When America’s founders passed the First Amendment, protecting the right to dissent was the objective. Having experienced a repressive English state, they understood the hallmark of authoritarianism lies in the absence of freedom of thought, [ More … ]
The Trump administration is sending an aircraft carrier and a bomber task force to the Middle East, the White House said Sunday, in a show of force aimed at Iran. WB “In response to a [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia offered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas $10 billion to accept the US’ so called ‘deal of the century’, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported yesterday. Discussing details of a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed [ More … ]
Task force dealing with Khashoggi fallout working on ‘game-changing’ photo with Israeli PM that would cast prince as peacemaker, sources say Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reported to be “seriously considering” setting up [ More … ]
Saudis would not have taken action under Reagan, Bush, Clinton or Obama without serious repercussions, says Mark Warner Prominent senators lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday for his statement on the killing [ More … ]
‘Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States,’ US president says Companies doing business with Iran will be barred from the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, [ More … ]
The Israeli army has killed at least 28 Palestinians and injured at least 1,600 others alongside the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. After [ More … ]
The most significant foreign policy move of the Trump presidency so far risks confrontation with Tehran and feeds growing rift with Europe. The international community condemns Trump’s decision to nix Iran nuclear deal but Israel, Saudi [ More … ]
By: Yusuf Kaplan* Saudi Arabia “boiled over” the previous night. U.S. media suddenly spread coup rumours in the country. To be honest, a “coup” did happen in the country, but it happened a while ago. Crown Prince [ More … ]
French president says he persuaded Trump that it was necessary to stay in Syria French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said he had convinced US President Donald Trump to maintain troops in Syria, as he [ More … ]
US hits ‘Syrian Military Sites’, in collaboration with UK and France, as Russia and Iran warn of consequences. US President Donald Trump has ordered air attacks in Syria “on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities”, in collaboration with [ More … ]
Russia’s campaign in Syria has allowed Russia to re-emerge as a leading actor in the Middle East thanks, to a large extent, to the use of hard power and coercive diplomacy. As Moscow looks to [ More … ]
After the mass crackdown Mohamed Bin Selman exercised against top figures in the Saudi kingdom including sons of previous king Abdullah and family member like AL-Waleed Bin Talal, in a recent interview with CBSNews, MBS [ More … ]
The absence of a US ambassador in Riyadh comes as Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington is being finalised President Donald Trump has yet to appoint an ambassador to Saudi Arabia, leaving diplomatic relations in [ More … ]
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