Saudi Crown Prince calls Iranian leader “Hitler” of Middle East
News Analysis | At a time when the Middle East is in the middle of a severe rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Saudi Arabia's...
Egyptian singer detained for ‘vulgar’ video
News Desk | Shaima Ahmed, an Egyptian pop-singer to be detained for a week over her racy video. The Egyptian prosecutors have charged the singer...
Rouhani declares the end of ISIS. What next now for Iran?
News Analysis | Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday announced the end of the Islamic State (ISIS), a brutal militant organization that proliferated in Iraq...
Saudi-UAE promote tribes against Qatari Emir
James M Dorsey | Nearly six months into the Gulf crisis, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to mobilize tribal opposition as...
Saudi Arabia raises temperature against Iran
AFP | Saudi Arabia warned Sunday that it would not stand idly by in the face of Iranian "aggression", as Bahrain said the Iran-backed Hezbollah...
Playing with Fire: There are no good guys in the Middle East
James M. Dorsey | Remarks at United Hebrew Congregation, Singapore, 3 October 2017 There are no nice guys in the Middle East, a region that is...
Saudi Princes offered freedom for 70 percent of their wealth
News Analysis | Saudi Arabian authorities are demanding billions of dollars from the detained princes and prominent businessmen following their arrest in the so-called anti-corruption...
Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador from Germany over Lebanon comments
Reuters | Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments allegedly made by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during a...
Iran’s good relations with Pakistan and India stops the US from blackmailing the region
Adam Garrie | India-Pakistan relations have become notably unhealthy in the age of Premier Narendra Modi, however, both countries continue to share something which separates...
Qatar claims Saudi involvement in Lebanon similar to Gulf Crisis
AFP | Qatar's foreign minister on Friday compared Saudi Arabia's political maneuvers in Lebanon to its boycott of his country and accused Riyadh of a...
Will Lebanon pay the price of Saudi Intervention?
James M Dorsey | The proof will be in the pudding when Prime Minister Saad Hariri returns home in the coming days to a country...
Saudi-Iranian proxy war heats up
James M. Dorsey | Shot dead this week on a street in The Hague, Ahmad Mola Nissi may have died the violent life he lived, but his...