Lessons from the US State Department for Syria
Several dozen career foreign-service officers in the U.S. State Department think U.S. policy in Syria is at an utter standstill and in absolute disarray. These…
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Hamdan bin Mohammed: Investment-ready Dubai and sustainability to dominate ‘Dubai Investment Forum’ agenda
Government seeks to strengthen the partnership between the public and private sectors Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and…
Airbus and Boeing are bailing Iran out of a huge problem
Iran’s beleaguered national airline is finally getting some relief. On Wednesday, news emerged from Tehran, the Iran Air has reportedly reached an agreement with Boeing…
Did George W. Bush Bless Israel’s Killing of Yasser Arafat With Polonium?
French jurists delayed their decision on whether to reopen an investigation into the cause of Yasser Arafat’s death, but mounting evidence of polonium poisoning and…
The Democratic Party’s civil war over Israel policy
The Democrats are currently engaged in a civil war over U.S. policy toward Israel that threatens to blow up on the convention floor in a…
Bahrain Slips Further into Repression
The Project on Middle East Democracy sums up the week in Bahrain: First, “A Bahraini court ordered the suspension of all activities by al-Wefaq, the…
Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes Trigger Humanitarian Disaster, Violations of the Laws of War
The following statement was presented by Arabian Rights Watch Association to the UNHRC [UN Human Rights Commission] during their 32nd session. In this statement US-Yemeni lawyer, Mohammed…
A Saudi Imam, 2 Hijackers and Lingering 9/11 Mystery
Inside an opulent palace in Riyadh late one evening in February 2004, two American investigators interrogated a man they believed might hold answers to one…
Iran’s aspirant youth pose challenge to Islamic Republic’s rulers
When 14-year-old Iranian student Donya spotted on social media that thousands of teenagers were going to celebrate the end of the school year, she jumped…
Hillary Clinton understands limits of US power in Middle East
From her days as first lady through her tenure as Obama’s first secretary of state, presidential candidate knows regional leaders on first-name basis In the…