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Oct 18, 2026, 1:49 PM

Saudi Security and Abraham Accords back on the table

President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud during a bilateral meeting at the White House. Picture source: The White House.

The intensifying Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have thrust regional security back into the heart of Middle Eastern diplomacy. However, as concerns about missile and drone strikes grow, a new opportunity is emerging: this crisis could lead to renewed...

Oct 17, 2026, 11:07 AM

India, IMEC, Saudi, Houthi: An Israeli Article on Benghazi Entered Libyan Politics

Image: Excerpts from posts on Tanasuh TV’s X account referring to the original article.

When an Israeli Analyst’s Article Becomes a Weapon in Libyan Politics.

Oct 15, 2026, 3:09 PM

Riyadh, the Number Is Now in Jerusalem

In June 1990, Secretary of State James Baker sat before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and read a phone number into the record. "Everybody over there should know that the telephone number is 1-202-456-1414," he said. "When you're serious...

George Papasimakis

Oct 15, 2026, 12:17 PM

The Red Sea Trap: Is Israel Being Encircled?

An Israeli Navy Sa'ar 4.5 missile boat fires its cannon during a naval exercise. (Photo: Israel Defense Forces / Wikimedia Commons)

The collapse of the Assad regime in Damascus did not resolve Israel’s strategic vulnerabilities; it displaced and magnified them. While Israeli tactical planning has focused on securing dominant observation points on Mount Hermon and neutralizing immediate hostile infiltration, a...

Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM

A Much Needed Awakening

The direct and deliberate strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport carries the well-known hallmark of terrorist barbarism. They struck with full intention, seeking to terrify civilians and maximize non-combatant casualties. More audacious still, the Houthis seek to humiliate...

Oct 6, 2026, 9:51 AM

After flydubai, enough with the hard lessons

Rolling out the red carpet for peace must not mean covering up security warnings. (AI-generated illustration)

We have barely had time to absorb the miracle of the averted flydubai catastrophe before the political waltz of avoiding responsibility and reassigning blame begins. At this point, it has almost become a traditional Israeli dance, and I am...

Oct 1, 2026, 11:27 PM

After FZ1073, Europe Spoke in Different Voices

The passengers, the captain, and the cabin crew of Flydubai flight FZ1073 are heroes. When catastrophe threatened, they acted. They fought back, helped regain control of the aircraft, and saved lives. What happened afterward was less straightforward. European capitals struggled...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 30, 2026, 11:39 PM

Saudi Tabuk Action Prevents an Israeli 9/11

Netanyahu’s disastrous wishful thinking routinely leads our country to misread the Middle East, treating fleeting tactical relief as a geostrategic victory. The catastrophic vulnerability of this regional security architecture became undeniable on September 30, 2026, when Flydubai flight FZ1073...

Sep 21, 2026, 6:45 PM

Security Is a Shared Interest

The war in Gaza has left enormous pain and anger across the Arab world and far beyond it. Yet only days ago, Morocco and Israel agreed to take another step in the opposite direction: upgrading their diplomatic representation to...

Sep 18, 2026, 7:02 PM

The Mecca Pact: An alliance on paper

Confronted by the Houthis, Riyadh discovers the fragility of Its alliances—and the unacknowledged usefulness of Israel

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