As the Trump administration hesitates to re-engage with Syria, a group of U.S. lawmakers, encouraged by the Syrian-American lobby, has started building quiet bridges between Washington and Damascus.

While Iran warned several regional countries that any support for a potential U.S. strike would be seen as a “hostile act” with “serious consequences,” one country was notably absent from the list: Saudi Arabia.

Far from being just a legal arrangement, the "prisoner exchange" between the UAE and Egypt risks becoming a bridge that moves political detainees from one form of captivity to another, perpetuating a cycle of repression and abuse.

Since the onset of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Netanyahu has frequently invoked religious language and extreme, genocidal rhetoric while discussing the so-called "New Middle East" and its transformation, excluding Palestinians and their right to self-determination.

In an interview with Al-Estiklal, Saudi dissident Saad al-Faqih said Bin Salman's regime has used its security apparatus to suppress those who sympathize with Gazans, while his media distort the image of the Palestinian resistance and beautify that of the Israeli Occupation.