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Voices from the Arab press: US-Israel Iran war faces political limits

Israel and the US put pressure on Iran militarily, but domestic politics and regional dynamics could shape how the conflict unfolds and eventually ends.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US Secutary of State Marco Rubio listens to US President Donald Trump speak to the media at the White House, ahead of Trump’s departure to Florida, March 20.
Smoke rises in the sky after blasts were heard in Manama, Bahrain, February 28, 2026.

IRGC claims to have attacked Dubai Oracle data center, US fighter jets at Jordan's Al Azraq base

Additional attacks on Thursday included attacks on a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad Airport and an Amazon cloud computing center in Bahrain.

|ByREUTERS
Planes of Kuwait Airways and Qatar Airways are seen through the window of a Middle East Airlines aircraft at Cairo International Airport, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, March 31, 2026.

Drone attack sparks fire at Kuwaiti Airport, tanker off Qatar hit as Iran strikes Gulf states

Iran also launched attacks against Qatar and Bahrain in its latest attacks against the Gulf States.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN, REUTERS, AMICHAI STEIN
A satellite image of Jebel Ali Port, after one of the berths caught fire because of debris from an intercepted missile, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026.

Kuwaiti oil tanker was hit in Iranian attack at Dubai port, alerts raised for possible oil spill

Authorities in Dubai confirmed they were responding to a drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker in Dubai waters and that maritime firefighting teams were working to bring the fire under control.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS

Voices from the Arab press: Political double standards and the risk of bias

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

MARCH 31, 2022ByTHE MEDIA LINE
INSIDE KUWAIT’S parliament.

Tehran has the right to exploit joint Iran-Kuwait-Saudi gas field, foreign minister says

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia agreed last Monday to develop the Durra gas field, which is located between them and Iran.

MARCH 26, 2022ByREUTERS
The production platform of Leviathan natural gas field is seen in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Haifa

Voices from the Arab press: Kuwait on International Women's Day

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

MARCH 16, 2022ByMEDIA LINE
WOMEN ENTER the Kuwait Boursa trading hall in Kuwait City.

Voices from the Arab press: The Women – Not the ‘Harem’ – of Kuwait

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

MARCH 3, 2022ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Kuwait women

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief describes Kuwaiti proposals to Lebanon as 'dictates'

Nasrallah added that he nonetheless supported Lebanese-Gulf dialogue.

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByREUTERS
A man rides a motorbike past a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, near Sidon.

Gal Gadot’s newest movie banned in Kuwait

The Gulf nation also banned the 2017 film that brought Gadot international acclaim: "Wonder Woman."

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gal Gadot at the Met Gala, May 6, 2019

Kuwaiti paper pushes normalization with Israel, criticizes Palestinians

A Kuwaiti editorial called for Gulf states to cut support for Palestinians, saying "let them rebuild what they destroy by their own acts."

JANUARY 30, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
A woman waves two Kuwaiti flags during a military demonstration held at the Marina Mall in Kuwait City, Feb. 28, 2011

Kuwaiti poet: ‘Embrace Jews without having a political agenda’

US embassy Hanukkah message sparks antisemitic responses from Kuwaitis.

JANUARY 28, 2022ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah is seen during the Arab summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2019

Voices from the Arab press: The path toward a unified Gulf currency

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

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Displaying data at the Doha Stock Exchange in Qatar, January 2021

Voices from the Arab Press: Designating Hamas a terror org. isn’t enough

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

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Shopping at the Mall of Egypt in Giza, 2020