Day: November 22, 2017

How Turkey, Iran, Russia and India are Playing the New Silk Roads

November 22, 2017 Opinion

Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani will hold a summit this Wednesday in Sochi to discuss Syria. Russia, Turkey and Iran are the three power players at the Astana negotiations – wh…

Trump Designates North Korea as State Sponsor of Terrorism

November 22, 2017 Opinion

US President Trump has compounded tensions on the Korean Peninsula yesterday by putting North Korea back onto the US State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. The move paves the way for …

Libya in 2017 Is Home to the Slave Trade… Yes, You Read That Right

November 22, 2017 Opinion

NATO's military intervention in Libya in 2011 has justifiably earned its place in history as an indictment of Western foreign policy and a military alliance that since the collapse of the Soviet Union…

Mohammed bin Salman and the New Balance of Power

November 22, 2017 Opinion

Morbid curiosity draw attention to the real-life Game of Thrones now playing out in Saudi Arabia, but the stories of intrigue among the Bedouin clans who control the kingdom are less interesting than …

What is Behind the Military Coup in Zimbabwe?

November 22, 2017 Opinion

Long-roiling factional conflict within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF political party exploded last week in a military coup that quickly seized control of the government and state media. The coup was led b…

Are Israel, Saudi Arabia About to Upgrade Relations?

November 22, 2017 Opinion

The surprising interview that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot gave to the Saudi news site Elaph was published on Nov. 16, just a few days before the 40th anniversary of Egypti…

Boy, Is This Stupid or What? Did the US Allow ISIS to Escape to Keep the Fighting Going?

November 22, 2017 Opinion

Americans have been living in a country that has not known peace since 9/11, when President George W. Bush and his posse of neoconservatives delivered the message to the world that “you are either wit…

Lebanese Army Placed at ‘Full Readiness’ to Counter ‘Israeli Enemy’

November 22, 2017 Military

The head of the Lebanese Army has asked the military to be at “full readiness” to face “the Israeli enemy” at the southern border. The announcement comes as Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, vow t…