Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Since October 7, Hezbollah has fired more than 8,000 rockets into Israel, and IDF intelligence has uncovered plans for a ground operation by Hezbollah into the Galilee with the intention of repeating the horrors of October 7. Israel pre-empted. The battle is moving fast – but there is an almost unmentioned element of this war: […]

Reaction to the Hamas attacks on Israel and Israel’s response have varied across the Arab world, from refusals to take Palestinian refugees or provide aid, to encouraging massive anti-Israel demonstrations in the streets, to an odd silence. Join us for a conversation with Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. His […]

While a few statements and photo ops here and there might suggest that Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) is in the process of replacing Saudi Arabia’s traditional partner, America, with China, a look at trade numbers and bilateral investments show that Riyadh has not made of China, Iran, or […]