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Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Between Two Crises

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 6, 2017 | Opinion

Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, may he rest in peace, could have tried to do like Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, Qatar’s crown prince back then and its real ruler. Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait back then, during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Doha,...

Casting Doubts over Kuwait’s Liberation

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 5, 2017 | Opinion

People’s memory may be short-lived, but the invasion of Kuwait too big of an event that touched on everyone’s lives, not just Kuwaitis. Despite 27 years passing since, the fallout endures till this very day. Kuwait today hosts an open platform for political and...

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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir is welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi as Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari looks on. (SPA)

Will Jubeir End a Quarter-Century Feud?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 26, 2017 | Opinion

Public opinion, like a herd of sheep, is led and doesn’t lead. What we are witnessing today of rejections, anger and accusations is merely the result of political mood at a given time. This also applies to the Iraqi-Saudi relations which had its fair share of...

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Opinion: To Those Celebrating the Chilcot Report

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 8, 2016 | Opinion

One can pick out what one wants to from the Chilcot report that took nearly seven years to complete and comprises of more than one a half million words. However, the huge report does not contain a single accusation of criminality against the then British Prime...

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair responds to Chilcot Iraq inquiry, E.P.A

Chilcot Report: Iraq War not Justified, Based on Flawed Intelligence

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 6, 2016 | Middle East, World

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision to join the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 was “not justified”, according to the UK’s long-awaited Iraq War inquiry. Although he described Saddam Hussein as “undoubtedly a brutal dictator”, Sir John Chilcot, whom ex-Prime...