Fissures in the GCC: Qatar stranded by its Gulf neighbors
News Analysis | Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates have cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar, causing fissures in the powerful Gulf consortium ostensibly...
US’ plan to destabilize Iran: “Dark Prince” appointed as head of the CIA
James M. Dorsey | The Trump administration, this week, appeared to take a potential step closer to backing efforts plotted by Saudi Arabia and the...
Pakistan must outline and work to achieve its own future for the region
Afrah Jamal | The media picked up on two things at the Arab-American Islamic summit held in May 2017. One that Pakistan was not mentioned...
Islamic Military Alliance: Seeking Non-Muslim help against a Muslim sect
Saad Rasool | This past week, leaders of almost 50 ‘Islamic’ nations met, under the leadership of Donald Trump and the frail King Salman, as...
Why is Pakistan reconsidering its role in the Islamic Military Alliance
Saad Yousaf | Reports are coming in that Pakistan is drawing red lines for its participation in Saudi-led IMAFT alliance after the US-Islamic summit. The...
Pakistan Govt. rethinking red lines over the military alliance after Saudi Summit
The direction set at the Muslim summit in Saudi Arabia last week has left Pakistan to seriously contemplate its participation in the 39-state Islamic...
Anti-Qatar media campaign in the Gulf: Cracks in the Islamic Military Alliance?
James M. Dorsey | Cracks have appeared in a Saudi-led, US-backed anti-terrorist political and military alliance days after the US President Donald J. Trump ended...
US-Saudi arms deal: Is this setting the stage for a Saudi-Iranian War?
Manzar Qureshi | Amid pomp and grandeur, President Donald Trump delivered his much awaited “speech on Islam” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After praising...
Trump’s speech in Riyadh in fact proves that the US needs Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Saudi Arabian government didn’t do well to schedule US President Donald Trump’s speech at the Arab-Islamic-American Summit at Riyadh for...
What has Saudi Arabia lost in an attempt to please its ‘master’?
Sufian Qazi | A long time ago, a wild dog visited a city to meet his urban dog friend. The wild dog was skinny, weak,...
A comprehensive guide to Trump’s speech addressing the Muslim world
On Sunday, President Donald Trump gave a speech addressing the Muslim world in Riyadh. His first address on his first foreign visit revealed a...
Air Force One lands in Riyadh: Trump’s distraction from the controversies at home
Jeff Mason and Steve Holland | Dogged by controversy at home, President Donald Trump opened a nine-day foreign trip on Saturday in Saudi Arabia,...