Middle East & Africa
Saudi-UAE push to mobilize tribes against Qatari emir
Nearly six months into the Gulf crisis, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to mobilize tribal opposition as well as little...
Kenya’s Democratic Disappointment
Kenya's Supreme Court had voided the result of the presidential election held in August, but following a voting rerun – over two months and...
The Lebanese crisis
On November 4 last, during the great "purge" within the Saudi elite, the Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, resigned claiming that his life was...
Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s return to Lebanon: A moment of truth
The proof will be in the pudding when Prime Minister Saad Hariri returns home in the coming days to a country in which friend...
The power struggle within Saudi Arabia
In the current vision of the Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the Saudi national anti-corruption Commission “Nazaha” has worked very well. The anti-corruption Nazaha...
Arab media: Saudi purge promises tighter control
Long-standing Saudi efforts to dominate the pan-Arab media landscape appear to have moved into high gear with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's purge that...
Yemen facing largest famine the world has seen for decades
Yemen will be gripped by famine – one the likes of which the world has not seen in years – if the blockade on...
Murder in The Hague: Saudi-Iranian proxy war heats up
Shot dead this week on a street in The Hague, Ahmad Mola Nissi may have died the violent life he lived, but his murder...
The Saudi Arabian issue
The 32-year old Prince Muhammad bin Salman, who is the heir to Saudi Arabia’s throne, wants at first "to eradicate the roots of Islamic...
Getting the Saudi fight against corruption right
Kuwaiti billionaire Maan al-Sanea should have seen it coming after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman vowed to root out corruption. ...