The Media Line

Continuation of Abraham Accords depends on peace as a ‘strategic choice'

Between 2021 and 2024, trade between Israel and Abraham Accords Partners increased by 127%, Asher Freedman, who was involved in the accords from the onset, said.

Emirati embassy.
 A photo of Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman and Syrian president Ahmed Al-Sharaa.

Billions in doubt: Bogus investments taint Syrian projects, but Saudis remain reliable

A man stands behind the curtain in a polling booth during the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria September 7, 2024.

Algeria names Sifi Ghrieb as prime minister, announces new government

 Microglia and neurons.

Israeli-led study finds green and Mediterranean diets slow brain aging


US and Afghanistan agree to hostages-for-prisoners exchange

Taliban representatives met with US Officials to discuss normalization efforts, diplomatic relations, and freeing detained US citizens.

Taliban's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi holds a meeting with Adam Boehler, U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 13, 2025

Upper Galilee leaders warn bureaucracy, neglect can determine the future of Israel’s north frontier

Almost two years of displacement have left scars not only on infrastructure but on the very social fabric of northern Israel, and the question is no longer only how to rebuild.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

Egypt revives NATO-style Arab force plan after Israeli strike in Qatar - report

Egypt is pushing to revive a NATO-style Arab military force for rapid defense in case of attacks. The proposal gains traction ahead of an Arab summit, with Cairo seeking regional support.

 EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects Egyptian military units in Suez, in 2023.

Pakistan deals with fallout of big data leak, with questions over government control

Security and Defense Analyst Adeeb Uz Zaman Safvi says the breach is "a threat against national sovereignty."

A man reads news on his mobile phone after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump, Israel, and Gaza

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media on the day of the signing of an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War", in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.

NRB’s Troy Miller on Charlie Kirk: ‘He championed speech over violence'

Police locked down UVU and launched a sweeping search as bipartisan leaders condemned the killing and tributes poured in from faith and pro-Israel groups

Candles are placed next to a picture of Charlie Kirk during a vigil under the line "In Memory of Charlie Kirk, for freedom, patriotism and justice" in front of the Embassy of the United States in Berlin, Germany September 11, 2025.

'Scheme by the Jew': Libya Grand Mufti condemns rumors Trump looking to resettle Gazans there

Libya’s Grand Mufti, Sadiq Al-Ghariani, condemned rumors that US President Donald Trump asked the country to host resettled Gazans.

Libyan mufti Sheikh Sadeq al-Ghariani speaks during an interview with AFP in his office in the capital Tripoli on April 12, 2012.

Israeli measures after Jerusalem attack stir debate over security and collective punishment

Israeli security officials regard punitive measures as essential for survival, while many Palestinians view them as fueling a cycle of violence

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at Ramot junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, September 8, 2025.

Arab media reflects on 9/11: From reverence for its victims to resentment over its aftermath

Guantanamo detainee Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi expressed, 'What began as a fight against terrorism turned into a war on us—on our communities, our families, our faith'

 EVIDENCE CLEARLY shows the IUMS directly threatens Western security by inciting Muslims, the writer says, so are America and Europe waiting for another 9/11 before taking action?

Charlie Kirk’s mentor, Dennis Prager, struggles with denial, says internet will preserve his impact

Prager's first reaction to learning of Charlie Kirk’s assassination was one of “denial. I pride myself in confronting reality. This was one of the rare cases when I was unable to do so.”

A memorial is held for Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in Utah, at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. September 10, 2025.

Twenty four years after 9/11, al-Qaeda resurgence poses ‘daily threat’ to US

“After Afghanistan fell in 2021, al-Qaeda quietly began rebuilding its networks while working closely with the Taliban," said Azim Shinwari, a former Afghan senior counterterrorism expert.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.