Columns

Saudi Arabia isn't in so bad a position as its opponents are preaching

Makram Rabah

Having failed to find a viable solution to the waste crisis, the government has decided to export it at great expense

Marwan El Solh

Once hailed as 'master of the resistance', Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is now ridiculed by many who previously supported him

Azzam Tamimi

It is galling - almost comical - for Iran, the world's second-biggest executioner, to criticise the third-biggest on the subject of executions

Sharif Nashashibi

Apparently forced confessions from settlers in the Dawabshe murder case suggests Israeli authorities are not interested in pursuing justice

Dimi Reider

It's time for Iran and Saudi Arabia to diffuse tensions and build on their numerous bonds instead of defaming each other in public

Kourosh Ziabari

A new policy mandating all police forces to record Islamophobia as a category of crime needs the voice of Muslim communities to succeed

Dilly Hussain

Football pitches are flashpoints in relations between Riyadh and Tehran

James M. Dorsey

At a time when the world is transfixed by events in Saudi Arabia, Bahrainis speak about the inexorable silencing of dissenting voices

Bill Law

The closure of the group's bank account is part of a worrying trend of financial repression of anti-Establishment organisations

Peter Oborne