What the Kurdish debacle means for Turkey
Turkey welcomed almost with celebrations the debacle that the peshmerga suffered at the hands of the Iraqi government forces. Nonetheless, it now has to...
A new page in Turkish-Iraqi relations
Because of the fluidity of developments in the Middle East, almost every actor in regional crises may have opposed another actor at one stage,...
Why war crimes charges now extend to the destruction of ancient monuments
For the first time, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened war crimes proceedings against an Islamist militant accused of leading in...
An open letter to the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs
Mr. Minister you have disappointed the city of Jeddah by imposing rigid rules to marginalize the women elected to the Municipal Council by demanding...
Jeddah Municipality cracking down on land robbers
Earlier this year Jeddah Municipality launched a major crackdown on land encroachers. They started by bulldozing the many walled plots of land that belong...
The best reason for Iran deal? The West will learn where to drop bombs.
In the emotional debate in Congress over the Iran nuclear deal, both sides claim they do not want war.
But their ways to avoid it...
Britain's oil demand is growing again Kemp
UK petroleum consumption is growing at some of the fastest rates for a decade, as strong economic growth and cheaper fuel prices spur increased...
Trump, the GOP's spleen, is ripe for surgery
The Iowa caucuses might have been called the Iowa carcasses. Both parties saw a race between body parts: the head versus the heart.
On the...
How a N.Y. judge inspired Apple's encryption fight
Last October, prosecutors from the Justice Department asked a federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn to issue an order directing Apple to help the Drug...
Putin is the closest thing to a friend Israel has ever had in Moscow
Love him or hate him, Russian President Vladimir Putin's military intervention in Syria unquestionably upended Middle Eastern politics. Putin supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,...
