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 »
Tag Archives: MIDDLE EAST
Is ISIS preparing for its own demise?
By : Dr. Azeem Ibrahim The phenomenon of global jihadism has been around in its current, recognizable form since the ‘90s. It achieved definition in the decade of conflict in Afghanistan during its disastrous series of civil wars that lasted
Regional issues to figure high in Fabius talks
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will arrive in Riyadh on Tuesday to hold talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and other senior government officials. “Around 10 senior French government officials will accompany the minister, who will
Iran emerges from isolation as sanctions lifted
Iran emerged from years of economic isolation on Saturday when world powers lifted crippling sanctions against the Islamic Republic in return for Tehran complying with a deal to curb its nuclear ambitions. In a dramatic move scheduled to coincide with
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
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
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,
Middle East should be Far from the Madding Crowd
By : Harun Yahya Two superpowers, two reliable Islamic countries, both rich in terms of military power and economic wealth together holding one fourth of the entire global oil reserves have been headlining the news. Iran and Saudi Arabia like
‘Al Faris:’ Fantasy musical set to poetry takes to Dubai stage
A fantasy musical set to poetry by Dubai’s ruler seeks to explain the secret of one of the Arab world’s most compelling success stories, promoting a style of government that creates wealth and ensures stability while avoiding political strife. Lebanese
What Middle East are we to expect in 2016?
By : Eyad Abu Shakra Pictures of an emaciated man from the besieged Syrian town of Madaya in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, who died after failing to exchange his car for some food, may best reflect the latest development of
2016 a bad year for Muslims in Western countries?
By : Mohamed Chebarro If you are Muslim living and working in Europe, the United States, Canada or Australia, 2015 was a bad year, but it seems 2016 will be worse. Last year saw a surge of terror attacks targeting
Surprise: Assad will outlast Obama in office
By : Joyce Karam If it were not for the civilians bombed, starved and suffocated by Chemical Weapons, the latest twist in Washington’s predictions on Bashar Al-Assad staying in power beyond the Barack Obama Presidency in 2017, would make great
America’s ‘retreat’ and Russia’s ‘expansion’
By : Eyad Abu Shakra The famous quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and Mark Twain among others may not sound true now as it used to in the past;
Saudi tax policy likely to influence Gulf partners
The state budget released by Saudi Arabia this week is likely to mark the end of an era for lavish welfare systems, encouraging governments around the region to roll back costly handouts to people. Trying to narrow a huge budget
2015 winner in Middle East: U.S. arms exporters
By : Joyce Karam 46.6 billion U.S. dollars is the average estimate for arms sales from the United States to the world in 2015. Big chunk of those receipts have gone to the Middle East where four wars are simultaneously
Will Russia boost Mideast ties in 2016?
By : Maria Dubovikova The year 2015 was very controversial and ambiguous for Russia, particularly regarding its military and foreign policies. Its unprecedented involvement in the Middle East, and its engagement with the Muslim world, reflect fundamental changes in Russia’s
2015, a year of milestones of horrors in the Middle East
By : Hisham Melhem Another annus horribilis in the Middle East is about to end. It is that time of year when you look back at 2015 in astonishment at the tragedies that befell the region, and ahead at 2016
Which U.S. presidential candidate is Iran’s favorite?
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Although Tehran would prefer a totally different political establishment in the United States, it prefers one American presidential candidate to the others: Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders. It bases its preference on candidates’ view of the
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