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 »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Columns
Boat drama: Did Iran toy with the U.S. and the world?
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Iran seized two U.S. navy ships and their 10 sailors, who were released in less than 24 hours. A few weeks prior, Tehran provoked the U.S. navy by firing unguided rockets and ballistic missiles nearby.
How can Gulf diplomatic relations be resumed with Iran?
By : Najat AlSaied The latest outrage emanating from the Iranian government over Saudi Arabia’s decision to execute Saudi Shiite preacher Nimr al-Nimr, and the burning of the Saudi Embassy and the Consulate in Iran, prove it has not changed
The American political circus
By : Elizabeth Drew If you find America’s presidential election campaign puzzling, you probably have a better grasp of it than those who are willing to predict an outcome. At this point, with both major parties set to choose their
KSA moving in a new direction
By : Sabria S. Jawhar Gone almost unnoticed in the West, but very much on the minds of people in the Arab world is the abrupt turnaround from the United States by trying to embrace Iran at the expense of
Obama: State of the Union’s state of denial
By : Mohamed Chebarro The 2016 State of the Union address could have easily been U.S. President Barak Obama’s farewell speech. His speeches over the last seven years amount to much ado about nothing, during times when the world craved
Lebanon’s national dialogue harms state institutions
By : Nayla Tueni Dialogue is important, but the current national dialogue in Lebanon is sadly not yielding the desired results. Dialogue between Hezbollah and the Future Movement is always preceded by insults, threats and accusations, so no progress is
Kuwaiti hardliners and their external affiliations
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed This week, Shiite Kuwaiti MPs caused a scandal by boycotting parliament after the arrest of Shiites involved in a terrorist cell, and due to a statement of solidarity with Saudi Arabia against Iran after the burning
The Islamic ‘golden age’
By : Nidhal Guessoum The Muslim world’s past contributions to science and education were extraordinary. The Islamic “golden age,” during which scholarship and learning flourished across the Muslim world, lasted many centuries, and included the establishment of the world’s first
Lebanon’s loyalties exposed
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor How much longer will we fool ourselves that Lebanon’s loyalties rest with the Arab world? During a recent Arab League emergency meeting of foreign ministers, called by Saudi Arabia to discuss measures to be
The ghosts of Ayodhya
By : Syed Aijaz Zaka He does not make men like Harsh Mander too often. Every time one’s belief in India’s fabled tolerance and magnanimity as a nation comes under strain a tad bit, every time one finds it restored
Arabs and Iran — the last chance
By : Mohammed Fahad al-Harthi Whatever plans Iran has for the region is in disarray because it now finds itself increasingly isolated, including seeing the unexpected development of Arab nations, taking the lead from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries,
Middle East reality: An inconvenient truth for Obama
By : Joyce Karam Characterizing events from Yemen to Syria to Libya as a “transformation that will play out for a generation, rooted in conflicts that date back millennia” is not only a reality distortion by U.S. President Barack Obama,
Geopolitical balance with Pakistan
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Apart from the 3 million Pakistanis who work in Gulf states, and the $4 billion in annual transactions they make, the region considers relations with Pakistan strategic. The country is not viewed as a mere trading
In Iran, old habits die hard
By : Mohammed Alyahya In 1987, hundreds of thousands of Muslims of different nationalities, skin colours and sects gathered in Makkah for worship during the hajj season. Suddenly, a group of men chanting political slogans and brandishing knives, broken glass
Madaya siege marks Hezbollah’s eternal disgrace
By : Diana Moukalled Last week, the media circulated a video of a Syrian boy called Mohammed, who said he had not eaten in days due to the siege on the town of Madaya. “I swear to God I’m hungry,”
Ethics, humanity fading amid war
By : Harun Yahya Rules and ethics of war are always known to have been flouted. Moreover, the 21st century has made it sufficiently clear to the world how horrifying and ruthless war can be. A quote from Tolstoy explains
Unjust criticism
By : Rajeev Sharma The Jan. 2 terror attack on the Indian air base in Pathankot did not just put the start-stop-start kind of India-Pakistan peace process in deep freeze but also had a deep repercussion on the Indian polity
You are either with us, or against us
By : Jamal Khashoggi Saudis should adopt this phrase while currently facing a major existential crisis. The problem with the slogan is that it became associated with U.S. President George W Bush, who used it after the Sept. 11 attacks,
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