To my astonishment and dismay, Western powers, human rights groups and international institutions have ganged-up against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, alleging ‘human rights abuses’ over its execution of 47 terrorists tried and sentenced for their crimes following lengthy transparent trials.
The gloves are off. Not content with boasting that it controls certain Arab capitals and using militias to destabilise others, the Islamic Republic of Iran has passed the point of no return by directly interfering in Saudi Arabia’s internal affairs.
Council president Ford Fraker was interviewed on National Public Radio about the recent decision by Saudi Arabia to cut diplomatic ties with Iran. Fraker, the former U.S.
January 4th, 2016, marking the tenth anniversary of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s accession as Ruler of Dubai, is a day for celebration and for giving thanks.
The rotation of a small Turkish military training force in Iraq has become the latest headache for Turkey’s government and its president. The forces are ostensibly in Iraq to provide training for anti-ISIS fighters, including Iraqi Kurds.
Our region is war-torn and fractured. We are facing multiple threats of multiple kinds. This is the most dangerous era I have ever lived through, surpassing the 1991 Gulf War when we came together to defeat a single enemy.
December 2, 1971 was much more than a simple signing of a treaty, it changed our lives forever.
Paris is in mourning. We are all in mourning for those who thronged the glorious French capital on Friday evening little knowing it would be their last.
Ancient cities and World Heritage sites across Syria have been turned into wastelands of blood-soaked rubble littered with infants’ shoes and toys. Almost 300,000 Syrians have been killed and 11 million displaced.
Setting aside Washington’s woeful Middle East policies, it is worth reminding ourselves that the United States of America is one of the greatest nations on the planet.
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