Day: October 16, 2019

Pakistan & Russia Might Hold the Keys to Iranian-Saudi Peace

October 16, 2019 Opinion

Pakistani Prime Minister Khan's efforts to mediate a detente in the Iranian-Saudi Cold War are proof of his country's rising prestige as the global pivot state and indicate just how indispensable Isla…

UAE’s Secret Mission to Iran

October 16, 2019 Opinion

Tahnoun bin Zayed, the national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates and the crown prince’s younger brother, has been in Tehran for the last 48 hours on a secret mission aiming to defuse the G…

One Rocket Provoked the US Withdrawal: Details of the Kurdish-Russian-Syrian Deal

October 16, 2019 Opinion

Last Friday a 155 mm artillery shell landed 300 metres from a US command post near the Syrian bordering city of Ayn al-Arab (known by the Syrian Kurds as “Kobane”) during an ongoing operation carried …

Russia’s Balanced Diplomacy in Middle East on Rise as US Policy Crashes

October 16, 2019 Opinion

The timing is not merely coincidental. The shambolic policymaking of the Trump administration has thrown the Middle East into further chaos, while countries are increasingly viewing Russia as a source…

The Predictable Mess on Syria’s Border with Turkey

October 16, 2019 Opinion

In less than a week, a new front has opened in Syria’s 8-year, all-but-over war, featuring hot- and cold-running proxies from its earliest days. Syrian sovereignty is once again violated as casually a…

Trump and Erdogan Have Much in Common and the Kurds Will Pay the Price

October 16, 2019 Opinion

What perfidy. Is there any more solemn a word that can be developed in the English language for such treachery? The west’s Kurdish allies are being betrayed all over again. Like Kissinger, like Trump.…

Trump Wants to End the “Stupid Wars”?

October 16, 2019 Opinion

The discussion, if one might even call it that, regarding the apparent President Donald Trump decision to withdraw at least some American soldiers from Syria has predictably developed along partisan, …

Europe Can No Longer Trust the United States. Better Look Eastwards

October 16, 2019 Opinion

It has recently become more obvious that the European Union cannot trust the United States, in which sentiment it has much in common with other groupings and individual nations around the world. The T…