The alliance between Saudi Arabia and the UAE
The UAE has announced setting up of a joint Saudi-Emirati committee to deepen work and unite it. The decision was made before the recent Gulf…
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Assad Must Go, Erdogan Says, as Syria War Winds Down
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Turkey’s leader denounced President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Wednesday as a terrorist mass murderer with no place in that country’s postwar…
Political parties eye Kurdish vote ahead of Iraqi elections
Iraqi parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 2018, while the crisis in relations between Baghdad and Erbil — which was the result of the Kurdistan…
Transit intrigues of Moscow and Yerevan
On December 25-26, the President of Armenia Serge Sargsian made a visit to Georgia, which, according to mass media, turned out to be quite meaningless….
All is well between Tunisia and the UAE
This is a procedure the UAE has taken which when explained could have passed smoothly. It simply involved cancelling some incoming flights from Tunisia carrying…
One way to counter Iran’s aggression? Change the map of the Middle East
Iran’s geopolitical ascent is the most significant and dangerous development in the Middle East this century. But while the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy…
Q&A: What’s happening in Libya?
Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has said the mandate for a UN-backed government in Tripoli has expired, plunging the North African country deeper into political turmoil. Haftar declared the…
Erdogan slams UAE over FM’s anti-Turkish retweet
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attacked the United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister after he retweeted a post attacking a historical Ottoman leader. Without mentioning Abdullah bin Zayed…
On Trump’s national security plan and Iran
For years, Iran has been accurately labeled as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. Now, quietly with little notice beyond the region, the militant…
Pakistani Shias being trained by Iran for a regional fighting force
Dubai [UAE], Dec 20 (ANI): Very little is written in Pakistan about the Zainebiyoun, a brigade comprising of Pakistani Shia fighters trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) and currently fighting for…