Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait
In a heartfelt gesture of solidarity, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their deepest condolences to the Emir of Kuwait on Monday following the passing of Sheikh More »
Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday during Abbas’ visit to Russia. Arriving on Monday, Abbas aims to discuss the ongoing Gaza conflict with More »
Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives
Saudi Arabia has firmly aligned itself with the recent joint statement made by President Joe Biden of the United States, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, More »
Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Category Archives: Columns
When truth is lost in the fog war
By : Diana Moukalled :: The army-people-resistance is the form of words that has been circulated in the past few years in Lebanon to justify the role of Hezbollah’s militia, which is militarily and politically taking part in government. Hezbollah
How Europe can prevent another Barcelona
By : Paul Hockenos :: Spain’s counter-terrorism laws are among the toughest in Europe. Its immigration policies are restrictive and the razor-wire fences at its borders are menacing. Yet this didn’t deter a group of young men from killing 15
How the new Silk Road could lead directly to Riyadh
By : Dr. Naser Al-Tamimi :: The visit to Saudi Arabia this week by Zhang Gaoli, the first-ranked Vice Premier of China, suggests that ties between Riyadh and Beijing are likely to develop to higher levels. “My visit this time
Another Method Of Indoctrination: THE “HIDEOUS ART”
By : Harun Yahya :: With the early 19th century, people became more familiar with the political design projects of the deep states. As the Internet use grew, and information and communication technologies expanded, many “supposedly” conspiracy theories turned out
The honeymoon is over for Saleh and the Houthis
By : Dr. Manuel Almeida :: Al-Sabeen Square in Sanaa was the venue on Thursday for the latest chapter of Ali Abdullah Saleh’s Machiavellian quest for political survival, which has already had tragic consequences for Yemen and its people. Thousands
Turkey and Iran may be ending 40 years of enmity
By : Amir Taheri :: When I commented recently on efforts by NATO powers to establish some contact with the Iranian military, I did not expect a quick development. But that is precisely what happened last week when Iran’s new
In the end, Trump will have to talk to North Korea
By : Talmiz Ahmad :: In response to UN Security Council resolutions tightening sanctions on North Korea after its two missile tests in July that landed near Japan, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would fire four
While the West sleeps, Iran continues on its deadly path
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: When the nuclear agreement was reached in 2015 between the six world powers and Iran, I pointed out that the major mistake of Western governments was to believe that Tehran viewed the deal in
Netanyahu goes to Russia, and leaves empty-handed
By : Maria Dubovikova :: After having failed to persuade the US leadership to serve Israel’s interests in Syria, the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu turned his attention this week to the Russian president Vladimir Putin. The Trump administration in
Trump, the media and the right wing
By : Dr Ahmad al-Farraj :: Much of the US media appears biased against US President Donald Trump and seeks to overstate his relations with the far right. At present the media seems to be projecting views of entrenched state
Merkel assuming leadership role in world of erratic strongmen
By : Paul Carrel :: Alarmed by the rise of unpredictable strongmen around the world, Angela Merkel feels she must do more to defend the Western order on which Germany depends. It has been a transformation for the chancellor. Last
Qatar needs to come clean on $1m donation to Clintons
By : Ray Hanania :: Did Qatar give the Clinton Foundation $1 million in exchange for getting the Obama administration to whitewash its suspicions that Doha was supporting Daesh? It is worth closely examining the circumstances of the $1 million
The risks of not postponing the Kurdish independence vote
By : Sharif Nashashibi :: Senior Iraqi Kurdish official Mala Bakhtiar on Monday raised the possibility of postponing next month’s independence referendum in return for economic and political concessions from the central government in Baghdad. Among those concessions, he said
China is welcome in Saudi Arabia, but speculations of buying Aramco are far-fetched
By : Frank Kane :: Commercial ties between Saudi Arabia and China have become vitally important for both countries since the visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping in January 2016 that signalled a new era in bilateral relations. That was
The new nuclear danger
By : Joschka Fischer :: As someone who was born in 1948, the risk of a nuclear World War III was a very real part of my childhood. That threat — or at least the threat of East and West
A new threat to Israel’s apartheid state: Bedouin toddlers
By : Chris Doyle :: As much of the world engages with a variety of security threats ranging from car rammings, bombings and stabbings to neo-Nazi white supremacist marches, the Israeli army has been dealing with its own security priorities
How Trump betrayed the legacy of Lincoln
By : Yossi Mekelberg :: In one short speech, lasting less than two minutes but nevertheless one of the most important in history, Abraham Lincoln beautifully encapsulated the purpose of the sacrifice of the American civil war. The Gettysburg Address
When opposites attract: Jordan and Turkey have much in common
By : Osama Al-Sharif :: The visit to Jordan this week by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signals a major improvement in relations between the two countries, who are celebrating 70 years of diplomatic ties this year. It is
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