Is Israel Preparing for War Against Hezbollah?
How does Israel read the Middle East these days? Few details on its national security strategy are explicitly and publicly expressed. But at the annual Herzliya…
Time For U.S. State Department To Finally Listen On Bahrain
Here it comes. A Bahrain court will decide on Monday July 11 whether its largest opposition group should be formally dissolved a month after it…
ISIS Attacks Should Be Wake-Up Call for Middle Eastern Leaders
Regional states have largely avoided making hard choices on Syria. This weekend saw a series of ISIS attacks across the Muslim world, punctuating the end…
Chilcot report evokes angry war memories in Middle East
Commentators in Middle East media have responded angrily to the findings of the Chilcot inquiry that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was premature and based…
File 17 vindicates Saudi Arabia loud and clear
Panicky Western newscasters led by CNN and Fox News reported that the three bombing attacks in Saudi Arabia on July 4 illustrated opposition to the…
Donatella Versace opens the doors to her new hotel in Dubai – photos
She is the flamboyant fashionista known for a quirky, sexy style that combines fashion with rock ‘n’ roll and now Donatella Versace is bringing her…
Syria’s 72 hours period without deaths
The military leadership of Syria’s Assad regime on Wednesday declared a 72-hour nationwide ceasefire. “The ceasefire is to be implemented in all territories across the…
The story of a girl married at 11 tracks the horrors of Yemen’s war
Yemen: Child marriages have long been woven into Yemen’s social fabric, driven largely by poverty, as in many parts of the world. But before the…
Donald Trump: “I don’t love Saddam Hussein”
Donald Trump stood by the much-criticized tweet at an Ohio rally, and doubled down on his controversial statements about the former Iraqi dictator Donald Trump…
Israel is outraged by the Russian FM’s position on Armenia
It’s amazing how people change their views overnight, ignoring the risk of not only being laughed at, but completely lose credibility. That is how the…