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
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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
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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,
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:: 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
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:: 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
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:: Salah Khashoggi, son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said on Monday that he will not accept the exploitation of his father’s case by his country’s “opponents and its enemies.” “A year has passed since the departure of my
:: The Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) has slammed a report by UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard suggesting that the US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a premeditated extrajudicial execution, for which the Kingdom is responsible. The
:: The State Department on Saturday said the United States government has not made a final conclusion on who was involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Recent reports indicating that the US government has made a final conclusion
By : Jamal Khashoggi I wrote an article last week warning that Russian president Vladimir Putin might be a threat to Saudi Arabia due to his stubbornness and politics in Syria. I also pointed out that it would be wise
By : Jamal Khashoggi We had better take seriously the implicit Russian threats made in an article published by the Pravda website, which is supportive of President Vladimir Putin. It urged the sanction of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey due
By : Jamal Khashoggi Europe is scared, worried, apprehensive and looking for a solution to its crisis with ISIS which can strike anywhere. And we are also worried and scared. For as much as ISIS poses a threat to Europe
By : Jamal Khashoggi It is out of love for Egypt that we call for an end to restrictions on the only influential Arab media – Saudi or Saudi-backed outlets – when covering developments there. I do not expect an
By : Jamal Khashoggi Algerians might say they are alright when they see what is happening in Syria or neighboring Libya. However, like other Arabs they continue to waste opportunities to catch up with the free, developed world. On Oct.
By : Jamal Khashoggi Last Wednesday, the Russians bombed Homs at noon, and the Americans bombed Aleppo in the afternoon. Both say the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is the target, while the Syrian opposition – which published
By : Jamal Khashoggi Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from Moscow and confirmed that “both Israeli and Russian military will coordinate their moves in Syria.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had declared earlier a statement about coordination between
By : Jamal Khashoggi Last May, a number of Saudi academics and I met in an old hotel in Berlin with a group of Western researchers on Middle Eastern issues. We were joined by Iranian researchers and we all participated
By : Jamal Khashoggi “Why don’t Saudi Arabia and Arab Gulf countries host Syrian refugees instead of letting them die in the sea?” some naively ask. Others maliciously pose this question for the purpose of shifting blame from the Syrian
By : Jamal Khashoggi Politics is the art of the possible and the possible is the essence of the initiative by the new United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. What’s good is that the moderate Syrian opposition
By : Jamal Khashoggi Saudi Arabia’s al-Jazirah newspaper published a wonderful headline last Wednesday. It read in bold red: “Your terrorism won’t divide us.” It’s a reassuring message that Saudis need at a time when they see their neighbors fighting
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
By: Jamal Khashoggi My friend Hamad al-Ammari, of the Arab Thought Foundation, invited me to their upcoming conference Morocco which will be on “Arab Integration: The dream of unity and reality of division.” I told him that if I attend,
By: Jamal Khashoggi U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s apology to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey is irrelevant. What is important is what he said, as it reveals that our vision to situation in Syria is still very different from
By: Jamal Khashoggi The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been digging its own grave, just as it has irrationally led many to their graves. It did not disappoint all those who followed its rise and predicted the
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