By John Davison and Susan Heavey BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions after the U.S. […]
Jan 11, 2020 – 17:52 swissinfo.ch By Lisa Barrington and Nayera Abdallah DUBAI (Reuters) – Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East’s longest- serving rulers who […]
There are five divine guidelines that the Qur’an clearly presents to Muslims for building tolerance and understanding among differing religions. • Everyone’s God-given human dignity must be respected, regardless of […]
Diana Galeeva January 08, 2020 Under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, especially since 2013, Russia has used “religious soft power” as a pragmatic tool toward the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states […]
OP-ED Daily Sabah > SHAKIR HUSAIN Published 09.01.2020 Saudi Arabia’s tantrums are age-old and its sense of entitlement only a pretense. Two types of countries are normally unaffected by Saudi […]
Jan 08,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN US President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s cultural sites in retaliation for attacks on US forces in the region makes him a […]
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business January 7, 2020 New York (CNN Business)The White House faced sharp criticism from journalists on Tuesday after they learned that an Oval Office meeting […]
In death, it now seems the Major-General will achieve what he couldn’t in life Source: The Independent By Ali-Asghar Abedi, @AbediAA I would have been shocked by the news of […]
By Nick Pearson 1:56pm Jan 8, 2020 9.news.com.au US President Donald Trump has responded with a tweet about the Iranian rocket attack on air bases in Iraq. More […]
FINANCIAL TRIBUNE The US president is highly mistaken to assume that it can negotiate with Tehran the same way it holds talks with countries such as Saudi Arabia, says a […]
Tuesday, 07 January 2020 Amid confusion over a reported US letter to Iraq announcing the steps its military would take to move out of Iraq, Prime Minister Adel Abdul […]
Context for the Soleimani death is important. So let’s talk about why Iran is really angry with America Carli Pierson http://www.independent.co.uk More major news came out of Iran and […]
‘There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave,’ says Mark Esper Andrew Buncombe Seattle @AndrewBuncombe , Andrew Feinberg @AndrewFeinberg WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK The US has been forced to deny it is planning to […]
© AP Photo / Baderkhan Ahmad Middle East 06.01.2020 In a Monday letter to Iraqi military leaders, the US-led coalition in Iraq announced it was preparing to “move out” of […]
Increased participation from the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel in the latest election can help be a catalyst for a brighter future for the country and all Palestinians By Jonathan […]
by Keith Koffler | January 05, 2020 President Trump Sunday said the United States would not abandon its airbase in Iraq unless the country paid billions for the cost […]
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson jeopardise what remains of the west’s human rights credibility Edward Luce January 2 2020 Imagine if China had incarcerated upwards of a million Christians. […]
The Iraqi parliament has voted for a resolution to ask the government to end the agreement to host US troops in Iraq. The move would essentially oust US troops and […]
EURACTIV.com with AFP and Reuters European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday (4 January) stressed the “need for de-escalation” after the US assassination of a top Iranian […]
Up until recently the US president has shown he has no idea who Qassim Soleimani is, but the killing of the Iranian general has now pushed the Middle East […]