Why is Pakistan reconsidering its role in the Islamic Military Alliance
Saad Yousaf | Reports are coming in that Pakistan is drawing red lines for its participation in Saudi-led IMAFT alliance after the US-Islamic summit. The...
Pakistan Govt. rethinking red lines over the military alliance after Saudi Summit
The direction set at the Muslim summit in Saudi Arabia last week has left Pakistan to seriously contemplate its participation in the 39-state Islamic...
Anti-Qatar media campaign in the Gulf: Cracks in the Islamic Military Alliance?
James M. Dorsey | Cracks have appeared in a Saudi-led, US-backed anti-terrorist political and military alliance days after the US President Donald J. Trump ended...
US-Saudi arms deal: Is this setting the stage for a Saudi-Iranian War?
Manzar Qureshi | Amid pomp and grandeur, President Donald Trump delivered his much awaited “speech on Islam” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After praising...
Trump’s speech in Riyadh in fact proves that the US needs Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Saudi Arabian government didn’t do well to schedule US President Donald Trump’s speech at the Arab-Islamic-American Summit at Riyadh for...
What has Saudi Arabia lost in an attempt to please its ‘master’?
Sufian Qazi | A long time ago, a wild dog visited a city to meet his urban dog friend. The wild dog was skinny, weak,...
A comprehensive guide to Trump’s speech addressing the Muslim world
On Sunday, President Donald Trump gave a speech addressing the Muslim world in Riyadh. His first address on his first foreign visit revealed a...
Air Force One lands in Riyadh: Trump’s distraction from the controversies at home
Jeff Mason and Steve Holland | Dogged by controversy at home, President Donald Trump opened a nine-day foreign trip on Saturday in Saudi Arabia,...
Arab-Islamic Summit: US-Muslim get-together without Iran?
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Arab–Islamic Summit is scheduled to take place next week in Riyadh. In a clear sign of the reversal of US...
The Middle-Eastern conflict: Threatening for Pakistan and China’s OBOR
James M. Dorsey | Increasingly caught up in the Middle East’s multiple conflicts, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran...
Iran minister warns Saudi Arabian prince about getting into ‘battles’
Iran will hit back at most of Saudi Arabia with the exception of Islam's holiest places if the kingdom does anything "ignorant", Tehran's defense...
Saudi Prince rejects the notion of ties with Iran
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, in a TV interview, has categorically stated that it is impossible for Saudi Arabia to participate in...