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Omar Olama

Interview

Fear shouldn’t overtake rationality in approach to artificial intelligence, says UAE AI minister

United Arab Emirates

Palestinians families fleeing Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza towards the southern areas, walk along a highway on Nov. 9, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Analysis

Not your parents’ Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

11/03/2023 Tehran, Iran. In a pro-government rally in the Islamic Republic of Iran, people gathered at Imam Hossein Square in Tehran on November 3, 2023, to watch Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's speech regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. Among the crowd, Lebanon's Hezbollah flags and Palestinian flags were proudly waved. During the speech in Beirut, Nasrallah addressed the Israeli army's attack on Gaza and issued a warning to Israel about a potential attack on Lebanon. (Photo by Hossein Beri

Analysis

Hezbollah's Nasrallah signals restraint, keeps options open in Gaza war

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Gaza rubble

Analysis

Gaza needs integration, not isolation, after Israel-Hamas war

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Thursday on the conflict between Israel and Gaza and the Russian invasion of Ukraine

On Israel-Hamas war, Biden puts Iran on notice as it bides its time

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Gaza fighting

'We are living a real doomsday': Gaza residents with nowhere to hide from Israel’s looming incursion

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

People standing on a rooftop watch as a ball of fire and smoke rises above a building in Gaza City on October 7, 2023 during an Israeli air strike that hit the Palestine Tower building. At least 70 people were reported killed in Israel, while Gaza authorities released a death toll of 198 in the bloodiest escalation in the wider conflict since May 2021, with hundreds more wounded on both sides. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel-Saudi normalization falls casualty of Hamas attack

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - NOVEMBER 30: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud ahead of the family photo on the opening day of Argentina G20 Leaders' Summit 2018 at Costa Salguero on November 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Daniel Jayo/Getty Images)

Analysis

Iran may be last stop for Saudi-Israel normalization

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Jordanian King Abdullah II at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/Yvonne Tnt)

Analysis

Jordan's King Abdullah: You can’t parachute over Palestine to make peace with Israel

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivers remarks at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 21, 2022 in New York City.

Analysis

Will US-Iran prisoner exchange jumpstart diplomacy at UNGA?

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

A seller of Turkish national flags walks at Mahmutpasa district, one of Istanbul's biggest textile shopping centre, near Grand Bazaar, on Dec. 2, 2021.

Analysis

Are we seeing the start of Turkey’s economic turnaround?

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US President Joe Biden (L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.

Analysis

US-Saudi diplomacy gives lifeline to Palestinian leadership, two-state solution

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti