Saudi Arabia or Qatar: Pakistan’s search for neutrality in the Gulf crisis
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The fact that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was accompanied by the army chief General Qamar Bajwa on the visit to...
Kurdish aspirations in the wake of changing US foreign policy
America-Russia reconciliation will change the dynamics of American foreign policy especially regarding NATO and the Middle East. There are two possible outcomes of this...
Is there any Kurdish-Daesh-Saudi connection in Syria and Iran?
Andrew Korybko | There are technically several stories here which all merge into a single one about how the Kurds are connected to Daesh, but...
The Middle East Spat intensifies as enmity increases between Iran and Saudi Arabia
The conundrum in the Middle East continues to conflagrate as the two bastions of the Muslim World in Iran and Saudi Arabia ratchet-up their...
Is the Islamic military alliance already in shambles?
Zahid Mehmood Zahid | Political and geostrategic trajectories in the crisis-ridden Middle East are evolving so swiftly that US President Donald Trump chose the region...
Stepping up the pressure: Saudi strong arms Muslim nations to take sides in Gulf crisis
James Dorsey | Saudi Arabia, in a first move to pressure mostly Muslim states to join its campaign against Qatar, has persuaded six sub-Saharan African...
“The US created ISIS” says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
News Analysis | Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei has stated that America is the cause of instability in the region and its fight again...
Realignments in the Middle East: Which is the stronger bloc?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Almost a week has passed since the terrorist strikes in Tehran but Iran has not retaliated with any “surgical strike” against...
The coerced dictated definitions: Who are terrorists and freedom fighters?
Muhammad Feyyaz | Qatar is in the eye of a storm, and sectarian blocks have deepened as never before. Indeed, geopolitically, the whole edifice of...
Qatar: Another reason for the rift between NATO allies?
Mehmet Ersoy | On Wednesday, June 7, the Turkish media wrote that Parliament voted to deploy 5,000 troops in the Turkish military base in Qatar...
US intrusion in Syria: Killing government forces in the name of “self-defense”
Daniel McAdams | The United States has carried out strikes against the Syrian forces. Two such strikes were carried out last week as the Syrian...
Diplomatic breakdown in the Gulf: Is Trump the only one to be blamed?
Nasir Azeem | The diplomatic and political rifts between the Arab nations is nothing new. The Gulf States have been fighting over a variety of...