Houthis Ready to Resume Attacks: The leader of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen warned on February 11 that the group was prepared to resume its attacks on Israel. “Our...
Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani in Hajj. pic.twitter.com/TGlhRiPbR9— Muhammad Jalal (@MJalalAf) June 7, 2024 ...
Her Majesty Rania Al Abdullah misses an opportunity
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters this week that Saudi Arabia still has a “clear interest” in normalizing relations with Israel, but that moving forward would require a “practical...
The appalling ignorance of Hamas supporters
Biden pursues peace between Israel and Saudia Arabia as he prepares to betray both.
With the Hajj being only a month away, Saudi Arabia has a chance to take the high road with Israeli Muslims and sidestep the obstacles in their efforts to normalize relations. Riyadh is hereby called upon,...
Open ties between the two nations are in everyone’s interest, but it will take serious intent and deft maneuvering from America to get there. Is the administration up to it?
Assessing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Why Jordan has not joined the Abraham Accords
An Egyptian cleric who, only five days after 9/11, called on Muslims to “fight the American military” and “fight the U.S. economically and politically,” has died at age 96. Yusuf al-Qaradawi had...
The Saudi crown prince means to transform the kingdom
Khomeini’s decree stoked Muslim anger and paralyzed the West’s response to Islamic fundamentalism.
The recent Abbas-Haniyeh handshake signifies the desperate state of both Palestinian factions – as well as of their Algerian hosts
If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
A reconsideration of the relationship is long overdue
Advancing the collapse of the Islamic Republic will not bog the United States down into another Middle Eastern war or cost further blood and treasure. It can be done by maintaining sanctions on the Islamic Republic and its officials and by beginning a policy of maximum support of the Iranian people.
On Iran, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board.
The coronavirus pandemic and Russian-Saudi oil price war have triggered an historic drop in oil prices, shaking the economic and fiscal foundations of the oil-dependent Arab Gulf states and stretching their...
Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?