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
Voices in Rabaa, one year ago in Cairo
By : H.A. Hellyer Cairo had been on edge. I think the whole country was. It seems almost moot now to repeat, ad nauseum, that the country was deeply polarized, between a large majority and a substantial minority. Far too
Five years in Turkey with President Erdogan
By: Ceylan Ozbudak Yesterday, the Turkish people went to the ballot box to elect Turkey’s first directly elected head of state. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had served as Turkey’s prime minister for three consecutive terms, won the election and rose
Too little too late for Iraq’s Yazidi minority?
By : Abdullah Hamidaddin This is not the first time militants have attacked the Yazidi community. In 2007, more than 400 were killed in suicide bomb attacks. The al-Qaeda operative who masterminded the killing was later killed by the United
Why did ISIS turn its back on Damascus and Baghdad?
By: Abdulrahman al-Rashed Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were two months ago marching south towards the gates of the Iraqi capital following their capture of the city of Mosul and after they seized control of
Turkey’s new president, is he the right man for the job?
By : Mahir Zeynalov Raising Turkish flags and honking their cars, youth celebrated the rise of Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to the presidency in Istanbul and across Turkey. According to unofficial results, Erdogan, who has served the country
A Two-Step Plan to Stop Hackers
There are a number of ways that consumers could react to the news this week that Russian hackers got their hands on 1.2 billion username and password combinations. We could pass it off as just another theft — one that
The need for a Syrian awakening to defeat terrorism
By: Raghida Dergham Does the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group constitute a radical shift in the history and the future of the Arab region, or is it a transient phenomenon, no matter how formidable it seems
How did the scholars disappoint King Abdullah?
By: Jamal Khashoggi Had Faisal al-Duwaish, Sultan bin Bajad, Dedan bin Hethlain along with a few thousand fanatic “brothers” defeated the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz Al Saud, in the battle of Sabilla in 1929, the likes of ISIS
A New Terrorism
By: Yousef Al-Dayni We now find ourselves in the bottleneck of extremism, terrorism and global threats from violent armed groups—groups that without exception employ chaotic, destructive terrorism that undermines the fabric of states, when in the past they only sought
A Turkish presidency would bolster Erdogan’s regional role
By: Yalçın Akdogan The Middle East has been shaken recently by political and social conflicts. All these conflicts touch on all fragile points in the region leading to eventual breaks. Iraq stands on the edge of a cliff with all
The Israeli ISIS
By: Osman Mirghani After two Americans and a French national were reported killed while fighting alongside the Israeli army in Gaza, the news passed as if this was a normal occurrence. This news did not cause any commotion in political
Specter of the secretary
By: Bikram Vohra Secretaries, like chocolates in a box, come in all shapes and sizes. They can be dangerous, pleasant, helpful, intimidating, cold and frosty or an enhancement of their boss’ image. They have surrogate power and can misuse it
We took our eyes off militants
By: Rasheed Abou-Alsamh The US decision to bomb targets of the Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq, announced by a visibly unhappy President Barack Obama on Thursday night, was the right thing to do. But will it be enough, or
Obama stirs the hornets’ nest with strikes on ISIS
By: Dr.Theodore Karasik America is now involved in fighting ISIS from the air. The rubicon is now crossed and what happens next changes the calculations on Iraq, and the immediate region, tremendously. The American president needed to show that the
How was Ebola discovered?
The public should realize and understand that the Ministry of Health cannot be blamed solely for a virus outbreak, be it Ebola or any other virus. Similarly, the ministry’s inspectors at ports of entry — airports, border crossings and seaports
Mideast nightmares one has lived long enough to see
By: Hisham Melhem These scenes belong to previous centuries. Long lines of people shuffling in the scorching heat along dusty and winding roads seeking shelter and safety behind the next hill or the next expanse of desert, looking back in
Forgotten victims of Gaza – the young survivors
By: Yara al-Wazir A lot is said about the 373 children who died in the unrest in Gaza over the past three weeks, but very little is discussed about the survivors. Young people under the age of 14 make up
Why is international media changing sides on the Gaza crisis?
By: Eyad Abu Shakra In politics it is difficult to bring together emotions and ideals on the one side and realism and interests on the other; but this is exactly what we have seen in Gaza, Northern Iraq and the
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