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
Don’t underestimate ISIS’ Baghdadi
By : Joyce Karam As death rumors swirl around Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed Caliph of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), it would be a mistake to underestimate his role within ISIS itself and on the global
Punishing Saleh and the Houthis
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed There is neither an international force on the ground in Yemen to support and protect the legitimate transitional regime nor is there an air force to launch attacks on the hideouts of rebel leaders. Such leaders
KSA’s attendance at G-20 lights up Australia’s skies
By : Neil Hawkins The night sky in Brisbane, Australia is being lit up with laser pictures of Saudi Arabia’s national flag ahead of the Group of 20 Summit on Nov. 15-16. Each year a different country is selected as
G-20: KSA focus on economic policy
By : Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi The ninth summit of the G-20 heads of government to be held in the Australian city of Brisbane on Nov. 15 and 16 is different from the crisis meeting held in 2008 to save the
Where will the Muscat negotiations lead us?
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed U.S. President Barack Obama seems enthusiastic about the beginning of a new era with Iran and the restoration of good relations with Tehran which was an important ally during the Shah’s rule and until his downfall.
Media portrayal of IS
By : Nihad Awad I believe two elements are crucial to ridding the world of the horror of the so-called Islamic State. First, any serious unwinding of IS’ virulent ideology must incorporate justice. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) put
Iran nukes: Obama is on a losing wicket
By : Linda S. Heard While an Iranian parliamentarian close to the country’s Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei boasts that Tehran now controls four Arab capitals (Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus and Sanaa), the so-called Leader of the Free World attempts to ingratiate
What to do when technology makes jobs obsolete
By : Andrew McAfee World Economic Forum – Future Global Agenda series Technology is enabling us to achieve remarkable things, yet it’s rendering many jobs obsolete. How will the world of work change over the coming years? Andrew McAfee, Co-Director
Can ISIS maintain the ‘Caliphate’ without Baghdadi?
By : Dr. Theodore Karasik News reports that the United States-led coalition attacked successfully a 10-truck Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) convoy outside Mosul injured top leaders of ISIS including, as reports suggest, its leader and self-appointed caliph,
The West isn’t duty-bound to solve Arab problems
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor While it’s true that Western powers can’t claim to have clean hands in the Middle East, Arabs don’t either. Most of the Arab leaderships have consistently shrugged off their responsibility to defend their own
Sunni extremism vs. Shiite extremism
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed The only argument that I have heard in response to what I wrote two days ago about the dangers of extremism – which is still spreading despite the huge magnitude of the chronological events – is
Will brain-computer interaction transform our future?
By : Corinna Lathan World Economic Forum – Future Global Agenda series The interaction between human beings and machines has enabled us to achieve incredible things. Now, as we enter a new era of brain-computer interfaces, we should prepare ourselves
Don’t forget the prison that is the Gaza Strip
By : Daoud Kuttab For a few days last week Gaza Strip turned into a large prison. Ever since Oct. 24, the Rafah crossing point has been closed by the Egyptians following the huge attack on the army in north
Fighting extremism must not be left to the hesitant
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Saudi security forces in six cities pursued terrorist cells linked to the terror attack in the town of al-Ahsa where seven citizens died this week. During a confrontation with gunmen, two members of the security forces
Standing up to the lethal volcano of fundamentalism
By : Octavia Nasr ISIS exposed an angry, hateful and lethal volcano brewing under the surface in many countries across continents. Radical Islam is now a reality we all must reckon with, although many remain in denial of its growing
Airstrikes That Also Kill Civilians Are a Kind of Murder
By : Harun Yahya IS’s cruelty and methods of savagery trouble Muslims before anyone else. Even before the ruthless killing of foreign journalists, IS was spreading terror in the region, and is applying the same methods of savagery now. Serious
What is the situation in Mosul?
By : Jamal Khashoggi How can the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) be expelled from Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and home to around 2 million Iraqis? Ask this question to the best political analysts and they will
The enslaved women of ISIS
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed The recent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video in which a group of fighters brag as they discuss enslaved women and sell them as if they were cattle begs the question about this group’s
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