Skip to content
HeyJared

Haitham EL-TABEI

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
5
Latest publication
Sep 3, 2026
Outlet visibility, for AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Top 1M sites
Earliest in this view
Aug 7, 2026

Latest articles

  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Haitham EL-TABEI

    Kuwait's Iranians under pressure since start of war (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

    Read excerpt

    A Persian restaurant in Kuwait has removed any mention of Iran from its name, a sign of the pressure the Iranian community in the Gulf country has faced since the Middle East war erupted. Following weeks of calm, Iran resumed strikes on Kuwait as the Islamic republic and the United States returned to open conflict in a war that has rattled the region and the global economy. Earlier this year, one Iranian restaurant in Kuwait City dropped the words "Iranian cuisine" from its title -- a visible ma

  2. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Haitham El-Tabei

    Once its saviour, US puts Kuwait in Iran's crosshairs (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

    Read excerpt

    Like many Kuwaitis, Ghanim Alsulaimani still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops not liberated it from invasion. Now, decades later and six months into the US-Iran war, some are seeing those same American troops as more of a liability than an asset, as their presence has put Kuwait in Tehran's line of fire. Since the Middle East conflict first erupted in late February with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the Islamic repu

  3. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Haitham EL-TABEI

    'No substitute': Kuwait's future tied to Hormuz strait fate (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Kuwait's once prosperous oil sector has stood largely paralysed for months, with petroleum exports plummeting as fighting raged across the Gulf -- triggering the country's largest crisis in decades. Half a year into the war, Kuwait remains a hostage to its uncompromising need to access the Strait of Hormuz -- where the war between the US and Iran has choked off the once plentiful energy exports that moved across its waters. Oil has long been the bedrock for the tiny Gulf state's economy -- where

  4. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Haitham EL-TABEI

    Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence pact amid regional war (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement on Friday amid violence in the region from Houthi attacks and the US-Iran war. Riyadh is looking to strengthen its security ties against the backdrop of war between the United States and Iran, which has drawn in surrounding nations and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. The war has emboldened Iran and its Houthi allies in Yemen, both of which have attacked Saudi Arabia, while analysts say Washington

  5. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Haitham EL-TABEI

    Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence pact amid regional war (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement on Friday amid violence in the region from Houthi attacks and the US-Iran war. Riyadh is looking to strengthen its security ties against the backdrop of war between the United States and Iran, which has drawn in surrounding nations and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. The war has emboldened Iran and its Houthi allies in Yemen, both of which have attacked Saudi Arabia, while analysts say Washington

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

Top 1M sites

For AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026

Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Haitham EL-TABEI