Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office after the country’s parliament approved a new government on Wednesday following nearly six months of political wrangling. Al-Kadhimi is viewed as pragmatic as well as having good relations with main [ More … ]
The two biggest warnings came in January when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that unless Israel reduces cooperation with China, the U.S. might reduce “intelligence sharing and co-location of security facilities.” Opinion Column By [ More … ]
By : Ramzy Baroud* On 18 November, just days before the fiftiest anniversary of United Nations Resolution 242, the US State Department took its first step towards severing its ties with the Palestinian Liberation Organization [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* If Turkey-U.S. relations are intended to head for a fresh start rather than a collapse, Washington must revise its Middle East policies, especially the leftovers from the Obama administration on Syria, Iraq [ More … ]
President Barack Obama’s administration has cancelled the transfer of some military support to ally Saudi Arabia, because of concerns over widespread civilian death toll from the Kingdom’s campaign in Yemen. In addition to halting the [ More … ]
Serious Concerns invade the Middle East countries after the victory of Donald Trump as the new American president, especially in Saudi Arabia, as Trump supports “JASTA”, a law that recently passed by the United States [ More … ]
A huge media campaign to support Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, has merged through the Emirati media. On November 7, The National Emirati newspaper revealed the results of an online poll that was created [ More … ]
The British Parliament rejects Labour motion to end support of Saudi military action pending a UN probe into alleged breaches of international law, Media reports said. Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s demanded on Wednesday that Britain [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia is expected to play a major role in trying to solve the Libyan crisis, inviting key players from all sides of the divide to a meeting aimed at ending it, reported the Libya [ More … ]
A bill that allows the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue the country of Saudi Arabia for any role it may have played in the terrorist plot went into law Wednesday, declared [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, is supposed to visit Turkey on Sept. 29-30, according to the Saudi Gazette. The Saudi Gazette reported that during the two-day visit, [ More … ]
Four members of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch, including a local commander, were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike on a vehicle travelling east of the capital Sanaa, two local officials told Reuters Saturday. They said [ More … ]
President Barack Obama said on Friday he was nixing a bill that was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, though Congress is expected to override the veto for the first time [ More … ]
Government officials in Qatar have declared Egyptian strawberries safe to eat amid concerns over whether the frozen fruit carries the Hepatitis A virus, said Doha news. This declaration came after samples of strawberries imported into [ More … ]
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