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The US Capitol Building is seen shortly before sunset in Washington, US May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Zach Gibson

An Unhappy US Congress is Not a Good Congress

by Jonathan Bernstein | Oct 9, 2017 | Opinion

No one feels sorry for members of Congress. Nor should they, but we probably should care about their working conditions, which are pretty much awful right now: Congress scholar Josh Huder reacted with a blunt assessment: “Congress is a crap place to work. More...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Red Square, Moscow, Russia with St. Basil’s in the background. Photo: Reuters

A Must-Have Man

by Ghassan Charbel | Oct 9, 2017 | Opinion

In Moscow, you cannot miss visiting the Red Square. It will be a coincidence if you go there in October. This month marks the centennial anniversary of the “October Revolution”, which shook the last century and the world. The orchestrator of that revolution, Vladimir...

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US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump’s New Policy Will Focus on Iran’s Meddlers

by Eli Lake | Oct 8, 2017 | Opinion

After more than nine months in office, President Donald Trump finally has an Iran policy. Last month before the opening of the UN General Assembly, Trump approved the long-awaited strategy to deal with Iran, according to administration officials. These officials tell...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (AFP)

Saudi Alliances between Washington and Moscow

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 8, 2017 | Opinion

Hours after Moscow’s announcement that Saudi Arabia is interested in purchasing the most advanced Russian air defense system, the S-400, Washington declared that the American government agreed to sell the advanced THAAD missile defense system to the kingdom. This...

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Ariel Sharon (2nd R) confers with comrades during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, October 10, 1973. Reuters

Some Haven’t Learned from the October War

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 7, 2017 | Opinion

The Jewish state suffered heavy losses: almost 3,000 soldiers were killed, 8,000 were injured, 1,000 tanks and other destructive machinery were lost while 100 military air crafts went down. It also lost possession over one of the largest lands it has seized six years...

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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman walks past Russian honour guards during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at Vnukovo airport outside Moscow, Russia October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

After the Saudi-Russian Summit

by Ghassan Charbel | Oct 6, 2017 | Opinion

Several factors push the journalist who headed to Moscow to cover the Saudi-Russian Summit to describe it as an exceptional event. It is the first time a Saudi monarch walks into the Kremlin Palace. The keenness of Russian President Vladimir Putin to receive the king...