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
Remembering the pain in Palestine
By : Daoud Kuttab Sometimes it is difficult to remember the daily suffering of Palestinians living under occupation. The wars and turmoil all around us tend to divert our attention from genuinely terrible issues that might seem mundane when compared
Iranian threats against Saudi Arabia
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed While U.S. President Barack Obama was trying to ease the anger of Gulf leaders, Iran was keen on sending a threatening message to Saudi Arabia through the commander of its ground forces. On Thursday, Obama gathered
How Damascus can learn from the ‘Conquest of Kabul’
By : Jamal Khashoggi On February 15, 1989, the commander of the Soviet Forces Boris Gromov was the last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan, crossing on foot the Friendship Bridge that connected Afghanistan to then-Soviet Uzbekistan. This followed an invasion
Saudi Arabia has had enough of Kuwait’s Dashti
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed It seems the Saudi embassy in Kuwait has had enough of extremist Kuwaiti Member of Parliament Abdul-Hamid Dashti’s incitation and filed a legal complaint against him. Dashti’s supporters protested the move, saying it was tantamount to
ISIS and Maliki’s alliance against Haidar al-Abadi
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed The Iraqis are gearing up for another war against ISIS, the second to occur during the rule of Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi after he won the battle of Tikrit. Several army forces, security forces and Shiite
New Saudi government will not tolerate incompetence
By : Khaled Almaeena The world of business and industry is changing rapidly and governments have to keep pace in order to be able to continue to play an important role in such matters. For decades there has been a
Sisi back from Jordan and off to court China
By : Abdallah Schleifer Reading the official communiques coming from both Jordan and Egypt following last Thursday’s official visit of Egyptian President Al-Sisi to Amman and his meeting with King Abdallah II provoked a curious nostalgia. It was not nostalgia
Haidar al-Abadi’s fearless vow to fight corruption
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Was Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi sending a message to his rivals or crying out to his allies when he frankly spoke a few days ago about defying “them” –his rivals-even if this led to his
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Before the mushrooming of satellite dishes on our rooftops, the Arab world heavily relied on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for reports from across the world. The BBC was founded decades ago and with the passage
When Will the Meskhetian Turks Return to their Homeland?
By : Harun Yahya “We had our homeland, our very own soil. Don’t you ever forget that… …” These are the words of a Meskhetian Turk, who had to change his country three times and village four times after being
Has racism really become a thing of past?
By : Saad Dosari It is the 21st Century and a lot of us brag about what we, humans, have been able to accomplish throughout these years. The whole world is connected through fiber optics and satellites, robots can perform
How the U.S. engages with international Muslim communities
By : Shaarik H. Zafar This past summer, I was appointed Special Representative to Muslim Communities at the State Department. As Special Representative, I am charged with driving Secretary Kerry’s engagement with Muslim communities around the world on issues of
Bolstering ECB’s credibility
By : Marcel Fratzscher Germany’s stance toward Europe has become one of rejection and disengagement. Its policymakers deny the euro zone’s crisis-ridden countries a more active fiscal policy; refuse to support a European investment agenda to generate demand and growth;
Waking up to reality
By : Linda S. Heard Families fall out with each other all the time, but very often the ties of blood prevail. On the occasions they don’t, it’s a “lose-lose situation” for all. The same could be said for the
Underneath all the bad news lies even worse news
By : Octavia Nasr They do not know any better than the streets they roam and live in. They are abused, trafficked, forced into a life of drugs and prostitution; they are made to do things no child should be
When will the oppression of Palestinians end?
By : Khaled Almaeena An American journalist commenting on the latest incident in Jerusalem which culminated in the death of several people asked: “When will the cycle of violence in Israel end?” Only an American journalist would ask such a
Russian-Saudi cooperation on the rise?
By : Maria Dubovikova Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal visited Russia last week and held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The two sides discussed the numerous problems facing the region such as the war in Syria,
Tales of war and heroism from Sinai
By : Abdel Latif el-Menawy “The distance between what’s true and false is four fingers, Imam Ali [Abi Taleb] said, placing his four fingers between the eye and ear, adding: ‘that which is seen by the eye is true and
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