A Look At Saudi Arabia’s Secret Oil Strategy
Faced with an oil glut that is not expected to draw down until late into 2017 and that is depleting oil-dependent government coffers, OPEC is…
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Rise of Prince Mohammed bin Salman worries Saudi Arabia
He has slashed the state budget, frozen government contracts and reduced the pay of civil employees, all part of drastic austerity measures as the Kingdom…
Why the hell is the US helping Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen?
Late on Wednesday evening, the United States bombed Yemen’s Houthi militants for the first time, launching cruise missiles at three Houthi-controlled radar installations. The strikes…
Syrian diplomatic crisis – INFOGRAPHICS
As the civil war in Syria enters the midpoint of its fifth year, both Syrians and the world are trying to find a way to…
Saudi Arabia’s struggle in escaping its oil dependence
This is what it takes to run a mega-dairy in the scorching desert here: 180,000 Holstein cows, precisely cooled cowsheds, water pumped from deep underground,…
Saudi Arabia’s senseless desire for war in Yemen
It should not have required the massacre of more than 140 people at a funeral for Washington to review support for the Saudi-led coalition’s brutish…
Israeli cities are not safe
Instead of understanding that only bold moves to end the occupation are likely to reduce the violence, Netanyahu is turning Israel into a hopeless place…
The reason for Turkey’s pro-government media sympathy for Trump
Turkey is following the US presidential race with great interest. Sensing the outcome of the election might significantly influence ties between Turkey and the United States, many…
Egypt: See no evil, hear no evil
The Egyptian government appears to be on the verge of further devaluing the pound. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met the governor of the country’s central…
Turkey-US relations hit rock bottom
In recent decades, Turkey’s relationship with the United States has been tested on several occasions. In 1964, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson wrote a letter to…