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
Has Washington turned against Iran?
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed You do not know who or what to believe from official statements issued by Washington regarding the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Syrian regime or Iran. There is an exceptional statement from a
Fear and loathing, history and hysteria in surreal America
By : Hisham Melhem That was the surreal week that was. Thirty percent of Republican voters and 19% of Democrats support the bombing of the fictional city-state of Agrabah, depicted in Disney’s animated movie Aladdin. A county school district in
How it feels being Muslim in the West in 2015
By : Yara al-Wazir The past 12 months have been intense for Muslims in the West; Donald Trump, ISIS, the attacks on Paris, the knife attack on the London tube, are among a list of events that sparked conversation and
Britain’s opinion on the Muslim Brotherhood
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed British Prime Minister David Cameron has described the Muslim Brotherhood is a “deliberately opaque and habitually secretive” group. These two charges are not enough to ban the group and sanction its members. If the British government
Forgiveness is strength
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong,” wrote one of the 20th century’s wisest men, Mahatma Gandhi. The British ruled his country India with an iron first and stripped
The global responsibility towards Palestinians
By : Samar Fatany Finding a solution to the plight of the Palestinians remains an immediate global responsibility. This was the unanimous conclusion of participants in the Conference on Mediterranean Dialogue that was held in Rome from Dec. 10-12. They
Behind the media’s obsession with ISIS
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Some terrorist groups attract a significant amount of media attention, while others receive little to none. For example, the predominant Western media outlets devote much coverage to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),
How the Syrian ‘Malala’ inspires for a better future – Harun Yahya
By : Harun Yahya It’s been almost five years since the most horrific war in recent years began. Relentless air strikes, barrel bombs ceaseless fighting and the use of chemical weapons have left Syria devastated, broken, and with most of
Let’s not exaggerate Putin’s new rights law
By : Maria Dubovikova Russian President Vladimir Putin on Dec. 15 signed a document giving the constitution primacy over international institutions and their verdicts. Under this new law, for example, the Constitutional Court will be able to ignore the decisions
Why the Muslim world should boycott Donald Trump
By : Brooklyn Middleton The leading Republican contender for the United States presidency is a hideous reflection of what a minority of the U.S. values. Trump’s nonsensical speeches – more accurately described as word salad – have never touched on
West’s backing of Assad would only help ISIS
By : Dr. Azeem Ibrahim When you ask Syrians – whether those living in the hell the country has become, or the refugees that have managed to escape – what is the main problem, the majority will give a one-word
Ignore Trump’s bigotry at your peril
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Donald Trump is smashing red lines at the rate of knots yet his popularity with Republican voters is soaring. Most polls place him way ahead with 35 per cent nationwide; 19 per cent higher
Trump, Le Pen are ISIS’s best friends
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed In order to fight racism and hatred, countries like Austria have banned all Nazi symbols and have gone as far as banning Nazi codes like 88, 1919, 18 and AH on license plates. Nazism is the
Media a vital bridge between Saudi government, public
By : Khaled Almaeena Usually after Friday prayers, people in different localities get together and share a cup of tea before dispersing to their homes. They discuss various subjects and focus either on the topic of the day or on
Putin’s new prudence
By : Anders Åslund This year, the Russian economy is the G-20’s worst performer, contracting by 3.8 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest forecast. And things could easily have been worse. President Vladimir Putin claims that his economic
Saudi women making stride
By : Rasheed Abou-Alsamh The pediatric clinic of Dr. Amal Bader Al-Deen is in a middle-class neighborhood of Riyadh. She was one of the first women in the country to earn her medical degree abroad in the 1970s. She studied
Donald Trump: the scoundrel we deserve
By : Hisham Melhem As George Orwell observed 70 years ago: “if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought”. The debasement of language – and, by extension, a political culture that borders on the fraudulent – that we have
Is Islamophobia on the rise in America?
By : Samar Fatany The U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has shockingly announced to the American people and to the whole world that he supports a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” — including Muslim-American
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