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Voices from the Arab press: Internal Arab fractures amid Iran war

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

A man stands on the rubble as emergency services operate at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Ain Al Mraiseh in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026
Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, shows the damage inside the hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.

'Hero' Gaza hospital director and op-ed writer for NYT revealed to have been Hamas colonel

People gather to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's top military official, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, and of other people who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, despite a US-brokered truce a year ago, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 24, 2025.

Weakened Hezbollah hesitates on retaliation while Israel warns of escalation - analysis

IDF Arabic spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee.

Goodbye, 'Mr. evacuate now': Arab outlets weigh in on Adraee’s retirement


How Arab world youth countered repression using social media, pop culture

While repressive Arab regimes have sought to harness the power of the internet—especially after the 2011 Arab Spring—young people have been experimenting with newer forms of digital activism.

"No Woman No Drive" satire video by Saudi comedian Hisham Fageeh, 2013

Voices from the Arab Press: The Pope’s Visit To The Land Of Peace

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

POPE FRANCIS talks with Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan during a farewell ceremony before leaving Abu Dhabi earlier this week

Voices from the Arab Press: The new horizons of our region

Our region is desperate for a new kind of rhetoric and a new kind of political leadership that is unlikely to emerge from the monotony and fear we are immersed in.

US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo is welcomed by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir and other dignitaries in Riyadh earlier this month.

Voices from the Arab press: Qatar's exit from OPEC

Also: U.S.-India relations on the rise, Saudi Arabia introduces philosophy to university curriculum, and a view of Trump's middle east policies.

AN ARAMCO employee looks over the company’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia on May 2.

Voices from Arab Press: The Iranian opposition is in desperate need of leadership

Those who monitor the domestic situation in Iran will find that there are numerous protest movements that have not coalesced into one popular revolution because there is no unified leadership.

PROTESTERS LAMENT Lebanon’s economic and political state, in Beirut on December 23.

Voices from the Arab press: The Crown Prince’s vision for a ‘new Europe’

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

STRONG ECONOMY: Inside the new Haramain high-speed train in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on September 18.

Voices From The Arab Press: Inside the prisons of the Assad regime

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

THE MOON is seen during a lunar eclipse over Idlib, Syria, on July 27.

Right wing at home, liberal abroad: Al-Jazeera and the totalitarian media

Totalitarian regimes will continue to thrive and win the information war, if democracies won’t invest in countering this phenomenon.

A demonstrator holds picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a protest in front of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2018

Voices from the Arab press: The brutality of our regimes

"These blatant lies show that many news channels have very little regard for credibility or professionalism."

MOROCCANS HOLD portraits of former Moroccan opposition leader Mahdi Bin Barka during a candle-lit gathering in Rabat in 2002.

Voices from the Arab press: Why is Qatari media interested in Khashoggi?

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

The Al-Jazeera Media Network logo is seen on its headquarters building in Doha, Qatar.