Hussain Abdul-Hussain
ARTICLES BY: Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Berri Sabotages President Trump’s Peace Agenda
Lebanon and Israel signed a historic framework deal in Washington last Wednesday that serves as a clear roadmap to disarm Hezbollah, end the war, and...
Lebanon Must Reform its Army or Lose American Aid
Washington is working on establishing a system “where vetted units within the Lebanese Armed Forces [LAF] have the training, the equipment, and the capability to...
Peace for Land, Not Land for Peace
"Land for peace," the mantra since Camp David, has brought the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to a dead end, with Palestinian militias remaining active despite the promise...
Africa’s Collapse Is a Threat to America and Israel
Regions in Africa are collapsing. Across most of the continent’s 54 countries, governments are tyrannical, Islamist, or both. Many have ceased to function as states,...
Will Syria’s New President Live Up to the World’s Hope? The Signs Aren’t Good
Last week, Ahmad Sharaa became the first Syrian president in 60 years to visit New York for the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting. Bolstered by...
The UNIFIL Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Is a Failure; the UN Should Disband It
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stretches the meaning of the word "interim." Deployed in 1978 as a peacekeeping force, its "temporary" mandate...
Why Are Gulf Countries Not Speaking Out Against Their Rival Iran?
Since 1979, Iran has been a problem for Arab Gulf capitals. Tehran has exported its radical Islamism and terrorism across the region, built loyalist militias,...
Syria’s New Leader Is an Autocrat; Will That Be Good or Bad for Israel and Turkey?
Islamist or not, Syria’s self-proclaimed interim president, Ahmad Sharaa, seems like he will do anything to keep power. This is good news and bad news for...
Israel Is Overhauling Its Defense Ideology; Will Arab States Finally Support It?
Israel is perhaps the most muscular and influential power in the Middle East today. When Israel changes its defense ideology, as per the Nagel Committee...
Israel Complied with UN Resolutions; Peace Never Came
With demands that Israel leave Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor and limit its operations in the West Bank, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the Jewish...
Reported US-Iran Talks Explain Saudi Sitting Out Red Sea Operations
Wafic Safa, a top Hezbollah official, is on an unprecedented visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country that classifies the Iran-backed Lebanese militia...
Is Gaza Really the Biggest Case of Arab Suffering?
What would a Sudanese person watching that country’s renewed civil war -- which has killed 14,000, displaced eight million, and threatens 17 million with famine...
Iraq Attacks Israel; What Should Happpen Next?
On May 26, Iraq approved a poorly thought out authoritarian law; its implications will hurt Iraqis in the diaspora, Iraqis in Iraq, and the Iraqi...
An Iraqi Perspective on Israel
Growing up in Iraq, my curriculum in Baghdad’s elementary school included a “nationalism class” and required that we read a text by the Governor of...
