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
Slouching towards the abyss
By : Hisham Melhem “The best lack all conviction, while the worst. Are full of passionate intensity” – William Butler Yeats The decision by President Obama to deploy less than fifty American Special Operation forces to Kurdish controlled Northern Syria
Children are at school to learn, not get beaten
By : Yara al-Wazir It emerged this week that Egyptian child Bibawi Farajallah was beaten by his teacher after asking another pupil to move his head so he could see the blackboard that the teacher was writing on. The teacher
Stop the Syria massacres first, then talk later
By : Brooklyn Middleton The latest round of international talks on how to end the Syrian conflict took place on the same day as the latest massacre in the country. Regime airstrikes and shelling killed at least 70 people and
The Lesson Prof. Aziz Sancar gave people by winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
By : Harun Yahya Recently, news related to Southeastern Turkey appeared in the global news media. But this time the topic of the news was not the bombs, or murders in the region. It was about a person who was
The Americas moving Left
By : Eyad Abu Shakra Argentinian voters went the other day to polls to elect a new president who will take over from President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Opinion polls have been showing Daniel Scioli the Peronist Left candidate comfortably
The Arabian Peninsula without Arabs
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Recent scientific studies suggest that in 60 years the temperature and humidity in our region will reach 70 degrees Celsius; it will be impossible to live in the Arabian Peninsula. Indeed, the presence of oil resources
The Yemen conflict will require more U.N. involvement
By : Manuel Almeida In recent interviews and press conferences, the U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Yemen, the Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed, has explained the U.N.-brokered plan to bring Yemen’s warrying parties to the negotiating table. It involves
Will the genuine parents of Geeta please stand up?
By : Bikram Vohra I am sure that Geeta’s arrival in India after 12,13,15 years (depending on which part of the media you are reading or watching) and being reunited with her family (if it is her family) in Bihar
How Khamenei exploits Obama through the nuclear deal
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has masterfully sniffed out the weaknesses of President Obama and his administration, and the revelation of his new conditions on the nuclear deal suggests that Khamenei is ready to milk
Blowing it on the wind
By : Bjørn Lomborg When considering climate change, most people think wind turbines and solar panels are a big part of the solution. But, over the next 25 years, the contribution of solar and wind power to resolving the problem
Debating the Middle East beyond Iran and ISIS
By : Joyce Karam In the last four years, and as unprecedented tectonic changes swept over the Middle East and North Africa, regional policymakers looked towards Western analysts and think tanks in attempting to understand the new reality. This approach
Beef-eating accusations will work till the cows come home
By : Bikram Vohra I don’t hate my neighbor, I just don’t like him. He plays music to loudly and throws his rubbish into our side of the house. Besides his window sill is covered with cigarette butts. Dissss-gusting. So
The Saudi king and the media
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Arab and international journalists have always targeted Saudi Arabia – at times, they might have been right in doing so, but some have ulterior motives in their coverage. When it comes to dealing with the media,
America’s gifts should not be understated
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Setting aside Washington’s woeful Middle East policies, it is worth reminding ourselves that the United States is one of the greatest nations on the planet. A world in which it did not exist would
Palestine again in the spotlight
By : Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Recent escalation between the Palestinians and Israelis has made US Secretary of State John Kerry mediate and suggest the idea of installing surveillance cameras at Al-Aqsa compound for the purpose of ending clashes. The cameras, however,
Stop anti-Saudi propaganda
By : Sabra S. Jawhar While running for United States’ president or prime minister of England, candidates have the freedom to criticize other countries for all sorts of human rights abuses. They promise voters to put an end to relations
A mere flash in the pan
By : Rajeev Sharma Call it a storm in a teacup. Call it much ado about nothing. Call it what you will but the much-hyped return of Geeta, a deaf-mute Indian woman in her mid twenties, from Pakistan to India
Are Saudi women enslaved in their homes?
By : Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi The Indian Express recently published the remarks of Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah, vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, about the backwardness of Indian Muslims. He said that the backwardness of Muslims was mainly
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