Why lifting oil export ban can help U.S. foreign policy
A House of Representatives bill is due to go to the floor this week, one step closer to lifting the 40-year-old ban on the...
Youth suffer again as Coronavirus crisis bites
The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has already taken a very heavy toll in terms of human life, as the total loss has...
In a post Brexit world, GCC opportunity knocks
The Saudi deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman describes himself as a fan of Winston Churchill and likes to quote Britain’s great wartime prime minister’s...
Governments cannot ignore mental health pandemic
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has transformed our world into a dystopian nightmare that keeps intensifying, with little clarity about the months ahead. Governments...
Reflections on Saudi education system
With the reopening of schools, students have embarked on a new journey of their lives. Is this journey going to be any different? Will...
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...
Jumping off maps is forbidden
A stable Iraq, which comprises all the nation’s components, is needed at the Arab, regional and international levels. The removal of the Iraqi leg...
Hariri needs protection from Hezbollah, not Saudi Arabia
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri emerged as an honest, caring and true statesman in his recent television interview, in which he dismissed rumors...
US, Iran should heed call for change in diplomatic mood
It has been some two weeks since UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made his plea for a global cease-fire as the scale of the onslaught...
Pssst! Need a passport? Forgery a lifeline for fleeing Syrians.
Obaida, a 22-year-old refugee from an area of Syria controlled by Islamic State, said he tried hard to get a passport the legal way....
