Dec 11 2013
Gulf states and Israel won’t silence me: journalist Abdel Bari Atwan Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Thu, 12/05/2013 – 20:39 img_2526.jpg Abdel Bari Atwan (Asa Winstanley / The Electronic Intifada) Abdel Bari Atwan is one of the world’s best-known Palestinian journalists. His editorials are influential and widely-read and his appearances on many news […]
By su • British Press • • Tags: al-Quds al-Arabi, Electronic intifada, Forced to quit, Gulf, interview with Abdel Bari Atwan, Israel, Rai-al-Youm
Dec 4 2013
Discovering at the eleventh hour that Turkey was about to be marginalised over Geneva II and regional diplomacy in general, the prime minister has thrown himself whole-heartedly into the thick of it By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 December 2, 2013 Image Credit: What a difference 24 months can […]
By su • British Press, Turkey • • Tags: Ankara change of policy, Erdogan, isolation, Turkey, U-turn
Oct 21 2013
Besieged on all fronts and aware of his increasing isolation, Hamas leader Mesha’al has been attempting to repair the damage, but that is turning out to be an uphill task By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 October 18, 2013 Image Credit: Hugo A. Sanchez/©Gulf News In February […]
By su • British Press, Palestine • • Tags: Abbas, al-Sisi, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, mashaal, nassar, Syria
Sep 24 2013
Any settlement in Geneva, which excludes any member of Syria’s multi-faceted opposition, will likely prove worthless By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 September 21, 2013 Image Credit: ©Gulf News Speaking to the Guardian newspaper on Friday, Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister, Qadri Jamil, suggested that the regime might call […]
By su • British Press, Syria • • Tags: al-Qaeda in Syria, global jihad, ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams, Jane's weekly report, Jihadis, Lebanon, Qadri Jamil
Sep 12 2013
It is clear that the Israelis will like ‘peace’ talks to go on for another 20 years, by which time there will be nothing left of the original Palestine By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 September 12, 2013 Image Credit: Seyyed de la Llata/©Gulf News The 1993 Oslo […]
By su • Arab-Israeli Peace Process, British Press • • Tags: Atwan and Arafat, Israel stalling, Madrid Peace Conference, Oslo Accords, settlements, Wall
Aug 20 2013
President Hadi has proved an ineffective partner in the drone strike campaign because he lacks Saleh’s tribal influence to consolidate power in the divided country By Abdel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published: 17:35 August 18, 2013 Image Credit: Ramachandra Babu/©Gulf News While the world’s eyes are on the crisis in […]
By su • British Press, Yemen • • Tags: Bab el Mendib, Hadi, Obama, oil, Saleh, shipping, strait, tribes and politics, Yemeni tribes
Aug 5 2013
Tunisia can step out of Egypt’s shadow Though protesters have reason to demand change, Al Nahda, unlike the Brotherhood, has shown a willingness to compromise for the sake of national unity By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 August 4, 2013 Image Credit: REUTERS Demonstrators shout to demand the ouster […]
By su • British Press, Egypt, Tunisia • • Tags: al-Ghannouchi, al-Sisi, Ennahda, Military Coup, Muslim Brotherhood, Tamarod Movvement, Tunisian Islamists
Jul 12 2013
Al Quds ex-editor: ‘Uncompromising integrity is what made us stand apart’ Abdel Bari Atwan says paper was ‘successful because we looked at our region in an objective way’ By Abdel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published: 13:07 July 11, 2013 Image Credit: Gulf NEws Abdel Bari Atwan is editor of the pan-Arab newspaper Al […]
By su • British Press • • Tags: Abdel Bari Atwan, al-Quds al-Arabi, Atwan quits, Atwan resigns, resignation
Jun 24 2013
Hamas leader, Khalid Mesha'al's move into the Sunni camp not only cuts off Hamas’ source of funding and arms for the past 20 years, but also places the group in the mutually uncomfortable situation of sharing the same trench as America Image Credit: Niño Jose Heredia/©Gulf News Hamas finds itself increasingly divided over the […]
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Jun 10 2013
Egypt can still bank on a nationalist spirit The inability of secular liberals and the Islamists to cooperate is a political handicap that the fledgling democracy can well do without By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 June 10, 2013 Image Credit: Niño Jose Heredia/©Gulf News Last week, I visited […]
By su • British Press, Egypt • • Tags: Egypt, Ethiopian dam, Israel, Lieberman, Morsi, Nile, Renaissance Dam, water crisis, water security
May 23 2013
Book Reviews © 2013, The Authors Middle East Policy © 2013, Middle East Policy Council Book Reviews After Bin Laden: Al-Qaeda, the Next Generation, by Abdel Bari Atwan. The New Press, 2013. 300 pages. $27.95, hardcover. Eamonn Gearon, co-founder and president of The Siwa Group; adjunct professor, Johns Hopkins (SAIS); senior fellow, Middle East Policy […]
By su • Books, British Press •
May 18 2013
This review concerns the US edition of After bin Laden, published May 2013 by New Press, New York The ever-evolving al-Qaeda threat By Mitchell D. Silber Thursday, May 16, 2013 – 12:25 PM Share Since the brutal attack in Boston a few weeks ago, the word terrorism, without being preceded by the word "cyber," unfortunately […]
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May 14 2013
It is possible that Al Assad will launch an attack on Tel Aviv, preferring to fight a more noble battle than one against his own people, but he is a wily fox, and direct aggression is not the only means at his disposal By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 May […]
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Apr 16 2013
The absence of a properly constituted government and sectarian tension has brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy, deterring both investors and tourists By Abdel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 April 13, 2013 Image Credit: Luis Vazquez/©Gulf News As he enters the 10th month of his presidency, Mohammad Mursi must […]
By su • British Press, Egypt • • Tags: Economy, Egypt, Morsi, politics
Mar 28 2013
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, during the fifth Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai earlier this month. Sarah Dea Abdel Bari Atwan predicts the most dangerous phase of Al Qaeda Rym Ghazal Mar 30, 2013 The sometimes controversial senior journalist and Al Qaeda expert looks serious and intimidating as he […]
By su • British Press • • Tags: al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, Emirates literary festival, Osama bin Laden
Jan 26 2013
Administrative paralysis is inevitable Indecisive Israeli election results may create more, rather than less, instability and is unlikely to benefit anyone By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 00:00 January 26, 2013 Share on print Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook More Sharing Services 1 Image Credit: AFP Naftali […]
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Sep 28 2012
Adopting a confrontational rather than inclusive approach, the new government may have made a mistake which could bring it back to the brink of civil war By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 September 28, 2012 TThe shocking September 11 murders in Benghazi, Libya, of four senior US diplomats, including […]
By su • British Press, Libya •
Sep 15 2012
Violent protests across the region highlight the extent of the problem the West still faces from Islamist militant groups By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 September 15, 2012 Share on print Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook More Sharing Services 9 Image Credit: Luis Vazquez/©Gulf News […]
By su • British Press, Libya •
Aug 10 2012
Diplomatic solution in Syria is no longer possible As in Libya, the climate of sectarianism, tribalism, mistrust and fear in Syria is throwing up organisations and militias based on narrow, local agendas By Abdel Bari Atwan | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 August 10, 2012 Share on print Share on email Share on […]
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Feb 25 2014
Abdel Bari Atwan Speaks About Peace Process in Amman
Here is a link to report about Abdel Bari Atwan’s 22 February 2014 speech to an audience of thousands in Amman, Jordan. http://bit.ly/OxD1eJ
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