Iran: The Good News is Really Bad
Tariq Alhomayed
It may look like some of the western statements concerning Iran are good for Tehran however this is not the case. This is because after Ahmadinejad announced that his country is set to begin producing ...
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The Nuclear Power of Mandela
Dr. Hamad Al-Majid
Nelson Mandela is amazing. In a celebration he held recently for the 20th anniversary of his release, Nelson Mandela invited his ex-jail guard, who closed the door on Mandela and shackled him for ...
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Dubai: From Suzanne Tamim to Mahmoud al Mabhouh
Muhammad Diyab
The progress of Dubai cannot be measured in terms of its skyscrapers, its superior transport network, its flexible economic system or its cultural openness alone; safety in this Emirate, which is ...
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The Arab Community … The International Community
Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban
Every time an Arab country faces a crisis of any kind, Western powers take immediate steps to hold a conference which ends up with ready made solutions, with the necessary funding for these solutions. ...
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King Abdullah: The Most Popular Leader
Tariq Alhomayed
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz topped a poll that was conducted by the US Pew Research Center of the most popular leaders in the Islamic world. This is the least the ...
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Hakimullah Mehsud: Dead or Alive?
Diana Mukkaled
For the third time in a matter of months, contradictory statements have been issued by the Pakistani authorities and the CIA on the one hand, and the Pakistani Taliban movement on the other. As soon ...
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Iran: Will the Guard Switch Sides?
Amir Taheri
Almost two months ago, General Muhammad-Ali Aziz Jaafari, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), vowed to stop further anti-regime demonstrations and break what he termed "this chain of ...
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Jihadist Raising the American Flag
Tariq Alhomayed
At a time that religious fatwas are being issued in Sanaa stating that Jihad will be declared against the US should it intervene in Yemen against the Al Qaeda organization, Tariq Al-Fadli, the man ...
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In Order Not To Corrupt the Lives of Others
Muhammad Diyab
Rarely does a day go by that we do not read a news article in a Saudi newspaper about the arrest of an individual or a group allegedly practicing black magic by the Commission for the Promotion of ...
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Salam Fayyad: A Brave Man
Tariq Alhomayed
Hamas, Fatah and the Palestinian factions did not spare the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad criticism following his participation in the annual Herzliya Conference held in Israel. It is considered ...
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A Fresh Attempt at Negotiations
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed
It was not accidental that US President Barack Obama ignored the Middle East issue in his annual speech known as the State of the Union address. He did not refer to the issue at all as part of his ...
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A Repeat of the Seventies?
Mshari Al-Zaydi
At this stage, Hamas and Israel are on the verge of [engaging in] widespread clashes in light of a fragile truce. In this context, the murder of one of Hamas’ most prominent security commanders, namely ...
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Iran…Sweet Talk!
Tariq Alhomayed
As soon as news broke that the US was deploying an anti-missile weapons system off the coast of Iran and in a number of Arab Gulf States, some Arabs came out saying that this step represents a provocation ...
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If the South Secedes!
Osman Mirghani
The question in Sudan today is no longer will the South secede but rather what will happen when the South secedes. All the signs suggest that secession has now become inevitable and claims that certain ...
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Money for Arms
Ali Ibrahim
The London Conference on Afghanistan has adopted a new and more realistic approach to the never-ending crisis affecting a country which has suffered one catastrophe after the next without interruption. ...
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Yemen Collapsing
Dr. Hamad Al-Majid
Dangerous cracks have appeared in Yemen; there are cracks courtesy of the Huthi rebels, the Al Qaeda organization, and the southern separatist movement, not to mention the cracks of poverty, ...
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Patreaus and Al Lami and the Scandal of Integrity!
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed
Ali al Lami heads the Iraqi Justice and Accountability Commission, an institution with a resonant name and whose own integrity and accountability is being challenged before it calls candidates of the ...
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Saudi Arabia: Rescue or Entanglement
Tariq Alhomayed
This is not the first time that the Afghans have requested that Saudi Arabia intervene to end the conflict in their country, but is only the latest and most serious request, as can be seen by what the ...
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Saudi Mediation: The Taliban's Last Chance
Muhammad Diyab
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for Saudi mediation between the Afghan government and the Taliban movement and tribal groups in order to achieve peace in the country is the right move but is ...
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