Khashoggi crisis highlights why investment in Asia is more productive than in the Middle East – James M Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Growing Western political and corporate reluctance to be associated with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the suspected killing of journalist...
Jamal Khashoggi’s killing took seven minutes, Turkish source tells MEE
Middle East Eye | It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die, a Turkish source who has listened in full to an audio recording...
Pompeo holds crisis talks in Riyadh on missing journalist
AFP | US top diplomat Mike Pompeo held talks with Saudi King Salman on Tuesday seeking answers about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, amid...
Idlib province: Syria’s last major rebel stronghold
AFP | Syria's jihadist-dominated Idlib province is the last major area still outside regime control, after a string of ferocious assaults this year put most...
Syria army warns Idlib residents as deadline looms
AFP | Syria's army Friday warned residents of the country's last major rebel bastion to stay away from jihadists, who have yet to withdraw from...
Jamal Khashoggi changes the Middle East at potentially horrible cost – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | The fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, assuming that his disappearance was the work of Saudi security and military officials,...
Pakistani poker: Playing Saudi Arabia against China – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Desperate for funding to fend off a financial crisis fueled in part by mounting debt to China, Pakistan is playing a...
US pulls out of international accord over Jerusalem embassy case
AFP| The United States said Wednesday it was quitting an international accord related to the top UN court after the Palestinians challenged the US move...
The state of journalists in today’s Middle East-James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | Saudi Arabia and Turkey, despite being on opposite sides of Middle Eastern divides, are cooperating in Syria to enable youth and...
Rifts between “Middle East Allies” rising – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Tumblr. Three recent developments lay bare the fragility...
US blames indirect fire for shutting of Iraqi consulate
AFP | The United States on Friday shut its consulate in the protest-hit southern Iraqi city of Basra, blaming "indirect fire" by Iran-backed forces and...
Palestinian President condemns US as biased
AFP | Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tore into the Trump administration Thursday, refusing to accept the United States as the sole mediator in the Middle...