Terrorism & Extremism

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on April 29 named his powerful interior minister as heir in a major shakeup that also saw the world’s longest-serving foreign minister replaced. A royal decree removed Crown Prince Moqren bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud as next in line to the throne and replaced …

An article published in U.S.-based newspaper, The New York Observer, claims the recent massive power outage in Turkey that happened on March 31 was caused by Iran. The article claims: “The blackout in Turkey was caused by a cyber hack that originated in Iran.” Continuing the claims by …

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed an agreement to improve bilateral political and commercial ties and further develop consultations on regional developments during yesterday’s visit to Kuwait. During the visit, the president also invited local investors to Turkey and explained the government initiatives implemented to make the country a …

Republican presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul said on Monday it was a big “mistake” that U.S. ousted former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 2003, according to the weekly New York Observer. Rand Paul said U.S.’s move to topple Saddam Hussein might have made Iran “twice as strong as …

IT HAS been a rough decade for al-Qaeda. America and its regional allies assassinated its top leaders from Yemen to Iraq, and made it harder for the group’s branches to communicate with the central leadership. In 2011 America killed Osama bin Laden, its chief. Since Islamic State (IS) …

BY WADING into the war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia may well have made matters worse. Tension with its regional rival, Iran, has deepened. Saudi aircraft are said to have killed up to 400 civilians and destroyed scores of buildings. So most Yemenis—and Arabs across the region—sighed with relief …

By Joyce Karam Albeit a power-sharing government, and a dialogue that is in play between his party and Hezbollah, but former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is leaving no room for doubt when it comes to the new “united Arab front in countering the Iranian influence.” Coordinating some …

By Maria Dubovikova Russia has no allies. President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that his country’s size frightens its neighbors, and repeated the famous saying of Emperor Alexander III that Russia has only two allies: its army and navy. The current international crisis started with the Ukrainian conflict, which has …

BY Ceylan Ozbudak The question in many Arab capitals these days is: What is Turkey’s strategy in today’s Middle East? An ever-changing region, Turkey has adapted fastest to regional changes. Since the beginning of March, Turkey has been sending clear messages about its new foreign policy path. President …