The pattern of strikes by the disjointed US-led coalition of Operation Inherent Resolve remains the best and most reliable public indicator of intentions and future operations in the short-term.
Pressure tactics on the media and event organisers by the pro-Israel lobby in Britain are nothing new, and reflect a fear of the truth getting out.
The conflict will not lead to a clear victory: there will need to be some difficult compromises. Meanwhile, the destruction continues and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Islamic State terrorists are exploiting the situation.
Great Britain and Italy are preparing to send ground troops to Libya, and American troops will likely be involved eventually – ironic developments given western intervention helped create a failed state in Libya in the first place.
As we must find ways to deal with economic migration in all its variations and the effects it has on society and economy, we must offer a rights-based welcome to those who qualify for asylum.
King Salman's son Mohammad seems to be piloting Saudi Arabia into a series of ever more risky adventures.
إنّ عدم القدرة على التمييز والاعتراف بأنّ عمل معيّن يتعارض مع سيادة القانون تكشف الوضع المريع والمرثي في المنطقة سياسياً وأخلاقياً وفكرياً. English
The inability to recognise an affront to the rule of law, regardless of the identity of the perpetrator, reveals the region’s dire state of affairs, politically, morally, and intellectually. Arabic
A series of related events point to a possible endgame scenario in Syria and Iraq.
A case for BDS by other means.
Turkey-Russia spat is a symptom of different, often incompatible agendas.
Why do western media call a barbaric terrorist group the ‘Islamic State’ when it is neither Islamic nor a state?
