Finally a President for Lebanon: Behind the Hariri-Aoun bargain (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/25/OPINION-Behind-the-Hariri-Aoun-bargain.html

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Syria will be the first task for Antonio Guterres (Raghida Dergham)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/09/Syria-will-be-the-first-task-for-Antonio-Guterres.html

Iranian trusteeship with Israel’s blessings (Eyad Abu Shakra)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/10/Iranian-Trusteeship-with-Israel-s-Blessings.html

Why Hillary Clinton is exactly what the Middle East needs (Azeem Ibrahim)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/10/Why-Hillary-Clinton-is-exactly-what-the-Middle-East-needs.html

Trump goes to the gutter in debate: It won’t save him (Joyce Karam)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/10/Trump-goes-to-the-gutter-in-debate-It-won-t-save-him.html

Following Russia standoff, US needs a Plan B in Syria (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

The US suspension of bilateral contacts with Russia yesterday over the ceasefire talks in Syria should not come as a surprise to anyone and is rather an admission of failure that the September 10 agreement has all but collapsed against the carnage and the war crimes taking place in Aleppo.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/04/Following-Russia-standoff-US-needs-a-Plan-B-in-Syria-.html

War reality blocks US-Russia tango in Syria (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/09/06/War-reality-blocks-US-Russia-tango-in-Syria-.html

Can a Muslim immigrant deliver the defeat of Donald Trump? (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2016/08/02/Can-a-Muslim-immigrant-deliver-the-defeat-of-Donald-Trump-.html

Next US President’s hands will be tied in Middle East (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

Waiting for the end of the Obama administration has become for many the harbinger for a new era in US policy in the Middle East. A closer look at regional events, however, show a much narrower room for Washington to navigate in order to the move the needle in regional diplomacy and conflict zones.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/07/12/Next-US-President-s-hands-will-be-tied-in-Middle-East.html

From Florida to Madinah: ISIS spared no one this Ramadan (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/07/05/A-Ramadan-of-terror-ISIS-targets-Muslims-to-escape-losses-.html

A lesson from Brexit: Stop ignoring Syria (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/06/28/A-lesson-from-Brexit-Stop-ignoring-Syria.html

Donald Trump’s exploitation of Orlando benefits ISIS (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/06/14/Donald-Trump-s-exploitation-of-Orlando-benefits-ISIS.html

Between ISIS & Iran’s militias, US gives up on the State of Iraq (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

When US President Barack Obama promised in 2011 that American forces are “leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq” he couldn’t be more far off from the reality that emerged today. Five years into the withdrawal, Iraq’s sovereignty, stability, and self-reliance are a distant memory, as terrorist groups and militias dictate the rules of the game and the map of the battles from Baghdad to Karkouk

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/06/01/Between-ISIS-Iran-s-militias-US-gives-up-on-the-State-of-Iraq.html

EgyptAir crash exposes a reckless and impulsive Donald Trump (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

It is one thing when Donald Trump's loose talk and theatrics are targeted at his former rivals "little Marco" and "lying Ted", and completely another when the case at hand is an international crisis involving a human tragedy, begging for leadership, intelligence sharing and defense cooperation

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/24/EgyptAir-crash-exposes-a-reckless-and-impulsive-Donald-Trump.html

Hezbollah’s vulnerability in Syria: Open exposure to many enemies (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

As the guessing game continues on how and who might have killed Hezbollah’s enigmatic military leader Mustafa Baddredine in Syria last week, the series of hypothesis around his death illustrate the party’s biggest vulnerability in the conflict: operating in plain sight and in the midst of enemies

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/17/Hezbollah-s-vulnerability-in-Syria-Open-exposure-to-many-enemies.html

Iran’s worst week in Syria: Heavy losses, no exit (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

For a country that does not even acknowledge its troops are fighting on the ground in Syria (calling them instead“volunteers”), admitting that it lost 13 commanders in one week is a testament to its deepening involvement and the lack of an immediate exit.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/10/Iran-s-worst-week-in-Syria-Heavy-losses-no-exit.html

From Houla to Aleppo: Syria’s Srebrenica moments multiply (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

For the 60 children, women and men who were buried under the rubble of al-Quds hospital in Aleppo, world leaders have issued statements and loud condemnations against the Assad regime before quickly resuming the talks to consider Aleppo’s inclusion in a phony “cessation of hostilities” (CoH) that has become a smokescreen for inaction in Syria.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/03/From-Houla-to-Aleppo-Syria-s-Srebrenica-moments-multiply.html

Can Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince transform the country? (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

For Saudi watchers, the new plan “Vision 2030” is the most radical economic news coming from the country since the establishment of Aramco in 1933. However, its trajectory reverses the old economic pillars of the oil boom days, promising to rid the country of the petroleum dependency, while cutting subsidies and boosting the middle class.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/04/26/Can-Saudi-Arabia-s-Mr-Everything-transform-the-country-.html

Obama’s last visit to Saudi Arabia: Forget niceties, let's talk business (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

It’s no secret by now that US President Barack Obama has little to no chemistry with the Gulf Cooperation Council leaders. Their meetings are relatively short with no one-on-one retreats that were common with previous Presidents.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/04/20/Obama-s-last-visit-to-Saudi-Arabia-Forget-niceties-let-s-talk-business-.html

Hezbollah transforming to a juggernaut in Syria (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

Conventional wisdom that Syria will turn out to be “Hezbollah’s mini-Vietnam”, and that the Iranian backed Lebanese armed group could encounter its gradual collapse in the conflict, is proving to be misguided three years into its involvement. While Hezbollah is losing manpower and assets in Syria, it is also expanding its foothold and leverage across the country and gaining military expertise.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/04/12/Hezbollah-transforming-to-a-juggernaut-in-Syria.html

The Alawite Declaration: Assad's firewall showing cracks (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

The most significant development coming from Syria in the last few days is not the killing of Al-Qaeda spokesperson in Idlib or the US-Russian chatter denying a plan to oust Bashar Al-Assad. It was a document leaked to the Western media and dubbed as the "declaration of identity reform" signaling signs of discontent from elders in the Alawite community towards the Syrian regime.

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Joyce Karam is the Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Hayat Newspaper, an International Arabic Daily based in London. She has covered American politics extensively since 2004 with focus on U.S. policy towards the Middle East. Prior to that, she worked as a Journalist in Lebanon, covering the Post-war situation. Joyce holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Assad dials the West from Palmyra: Let’s talk ISIS? (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

The recapture of Palmyra by the Assad regime forces from ISIS this week, 10 months after its fall, has two major connotations. Primarily the strategic location of the ancient city puts Assad at a geographical advantage to go after ISIS in Deir Zour and reconnect the routes with Iraq and Iran. But more importantly, defeating ISIS in the birth land of Queen Zenobia six days after the Brussels attacks, signals to the West that Assad and his strong backer Russian President Vladimir Putin could reemerge as partners against ISIS terrorism.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/03/29/Assad-dials-the-West-from-Palmyra-Let-s-talk-ISIS-.html

Obama in Cuba: Lessons for the Middle East (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya)

Old animosities don’t hold and strategic political and economic interests ultimately get the last word. That’s the message, resonating loud and clear, as Air Force One touched down for the first time since 1928 in Havana this week, granting US President Barack Obama his biggest foreign policy moment, and effectively turning the page on the adversarial era between Washington and what is left of Castro’s revolution.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/03/22/Obama-in-Cuba-Lessons-for-the-Middle-East.html