Medina

August 3, 2023 | Enia Krivine |

No normalization at any price

Biden pursues peace between Israel and Saudia Arabia as he prepares to betray both.

December 21, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Abdullah in the middle

Why Jordan has not joined the Abraham Accords

November 2, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Some ‘Modernizer’

Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?

July 5, 2016 | David Weinberg

Analysis: Attacks show radicals retain foothold in Saudi Arabia

A wave of suicide attacks Monday in Saudi Arabia, especially one near the burial site of the prophet Mohammed, shows that radicals are increasingly challenging the Al Saud royal family and its ro...

July 5, 2016 |

Attacks Highlight Terrorists’ Goals in Saudi Arabia, but Also Limits

Suicide bombers struck three Saudi cities on Monday, detonating themselves near the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, a U.S. diplomatic facility in Jeddah, and a Shiite mosque in the eastern city...

June 23, 2015 |

Meet Saudi Arabia’s Biggest (and Most Controversial) Twitter Star

Saudi Arabia is changing, some say. The authoritarian desert kingdom is becoming more responsive to the will of its people and the demands of the global information economy, say others. This idea...

January 28, 2015 |

King Salman’s Shady History

President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh today to offer his condolences on the death of the beloved Saudi King Abdullah and to meet his successor, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. But just who is Ki...

January 5, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Islamic State Kills Qods Force General in Central Iraq

An Islamic State sniper gunned down a general in Iran's Qods Force who was advising Iraqi troops and Shiite militias in the battleground city of Samarra in central Iraq. The Iranian...

October 3, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Sandstorm

The great medieval historian Ibn Khaldun centered his understanding of history on asabiyya, which is perhaps best translated as esprit de corps mixed with the will to power. In his maste...

April 18, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

IMU Lauds Another German Killed in US Drone Strike

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan released martyrdom tape today praising a German member who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan over a year ago. The German, who was identified as Samir...

November 13, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Analysis: Hezbollah’s Lethal Anti-Semitism

There are a great many reasons whirling around within European foreign ministries to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Compelling arguments include the Lebanese Shi’ite group&rsqu...

October 12, 2012 | James Kirchick Tablet |

Sinister Trend in Publishing

Saudi Arabia, China, and Iran ban books. Why are they being honored on the European book-fair circuit?

March 21, 2012 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

“Destroy All the Churches”

Is it not news when Saudi Arabia’s leading religious authority meets with a terrorist group and says that?

February 27, 2012 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

Why Apologize to Afghanistan?

We have officially lost our minds. The New York Times...

October 17, 2011 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online |

Breaking Tehran

Iran is at war with us, and we must win.

October 3, 2011 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

Moderation, Saudi-Style

Women will always be serfs under sharia.

June 15, 2011 |

Ud. Debe Recordar Esto

 Hay un aniversario que puede nos haga bien recordar. El 29 de mayo de 1453 - hace apenas 555 añitos – las tropas lideradas por Mehmed II penetraron las murallas de la antigua c...

April 22, 2011 |

Bandar’s Return

As my friend Simon Henderson has been chronicling, "Bandar is back." Sidelined in recent years by some combination of illness and palace intrigue, Saudi Arabia's legendary former ambassador...

July 23, 2010 | |

Iran’s Global Terrorist Reach

The United States became painfully aware of the threat posed by global jihadism after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Until that day, Iranian-backed terrorist networks, such as Hezbolla...

June 22, 2009 | |

The June 12 Revolution

The modern Middle East has had numerous "game-changing" moments, when history turned. Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt in 1798, Muhammad Ali's conquest of the Nile Valley in 1805,...