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As expected, the air strikes on Syrian regime targets were limited in magnitude and political objective. They did not go beyond targeting Syria's chemical weapons' infrastructure, and were not...

In a recent television interview, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman added a new dimension to what some describe as a change in Saudi foreign policy during...

The Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has repeatedly said that he is fighting "terrorism." Therefore, the most important condition for a solution in Syria, according to him, is the elimination...

It is common in the Arab world to say that the Arab Spring is a Western, American conspiracy to give power to political Islam in the region. It seems...

In light of the preparations for launching the operation to regain the city of Mosul from the clutches of Daesh, one question must be asked of the Iraqi government:...

If the "Operation Decisive Storm" is a military action directed against the Houthis, it is political directly against Iran. That is to say that Iran's presence in the Arabian...

It is clear that Egypt has been hit by anxiety after the death of King Abdullah bin Abd Al-Aziz. It is also obvious that the source of this anxiety...