Voices from the Arab press

Voices from the Arab press: Victory from which there is no escape

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

Split screen of two videos of blasts, one shot in thermal imaging, that show the IDF destroying underground infrastructure used by Hezbollah, in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon. Videos released June 28.
 Strait pf Hormuz: Iranian policeman?

Voices from the Arab press: Handing the Strait of Hormuz to Iran and the Gulf

CCTV footage shows carnage following a strike on Kuwait International Airport, June 3.

Voices from the Arab press: Attacking civilians is never justified

LEBANESE CHILDREN play with toy soldiers in the southern city of Bint Jbail.

Voices from the Arab press: Bint Jbail, Trump's options, and Lebanon's courage


Voices from the Arab press: When the ceasefire prolongs the war

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

 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araqchi attends the funeral procession of military commanders, nuclear scientists, and others killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, June 28, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Khamenei’s message from hiding

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

 PEOPLE WALK next to a mural with a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street, early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, on June 24, 2025

Voices from the Arab press: Iran is shaking – but what’s next?

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

 SMOKE RISES in the direction of Khojir complex in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump and Musk’s ugly breakup

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

 Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump stand before the White House covered in cracks in an illustrative picture.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump’s first 100 days in office

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

 US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (front), Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez (middle), and US Southern Command head Adm. Alvin Holsey tour the Miraflores locks, in Panama City, April 8, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Israel’s strategy for managing US tensions

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

 US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a ‘coffee ceremony’ at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh, May 13

Voices from the Arab press: Historic election opens new page in the Vatican

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

 Cardinals attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, April 26.

Voices from the Arab press: Pope Francis and peace with Islam

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

 BILLBOARD BEARS portraits of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, in Baghdad, March 2021 – ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.

Voices from the Arab press: Integrating Hezbollah into the Lebanese army?

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

 Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on January 9, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Is there US-European coordination toward Russia?

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

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a ceremony outside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.