Hussain Abdul-Hussain
ARTICLES BY: Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Why Are Gulf Countries Not Speaking Out Against Their Rival Iran?
Since 1979, Iran has been a problem for Arab Gulf capitals. Tehran has exported its radical Islamism and terrorism across the region, built loyalist militias,...
Syria’s New Leader Is an Autocrat; Will That Be Good or Bad for Israel and Turkey?
Islamist or not, Syria’s self-proclaimed interim president, Ahmad Sharaa, seems like he will do anything to keep power. This is good news and bad news for...
Israel Is Overhauling Its Defense Ideology; Will Arab States Finally Support It?
Israel is perhaps the most muscular and influential power in the Middle East today. When Israel changes its defense ideology, as per the Nagel Committee...
Israel Complied with UN Resolutions; Peace Never Came
With demands that Israel leave Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor and limit its operations in the West Bank, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the Jewish...
Reported US-Iran Talks Explain Saudi Sitting Out Red Sea Operations
Wafic Safa, a top Hezbollah official, is on an unprecedented visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country that classifies the Iran-backed Lebanese militia...
Is Gaza Really the Biggest Case of Arab Suffering?
What would a Sudanese person watching that country’s renewed civil war -- which has killed 14,000, displaced eight million, and threatens 17 million with famine...
Iraq Attacks Israel; What Should Happpen Next?
On May 26, Iraq approved a poorly thought out authoritarian law; its implications will hurt Iraqis in the diaspora, Iraqis in Iraq, and the Iraqi...
An Iraqi Perspective on Israel
Growing up in Iraq, my curriculum in Baghdad’s elementary school included a “nationalism class” and required that we read a text by the Governor of...









