The pace of developments has taken us by surprise. Ever since Washington announced its decision against Iran’s government, Britain and Germany shifted their stance from insisting on remaining loyal to the commitments of the nuclear deal to announcing that they support Trump’s plan to confront Tehran
During the negotiations for the nuclear agreement three years ago, Iran’s propaganda focused on claiming that the deal will lead to peace in the region and end the long-term conflicts. Unlike what’s commonly known about it, Tehran’s government expanded its propaganda to include Iranian communi
We, and the whole world, are anticipating the results of US President Donald Trump’s decision to confront Iran after he announced yesterday that he will reconsider his country’s nuclear deal with Tehran. Trump saw that Iran has violated the deal’s spirit and this is not in the interest of the US sec
After Saudi King Salman’s visit to Moscow ended with serious talks over two major military agreements, it seemed more pressing than ever to delve into the why behind Riyadh gravitating closer towards importing all sorts of arms deals in an unprecedented manner. The matter of the fact is that Saudi A
The Jewish state suffered heavy losses: almost 3,000 soldiers were killed, 8,000 were injured, 1,000 tanks and other destructive machinery were lost while 100 military air crafts went down. It also lost possession over one of the largest lands it has seized six years prior to a rather easy and oppor
Qatar has adopted one concept within its response to the Arab Quartet that has decided to boycott it: do all that it can to thwart their plan and force them to reconcile with it. It has become closer to Iran and has restored relations with Hezbollah. It’s funding Houthi militias in Yemen and hostile
Gaza’s leadership finally welcomed the Palestinian Authority with arms wide open to end their dispute. This is a very important political and humanitarian agreement credited for the government of Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi, the first in a decade who succeeded in doing so. If the deal’s
Saada is the Yemeni governorate south of Saudi Arabia and home to the Iran-affiliated Houthi and Ansar Allah’s militias. It is not an exaggeration to assume that through those militias, Iran wants to establish a presence on Saudi Arabia’s southern borders which poses a serious threat not only
Give the Kurds a real stake in Baghdad’s government, and then they will let go of the separation idea. Right now, they are conferred honorary posts without powers just like many components of the Iraqi state, which was founded, post the invasion, on a participatory parliamentary system. Almost all t
These are happy and historic days in Saudi Arabia! There are positive changes that would have never crossed our minds after years of despair. For decades, every time an obstacle was removed, social and political battles would erupt tackling education, employment, sports and the media. Mother of all
The weak Iranian nuclear agreement adopted by the former US administration and signed by Iran is partially responsible for North Korea’s rush to develop its own nuclear program. Iran was rewarded $150 billion, with profits, as part of the deal after funds withheld since Shah’s time were
It is only natural for a country like Saudi Arabia surrounded by water to consider investing in maritime industries and services. The kingdom overlooks about 2600 kilometers of very long shores from Ras al-Khafaji in the Gulf to the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. This is the first time Saudi Arabia a
It is not strange that the most distinguished science and mathematics students are from the most developed countries in the world: South Korea, Singapore, Japan and other major industrial countries. It is also no secret that development and advancement are linked to teaching these two subjects and e
A news agency has quoted the White House as saying that US President Donald Trump succeeded in preventing a Saudi-Emirati military attack on Qatar. Barely an hour later, the US President issued a statement denying the news. Then, another report surfaced saying Trump reprimanded Emir of Qatar Sheikh
The way things are going and the measures taken by the four countries to end the Qatari situation means that expectations are high that they will succeed no matter how strongly the government in Doha resisted. This week’s political meetings in New York had shed a light on the crisis and where it is
I am almost certain that most of Arabs outside of Iraq sympathize with Kurdistan’s desire for independence. President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani reiterated that during his campaign and interviews expressing Iraqi-Kurdish point of view and its inclination towards independence, which
The problem of the four Arab states that decided to confront Qatar is not represented in obliging Doha to meet their 13 demands, but, it’s in Qatar’s credibility and guaranteeing what it says, signs and pledges. We do not know of a single agreement that Qatar signed and complied with. Even with the
After Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah visited Washington and met with US president, the Qatari crisis went back to square one. President Donald Trump accepted Sheikh Sabah’s invitation take part in mediating the Qatar crisis, entering the second phase in efforts meant to resolve
Nobody no longer underestimates what Kim Jong-un says. Nearly everything that he pledged and threatened to do has come true, the last of which was the major nuclear test that angered the United States and the ballistic missile that terrified Japan and landed in its territorial waters. This young man
Muslims make up about 24 percent of the world population. With one and a half billion Muslims worldwide, should one billion of them decide on performing Hajj– which is pillar of Islam– at least once in a lifetime, it will take up to 500 years for the task to be achieved. The annual capacity of [&he
