Claude Salhani

Claude Salhani is a regular columnist for The Arab Weekly.

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A man tries to open the door of the Nizam-i Alem mosque in Vienna's 10th district after it was closed by the Austrian authorities, last June. (AFP)
Austria ignores Iranian threats to its sovereignty
October 16, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) gives a speech at the 17th Francophone countries summit in Yerevan, on October 11. (AFP)
Does Francophonie matter for the Arab world?
October 13, 2018
Signs of resilience. Supporters of Maryam Rajavi, president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), attend a rally in Villepinte near Paris, on June 30. (Reuters)
Iran’s terror plot in Paris raises many questions
October 06, 2018
A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pours water on the head of a victim’s relative in Ahvaz, on September 24. (AFP)
Iran is conflating rhetoric with reality
September 29, 2018
A security guard enters the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office two days after President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton announced that the State Department would close the PLO office in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2018. (Reuters)
Trump closing PLO office in Washington invites Palestinian extremism
September 26, 2018
Little leverage. US President Donald Trump (R) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, on August 16. (Reuters)
Handling of Syria tragedy shows US foreign policy is broken
September 21, 2018
Fealing the heat. People walk in front of a currency exchange shop in Tehran. (AFP)
US sanctions affecting Iran from nukes to nappies
September 21, 2018
Iranian women walk past a shop displaying scarves on mannequins in the downtown district of the capital Tehran. (AFP)
Iran at war with Shakespeare and its own people
September 17, 2018
A Palestinian man runs to help an injured protester shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, last May 11. (AP)
Placing the Israeli cart before the Palestinian horse
September 15, 2018
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan (L), greets his supporters as he arrives at the a ceremony to mark the 562nd anniversary of the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Turks, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 30, 2015. (Reuters)
Rise of authoritarian regimes carries global geopolitical implications
September 05, 2018
The regime has cracked down on demonstrators armed with nothing but legitimate demands for a few more individual liberties.
Targeting young people at home does not solve Tehran’s paranoia problem
September 01, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Iranian leader Hassan Rohani. (AFP)
Russia, Iran and Syria: strange and strained alliances
August 18, 2018
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani prior to their talks at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP)
Turkey could be heading into a perfect economic storm
August 16, 2018
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