Assad becoming an expensive client for Moscow
In several media interviews last week, James Jeffrey, the US special envoy to Syria, signaled that Washington had taken part in talks with the Russians....
Absence of civility in Austria
Recently, an Italian friend told me, “Arabs blessed us with their presence in Europe for 700 years.We have been so lucky!” Although this is...
Let's help those who find it difficult to perform Haj
Every year, Saudi authorities renew their warnings about illegal domestic pilgrims who seek to go to the holy sites to perform Haj without a...
Oil makes only one promise and that's volatility
Just about the only thing we know about where oil prices are headed over the next few years is that most of the forecasts...
Meet the angriest man running for president – no it's not Trump
What better time to gauge the emotional profile of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), an avowed Socialist, than during his Labor Day speech to the...
Who's afraid of the big bad recession? We all are
If there were any suggestion that the fears that have gripped stock markets since the start of 2016 were the isolated stuff of paranoid...
France between two pictures, of Khomeini and Fairouz
The French initiative towards Lebanon and the effort exerted by French President Emmanuel Macron deserve all appreciation for being the clearest initiative, especially following...
When will the Yemeni war end?
Many have been asking, either for good reasons or due to ill intentions, when the war in Yemen will end, particularly ever since the...
Increased post-virus inequality could fuel discontent
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is holding its annual spring meetings with the World Bank this weekend, warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus...
Putin may be rethinking why Russia is in Syria
Parts of the world are cautiously easing lockdown restrictions and attempting a return to some sort of normality, having overcome the worst of the...
