Pakistan: Fixing religious fault-lines in the age of ISIS..?
Afrah Jamal | Pakistan's Bold Response to Sectarianism? A few days before Muharram, grand proclamations advocating peace and calm that suggested people shun their religious, sectarian...
The “South Yemenis” are trying to repeat the Kurdish scenario
Andrew Korybko | A South Yemeni separatist leader vowed to hold an independence referendum in the near future. The former governor of Aden Aidaroos al-Zubaidi...
Western media’s propaganda war against Syria: Part of the “plan”?
Hussain Akram | The year 2011 saw the beginning of what Western media immediately described as a revolution against a 'mad dictator inflicting suffering upon...
Iran joins Iraq in squeezing United States’s Kurdish Allies
James M Dorsey | There may be a silver but risky lining for Kurdish nationalists in their devastating loss of Kirkuk and other cities on...
Malaysian Sultan speaks up against Saudi inspired ultra-conservatism
James M. Dorsey | Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, the sovereign of the Malaysian state of Johor, does not mince his words. His repeated verbal assaults on...
Is US still the only superpower in world?
Joseph Davis | The gradual, controlled demolition of the United States continues unabated. On the surface, this appears to be a global power shift from...
Why Russia suspects that US is helping ISIS in Syria & Iraq..?
Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Russia has accused the US of ‘reducing air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq to allow the militants passage...
Russia: The new master of Middle East
M K Bhadrakumar | The remark Wednesday by the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential envoy for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov offering Moscow’s mediation for a...
Gulf states enhancing ties with Israel after USA fails to end Qatar crisis
James M. Dorsey | A cornerstone of the Trump administration’s approach to Israeli-Palestinian peace, involving a restructuring of relations between erstwhile Middle Eastern foes appears...
Is Canada poised to replace the US in the settlement of the Middle East issues?
Stana Dubajic | With the current US administration visibly divided over all major international issues, coupled with the fierce fight of the American political establishment...
92 % Kurds vote for independence in referendum: How will the regional countries react to this?
News Analysis | Masoud Barzani, Iraq’s Kurdish leader has claimed victory in a referendum on independence held on Monday amid threats from Baghdad to take over the...
Is Kurdistan a US-Israeli conspiracy to balkanize Middle East?
M K Bhadrakumar | The result of the Kurdish independence referendum in northern Iraq will be known in the next 48 hours or so, but no surprises...