OPINION

I confess that when it comes to the politics and conflicts of the Middle East, I am a firm believer in conspiracy theories. This is not due to a penchant for rash or unfounded judgments. It is a product of experience. Conspiracies have played a major role in …

One year and a half after the start of the Saudi-led ‘Decisive Storm’ aerial bombing campaign, the tables are turning in Yemen. The intended targets of the assault – the Houthi Ansarallah movement and the followers of former president Ali Abdallah Saleh – have moved on from their …

The battle to regain Mosul from Daesh kicked off at 12 midnight October 17, 2016 with the participation of more than 25,000 Iraqi troops from various legions. Mosul is Islamic State’s last major stronghold in Iraq. It was once the country’s second-largest city, with a diverse population of about 1.2 …

This is exactly what we have said five years ago, yet at the time nobody was listening.  KSA tried its utmost to perish the two consecutive [Egyptian] revolutions of 25th January and 30th of June for two reasons. The first is the great fear from the mobility of …

The state of affairs between the US and Russia at this time seems to be unstable. A US-Russia War has become a greater concern more recently; shades of the Cold War and nuclear arms races are being reflected in today’s reality.   Given the current situation, has the US …

The US is said to be mulling military options in Syria amid deadlock at the Security Council, but that would mean lighting the fuse for World War III The UN Security Council meeting on Syria called over the weekend was bound to end in mutual recrimination between the US …

As of August 1, 2016 the total population of Montenegro (Table 1) equals to 622.813 persons (column 3), of which n=53.124 are preschool children (4), n=98.351 are school pupils (5), the children who do not attend school are n=5.364 (6). Consequently, the number of citizens over the age of …

The disadvantages far outweigh the benefits!