Tallha Abdulrazaq

Khabib: An unabashedly Muslim champion in an Islamophobic world

Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the great champions whose glory all Muslims enjoy sharing.

The US may start to let their drones do the talking in Iraq

US drone strikes have been a deadly reminder to Iran that they cannot push the US too far in Iraq.

Two years after Khashoggi’s murder, a Saudi opposition forms

What the Saudis feared most in Jamal Khashoggi is now becoming a movement.

Is the dream of Arab and Islamic unity on Palestine dead?

Palestine has once again displayed the limitations of Arab and Islamic political organisations and their impotence in resolving any problems faced by Muslims around the world.

In the new Israel-UAE relationship, MBZ knows who’s boss

Israel's opposition to selling American F-35s to the UAE is the first blow to any Emirati notions of preferential treatment.

No more pillow talk, the UAE and Israel are now formally an item

The clandestine relationship between the UAE and Israel was the Middle East's worst kept secret for years. Now that it is in the open Palestinians have a clearer idea of who their allies are.

Qatar’s Iran policy is pragmatic, not idealistic

Having been under blockade for more than three years by its Gulf neighbours, Doha is in no position to completely sever its ties with Iran yet.

Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait 30 years ago set up the demise of its sovereignty

Iraqis are still paying the price for Saddam Hussain's catastrophic decision in 1990.

Britain has a historic obligation to stop Israel’s West Bank annexation

Given its pivotal role in promising Palestine to the Zionist movement while it was already inhabited by Palestinian Arabs, the British government has a special responsibility to address the suffering caused by the decision

What France’s colonial history has in common with Daesh today

The beheadings, sexual violence, torture and militant secularism of colonial France draws a contemporary parallel.

Can Sisi win Haftar’s war in Libya? Not likely

Egypt has numbers but it can't sustain a war, even with the help of Gulf funding.

With the Caesar Act, Bashar al Assad rules over a kingdom of bones

While US sanctions don't translate to accountability, it will draw blood from the Syrian regime.