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Salem Alketbi

May 18, 2026, 6:16 PM

Amid regional tensions and Iranian attacks on Gulf states, information disclosed in the United Arab Emirates shows the activity of dismantled terrorist cells tied to the Iranian regime that conducted terror and espionage acts targeting state security and stability....

Apr 10, 2026, 6:40 PM

Like a sieve: Coffee-break politics

In the Arab world, some policies are managed with the attention span of a coffee break and a short institutional memory. Crises erupt, are hastily extinguished, and their root causes are quietly replanted, ready to bloom again tomorrow. The...

Feb 10, 2026, 5:53 PM

Gaza as a model for a special international zone

After several influential regional and global powers accepted President Donald Trump’s proposal to create an international council for managing post-war Gaza, discussion has moved beyond debris clearance and initial reconstruction funds. Attention now focuses on the governance model that will...

Jan 28, 2026, 6:28 AM

How Washington redefined sovereignty

The operation to arrest former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the method of his transfer, and his delivery into the US legal system signal something larger than a standard criminal prosecution. This is about how Washington now defines the legitimate...

Jan 14, 2026, 8:08 PM

The President’s person as a negotiating tool

The war between Moscow and Kyiv is no longer a purely military clash measured by front lines or strike intensity. It has become a layered contest where politics and media are wielded alongside weapons. As the situation has grown...

Dec 13, 2025, 3:59 PM

Waqf al-Ummah: A Muslim Brotherhood Scandal

I believe it is hard to find an instance that embodies the decline of charitable work quite like the Waqf al-Ummah scandal, an entity that operates under the umbrella of the Muslim Brotherhood. The situation is not merely a crisis...

Dec 7, 2025, 5:32 PM

Mask off: X exposes the cover-up

No sharp observer can ignore the storm of changes that have swept through social media in the Middle East over the past decade. These platforms, which once started as free spaces for expression, have gradually turned into tools of...

Nov 16, 2025, 6:51 PM

Gaza: Bodies on the altar of ideology

When we look closely at what we have called the Middle East cause, we find a truth that has been hidden from everyone. The Palestinian crisis was never a problem of lacking political opportunities so much as it was...

About Me

Dr, Salem AlKetbi is a UAE political analyst and former Federal National Council candidate. He writes regularly about Middle Eastern politics, security, and international relations.