by Salman Al-dossary | May 27, 2017 | Opinion
In May 2014, Bloomberg published statements of former Qatari prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim: “It is our right to make Qatar seem as the most important country in the world. But the problem is that some Arab countries did not play their role properly so when we...
by Hani Nasira | Oct 4, 2016 | Features
Terrorist operations that have taken place in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries since the eighties and nineties have targeted both Sunnis and Shi’ites. In the same period, many extremist groups have emerged simultaneously with the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979...
by Wajdi Al-Aridi | Jun 6, 2016 | Interviews
Beirut: Lebanon’s Economy Minister Alain Hakim has said that relations with Gulf countries cannot return to their previous stage as a result of the presence of the so-called Hezbollah in Syria. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper published Monday,...
by Heba El Koudsy | Jun 4, 2016 | World
Washington-The U.S. State Department has admitted that Iran remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism globally, while it considered ISIS the biggest terrorist threat in the world. In its yearly Country Reports on Terrorism, the Department said terrorist attacks...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 26, 2016 | Middle East, Opinion
Iran’s supreme leader bitterly complains that the West has not kept its promises and that economic sanctions on his country have not been lifted although Tehran has halted its nuclear program as required. The situation in Iran must be difficult for the Iranian...