Jamal Khashoggi changes the Middle East at potentially horrible cost – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | The fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, assuming that his disappearance was the work of Saudi security and military officials,...
Pakistani poker: Playing Saudi Arabia against China – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Desperate for funding to fend off a financial crisis fueled in part by mounting debt to China, Pakistan is playing a...
US pulls out of international accord over Jerusalem embassy case
AFP| The United States said Wednesday it was quitting an international accord related to the top UN court after the Palestinians challenged the US move...
The state of journalists in today’s Middle East-James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | Saudi Arabia and Turkey, despite being on opposite sides of Middle Eastern divides, are cooperating in Syria to enable youth and...
Rifts between “Middle East Allies” rising – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Tumblr. Three recent developments lay bare the fragility...
US blames indirect fire for shutting of Iraqi consulate
AFP | The United States on Friday shut its consulate in the protest-hit southern Iraqi city of Basra, blaming "indirect fire" by Iran-backed forces and...
Palestinian President condemns US as biased
AFP | Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tore into the Trump administration Thursday, refusing to accept the United States as the sole mediator in the Middle...
Yemen activist once held by rebels slams UN peace drive as ‘naive’
AFP | A Yemeni activist who was held and allegedly tortured for months by Huthi rebels this week criticised the UN-backed peace process for his...
Global watchdog takes Saudi Arabia to task for lax anti-terrorism finance measures – James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance measures puts the kingdom on the...
Does the UN’s Syria peace process still have a purpose?
AFP | When your job has been labelled "mission impossible," failure may be the most likely outcome. There is no doubt that the United Nations...
Coalition says to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen’s Hodeida
AFP | A Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors between two key rebel strongholds the Red Sea city...
Middle Eastern black swans dot China’s Belt and Road – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | If any one part of the world has forced China to throw its long-standing foreign and defense policy principles out the...