Analysts say Saudi foreign minister’s comments are purely political and an attempt to ‘throw the hot potato on Doha’s lap’ The US government will stop protecting Qatar if the country doesn’t fund the American military [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump have discussed developments in Syria amid the political crisis following the Douma chemical attack, presidential sources said early Thursday. The presidents exchanged views about [ More … ]
Republican Senator John McCain says Trump’s comments that US military would leave Syria ‘very soon’ emboldened Assad US President Donald Trump delivered a scathing attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after dozens of people were [ More … ]
“One year ago, two young princes began to forge a friendship at a lunch meeting in the White House’s regal State Dining Room,” Washington Post started to narrate the story of the relation between Trump’s son-in-law [ More … ]
Families of 9/11 victims have called for Mohammed bin Salman to use the visit to ‘take responsibility’ for alleged Saudi role in attacks, reported MEE. The two-week long visit by Mohammed bin Salman to the [ More … ]
Trump wants to get the U.S. out of Syria’s war, so he asked the Saudi king for $4 billion, reports the Washington Post. In a December phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, President Trump had [ More … ]
Saudi Crown Prince and Egyptian President reportedly told PA chairman he has no choice but to accept Trump’s peace plan. Leaders from two important Arab nations have advised Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas to [ More … ]
The Trump administration is wisely designating affiliates as terrorists, but not the umbrella organization, says a recent Bloomberg report. A year ago it looked like Donald Trump was going to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as [ More … ]
After meeting Egyptian ruler Abdel Fatah al-Sissi last Saturday, US Vice President Pence told reporters that he had raised the cases of two Americans unjustly imprisoned in Cairo as well as the treatment of nongovernmental organizations and [ More … ]
Mohamed Abu Saada* Since the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States until his decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on December 6, 2017, the Palestinian National [ More … ]
While Egypt’s government was publicly condemning a US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a state intelligence officer was asking influential TV hosts in the country to persuade their viewers to accept it. On [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s rulers have lots of worries, but Trump’s announcement about the holy city isn’t one of them. Saudi Arabia, the protector of Islam and home to its two holiest sites, is a good place [ More … ]
Dozens injured in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, and the West Bank, as casualties mount following violent clashes Four Palestinians were killed with dozens reported injured during clashes between protesters and Israeli soldiers in the second [ More … ]
US ambassador Nikki Haley called for world powers to ‘push back’ at Iran’s influence in the Middle East The US has accused Iran of violating UN resolutions as officials presented evidence for the first time [ More … ]
An Israeli dream might come true if Trump declares Jerusalem the capital – but so will a Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim nightmare. Amid three catastrophic Middle East wars, it would be difficult to imagine anything [ More … ]
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