Uncle Sam’s Iran obsession continues; calls for regime change
News Analysis | The US-Iran rivalry is aggravating by the day. US Defense Chief, General James Mattis has said that regime change is essential to improve...
A Syrian “Ceasefire” for whom?
Andrew Korybko | The “ceasefire” agreed to by Presidents Putin and Trump following their first-ever face-to-face meeting last week at the G20 is meant to advance...
Iraq: No end in sight
News Analysis | Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Mosul to congratulate the army for driving the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...
Myths on Pakistan’s role in Saudi-led military alliance
Jan Achakzai | Apparently, an organized social media campaign is in full swing against Pakistan's principled stance to join Saudi Arabia led security alliance. It...
Terrorism as pretext for intervention in the energy-rich Middle East
Nauman Sadiq | In order to understand the hype surrounding the phenomena of Islamic radicalism and terrorism, we need to understand the prevailing global economic...
All the UAE’s men: Gulf crisis opens door to power shift in Palestine
James M. Dorsey | With attention in the Middle East focused on the Gulf crisis, the United Arab Emirates is elsewhere seeking to reshape the...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The revival of Ottoman Empire?
For the world he may seem an autocrat in the guise of democratically elected presidency; for western media he might be a tyrant who...
U.S Iran nuclear deal: what will be its implications in the region?
Jawaria Waheed | 13 years after the nuclear activities of Iran were exposed an agreement was finally concluded on 14th July 2015 in Vienna, Austria which...
Egypt allows soccer fans to attend matches after six years!
James M. Dorsey | Caught between a rock and a hard place, Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has agreed to allow thousands of fans to...
Tehran hits Delhi’s underbelly as Modi hugs Trump and Netanyahu
News Analysis | Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei has spoken in favor of the 'oppressed Muslims' of Kashmir for the second time in as many...
Jackson report puts Saudi Arabia and UK in a tight spot
James Dorsey | A report charging Saudi Arabia with funding extremism in Britain puts both the Kingdom and Prime Minister Teresa May on the spot. The report...
The club of four castigate Qatar’s piecemeal response
News Analysis | The GCC surge against one of its member countries, Qatar continues as the crisis over its alleged support for terrorism turns into...