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Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh Where are we heading? We no longer ask this question. What’s more important is on is what is going on. That is the real question. It is not guaranteed that we will get satisfactory answers to any of these queries, especially those vague questions. …

Syrian regime Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, a Saudi statement said, on the first such trip since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011. Mekdad flew into Jeddah after an invitation from his Saudi counterpart, according to the statement from the Saudi foreign ministry. …

Recently, Israel has been convulsed by public protests against PM Netanyahu’s judicial reform project. The turmoil started when Netanyahu, newly returned to office as head of a coalition that has been described as the most far-right one since Israel’s independence, announced a plan to overhaul the judiciary. Netanyahu’s …

Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh The Parliament of Turkey approved on March 30, 2023 Finland’s accession to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in a unanimous vote. In a quick turnaround in less than a week, NATO deal was struck and on April 4th, 2023 Finland became a full-fledged NATO …

The Biden administration called off Blinken’s planned trip to Beijing in February after a Chinese spy balloon traversed U.S. skies, but has since been trying to restart high-level talks, POLITICO writes. That includes rescheduling the Blinken visit, and setting up other trips by top U.S. officials and a …

Abdel Bari Atwan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the hawks in his fascist government are looking for a war to help them overcome their domestic crises and international isolation. That is why they gave the green light to their army and security forces to storm the al-Aqsa …

Power struggle is not an unfamiliar concept in the international political world order. The history has witnessed, how the actors have changed yet the struggle for power continues, heedless of time and space. In every era, political entities have always endeavored to gain maximum power to get other …

Meritocracy is an absolute farce. It is a sham term. It is fiction. The world’s prevalent meritocracy is extremely problematic for both the elite and lower middle classes. Merit is the notion that social and financial compensation should follow aptitude, effort, and accomplishment. Middle-class children lose out to …

The hum of inflationary panic; the buzz of an impending recession has somewhat died down – at least in my quarters! Or maybe it is just my instinct, given how relatively pressing matters have recently replaced the fervor misting around the rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. But …