Claude Salhani

Claude Salhani is a regular columnist for The Arab Weekly.

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Against all odds. People watch the Russia World Cup 2018 matches at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, on July 14. (Reuters) 
Qatar's unsportsmanlike behaviour is a source of concern
August 14, 2018
US President Donald Trump, on August 7, 2018. (AP)
Trump’s approach to Middle East politics will further muddle the debate
August 08, 2018
Syrian soldiers stand at the Nasib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa, on July 7.
Victory lap in Syria comes with death notices
August 07, 2018
The Qatari flag at a park near Doha Corniche. (Reuters)
What did Qatar think it was doing providing $1 billion to a terrorist group?
July 28, 2018
 An Israeli Army reservist reads a newspaper as he sits atop an armoured personnel carrier (APC). (Reuters)
Censorship is alive and well in Israel
July 23, 2018
Stuck in traffic. A man gestures as he drives a car with the picture of Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
Hezbollah leaves Lebanon in murky waters
July 21, 2018
An explosion is seen following Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip July 14, 2018. (Reuters)
Why resolving the question of Palestine is still important
July 19, 2018
A Syrian government soldier stands next to a pickup truck bearing a poster of President Bashar Assad in the southern province of Daraa, on July 7. (AFP)
Assad is fooling no one
July 14, 2018
In a tight spot. Iranian President Hassan Rohani speaks during a joint news conference at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, on July 4. (AFP)
Rohani embarks on charm campaign in Europe while threatening neighbours
July 07, 2018
Rare show of discontent. Protesters chant slogans at the historic Grand Bazaar in Tehran, on June 25. (AP)
Tehran’s Grand Bazaar unrest a harbinger of change to come
June 30, 2018
People walk past a poster for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, on June 25. (Reuters) 
Erdogan re-election worries the West and with good reason
June 27, 2018
Palestinian protesters fly a kite with a burning rag dangling from its tail during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel. (AP)
Palestinians take to the air -- somewhat -- amid threats of cuts to refugee aid
June 22, 2018
Business in doubt. Employees at KTMA (Kian Tajhiz Mehr Afarin) work at the company’s factory in Tehran’s Shahriar neighbourhood, on May 17. (AFP)
Change in Iran will have to come from the inside
June 02, 2018
A Hezbollah fighter holding an Iranian-made anti-aircraft missile on the border with Israel, in Naqoura, south Lebanon, last year. (AP)
With Hezbollah, Washington may be preaching on deaf ears
May 24, 2018
Looming slowdown. The fuselage of an Airbus A321 on display at Airbus’ first US manufacturing facility in Alabama. (AFP)
Transatlantic turbulence likely after Trump’s decision
May 13, 2018
An image grab from a video broadcast on Syria's official TV purportedly shows Syrian air defence systems intercepting Israeli missiles over Syrian airspace on May 10. (AFP/CENTRAL WAR MEDIA)
Tensions rising between Israel and Iran to dangerous levels
May 10, 2018
Flimflam show. Israeli Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Tel Aviv, on April 30. (Reuters)
Is a major Iran-Israel confrontation in the cards for this summer?
May 08, 2018
A map of Syria is seen on the table as Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. (AP)
Is Moscow suggesting a new Sykes-Picot Agreement over partition of Syria?
April 28, 2018
A C-17 Globemaster III conducts combat airlift operations for US and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria on April 13. (US Air Force)
Mission unaccomplished in Syria
April 24, 2018
A Russian helicopter flies over Syrian government forces on the south-western outskirts of Deir ez-Zor.(AFP)
Shadow of Guernica hovering over today’s Syria
April 14, 2018