Middle East & Africa
The battle for Iran: Policy or regime change?
Iran, in the latest of a series of incidents on its western and south-eastern borders, said it had disbanded a Pakistan-based cell of ant-Shiite...
Western Sahara and New Cell of Hezbollah involvement in North Africa
Tehran's recent moves against Morocco’s national sovereignty represents its plan to keep on its strategy through global supremacy by undermining and destabilizing pro-Western states....
Saudi religious diplomacy targets Jerusalem
A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more overt edge to...
Erdogan’s deterrent components
Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 52 percent of the vote and, through a coalition with the National Movement Party, guaranteed his presence in Ankara's political...
Blaming Iran for Yemenis’ sufferings laughable
Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, claimed on June 28 that Iran is “prolonging suffering of the Yemeni people” by supporting Houthi rebels.
The...
How Saudi Arabia’s canal plans could backfire
Thanks to its rift with neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Qatar could soon find itself an island nation, should the rumours that the kingdom intends to...
The Middle East: History threatens to repeat itself
If the notion that history repeats itself is accurate, it is nowhere truer than in the Middle East where the international community, caught by...
Khatami, Ahmadinejad and Rouhani on Russia’s and China’s role in the Iranian nuclear issue
During the Iranian Nuclear crisis, three presidents ruled Iran. Ayatollah Khamenei was Iran’s Supreme Leader during the aforementioned period, and one can argue that...
Iran’s Chabahar port is where Asian and Middle Eastern rivalries collide
Iran’s Indian-back port of Chabahar, inaugurated months before the United States re-imposed sanctions on the Islamic republic, is where Asia and the Middle East’s...
Syrian Kurds need their “roadmap”
While Manbij Roadmap has been agreed on by the historic allies, US and Turkey, the need for developing the similar“roadmap” for Syrian Kurds in...