government approved the illegal construction of 4,416 housing units on occupied Palestinian lands around East Jerusalem in Shuafat, Beit Hanina and in the illegal Jewish settlement of Jilo, built on the lands of Beit Jala; all within a very narrow radius of

The Warsaw summit may have been “a failure for Trump”, but it certainly was not “a win for Netanyahu” as Trita Parsi wrote in Antiwar.com on February 15.Parsi explains that the summit did not realise the initially-planned US objective of creating an “anti-Iran alliance” and hence

Every time I drive in Amman, I witness the chaos in the city streets that seems to be increasing by the hour.

Eight years ago, the Arab League suspended Syria's membership as it did Libya's.Both decisions were wrong, not just because they violated the league’s charter, but because by doing so, the body circumvented any possibility of addressing two major Arab crises in a responsible and

The prospects for a peaceful 2019 do not seem any better than what our region has been experiencing for decades.No amount of the usual seasonal good wishes for a happy and peaceful new year would make a difference while injustice resulting from aggression, lawlessness and occupat

I spent the last three days in Baghdad participating in a round-table meeting organised by the Baghdad Policy Club, which convened to discuss: Iraq and its neighbours — challenges and opportunities for a new regional stability.When I received the invitation a month ago, I wa

Late last week, there was another Israeli airstrike on Syrian targets in the immediate vicinity of the capital, Damascus. A day later, there was another attack on Gaza, something that happens on a regular basis.

Once again, the so-called “ultimate deal”, US President Donald Trump's long awaited plan for settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has been delayed.