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Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s prince of chaos
By David Hearst
The final act of the palace coup I have been writing about since King Salman took over has just been completed. Everyone was waiting for a coup against Qatar. In fact, the coup was within the kingdom itself.
It took…
America Will Regret Helping Saudi Arabia Bomb Yemen
Asma Al-Mahattwari
USA Kills Yemeni People”, screams graffiti plastered on walls in Yemen’s capital Sana’a. The Yemeni people who have been on the receiving end of US bombs dropped by Saudi pilots know all too well that the United States…
A New Deal for Libya?
The release of the former leader’s son — another nail in the coffin of the 2011 Arab uprisings – could have far-reaching results
By Abdel Bari Atwan
The release last week of Saif-al-Islam al-Gaddafi had a particular symbolic…
Unicef Steps In to Pay Yemen’s Doctors as War and Cholera Rage
By RICK GLADSTONE
Desperate to halt the cholera crisis afflicting Yemen, Unicef has taken the unusual step of paying the country’s doctors and nurses, who have not received salaries in months.
The regional director for Unicef, Geert…
Trump Did It and Went Away… then Everything Turned Upside Down!
Amin Abo Rashed
Once in the 1980s, a Middle Eastern Diplomatic asked a former CIA chief: Why do your intelligence missions around the world fail? He answered: Because no one knows about the ones we succeed in!
Just few days after US…
Trump’s Lawless Presidency?
Finian CUNNINGHAM
Former editor and writer for major news media organizations. He has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages
Piling on the invective against Donald Trump, an op-ed in…
Nabeel Rajab: Held for a year on remand in Bahrain and does anybody care?
Bill Law
a Middle East analyst and a specialist in Gulf affairs. He tweets @billlaw49.
Tuesday 13 June marks the one-year anniversary of Nabeel Rajab’s incarceration on remand. The Bahraini human rights activist was arrested at his home…
Qatar crisis: Coup attempts, the politics of revenge and the dream of becoming king
YemenExtra
"It's difficult to see how things won't get any worse; it's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better."
That was the stark warning given to me by a senior official from the Middle East who was sent by his country's…
The War on Yemen and the Senate Vote on Saudi Arms Sale
By Daniel Larison
The Senate is expected to vote today on whether to approve the sale of guided munitions to Saudi Arabia. In an encouraging development, the ranking Democratic member on the Foreign Relations Committee has come out…
The Qatar crisis: A ‘win-win’ for the United States?
It has been a big week for Qatar in the international headlines, with a Saudi and UAE-sponsored severing of diplomatic relations and closure of airspace. These moves, along with several other dramatic escalations, have dragged out into the…