Escalation of the Syrian conflict: Is the US hurting Syria more than ever?
News Analysis | An American fighter jet on Sunday shot down a Syrian warplane that the US-led coalition said attacked its allies in the fight...
Gulf crisis and new alliances: Where does Pakistan stand?
News Analysis | Bahrain has ordered Qatari troops serving with a coalition fighting the Islamic State group to leave its territory. It comes after Bahrain...
A battle for influence between two monarchies
Yasir Malik | Qatar, a tiny oil-rich nation, an ally of the USA and European powers having a wealth fund of $335 billion is the largest...
The “either with us or against us” statement is back to test Pakistani leaders
Amid a potentially incendiary Qatar crisis, Pakistan's position and foreign policy choices are likely to be affected. Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to take...
Gulf crisis and the future of Middle East
Ahsan Hamid Durrani | An energy-rich part of the world engulfed in perpetual turbulence, political instability, violent extremism, economic debilitation, sectarian divide characterized by ruthless...
Of weapons and deals: Trump’s shenanigans with Qatar
News Analysis | US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and his Qatari counterpart Khalid Al-Attiyah signed a letter of agreement for a $12-billion sale of US-manufactured F-15...
Saudi Arabia or Qatar: Pakistan’s search for neutrality in the Gulf crisis
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The fact that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was accompanied by the army chief General Qamar Bajwa on the visit to...
Is there any Kurdish-Daesh-Saudi connection in Syria and Iran?
Andrew Korybko | There are technically several stories here which all merge into a single one about how the Kurds are connected to Daesh, but...
The Middle East Spat intensifies as enmity increases between Iran and Saudi Arabia
The conundrum in the Middle East continues to conflagrate as the two bastions of the Muslim World in Iran and Saudi Arabia ratchet-up their...
Is the Islamic military alliance already in shambles?
Zahid Mehmood Zahid | Political and geostrategic trajectories in the crisis-ridden Middle East are evolving so swiftly that US President Donald Trump chose the region...
Stepping up the pressure: Saudi strong arms Muslim nations to take sides in Gulf crisis
James Dorsey | Saudi Arabia, in a first move to pressure mostly Muslim states to join its campaign against Qatar, has persuaded six sub-Saharan African...
Realignments in the Middle East: Which is the stronger bloc?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Almost a week has passed since the terrorist strikes in Tehran but Iran has not retaliated with any “surgical strike” against...