Opinion: Why Israel can be the best ally of Middle Eastern states?
The Firefly, an Israeli-built loitering kamikaze drone, part of the Spike family of missiles that the Jewish state has sold to various European nations,...
US military aid cut carries risk of heightened arms race in Middle East, but how?
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw Patriot anti-missile defense batteries from Saudi Arabia is likely to fuel an already brewing arms race. The kingdom...
Saudi Arabia will impose a full lockdown during Eid al-Fitr holidays
Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry...
Qatar Airways fearing collapse announces to resume flights
Qatar Airways on Wednesday said it will start expanding its network this month in anticipation of countries easing travel restrictions that have halted global...
Ensuring security of Gulf in post-pandemic world
The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout may rewrite the Gulf security as well as the political and economic map of the Middle East....
Emir Qatar should quit: Mubarak Al-Thani, ruling family member, demands
Sheikh Mubarak Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Qatar's ruling family member, has called on the Emir of Qatar to immediately quit power according to Saudi Gazette. Sheikh...
History’s largest shipbuilding order: from Qatar to a Chinese Company
Qatar awards history's largest shipbuilding order to a Chinese company, looking towards a stragegic relationship with China, but may upset Washington in the process.
Saudi Arabia’s MBS struggles as geopolitics gets out of hand
Oil Price War: Saudi US Rift Combatting the coronavirus and coping with the pandemic’s economic fallout may be Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s...
US Annoyed as Iran Becomes a Potential Ally of Gulf Nations
It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines...
US-Iran tensions: Is Iran deliberately playing with fire?
The United States and Iran, acting on perceptions of one another that seem to be engraved in stone, are on a collision course that...
OPEC observes oil market is under abrupt stress, supply will be disrupted
The OPEC oil cartel said Thursday that the world market for crude is undergoing an unprecedented jolt due to coronavirus mitigation measures that have...
Boeing launches most advanced F-15 fighter aircraft
The Defense Department awarded Boeing a $6.2 billion contract in 2017 to manufacture 36 F-15QA fighter jets for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF),...