GCC Summit – Disagreements Remain
On December 9, 2014 Doha (Qatar) hosted the 35th annual summit of the Arabian monarchies within the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. It was in jeopardy due to disagreements between...
View ArticleHezbollah Has Uncovered Even More Mossad Agents
In early January 2015, Lebanese media reported that the leadership of the Shia group Hezbollah was forced to admit the discovery of agents of the Israeli political intelligence group Mossad within its...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Problems of Succession
In early January 2015 a number of Arab and Israeli electronic and print media publications, including Internet resources and social networks, disseminated information about the alleged readiness of the...
View ArticlePreliminary results of Ashraf Ghani’s 100 days in office
According to a survey by private Afghan television station “Tolo”, after 100 days as president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani’s rating is significantly declining. Residents of the capital and central...
View ArticleGrandsons of the Saudi Arabia Dynasty Founder have Approached the Throne
The 25th son of the dynasty founder Abdulaziz Ibn Saud – Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud – was declared the new, seventh, king of Saudi Arabia. The 35th son – Muqrin bin Abdulaziz al-Saud – was declared...
View ArticleTurkey: The Double Standard Policy
Officially, Ankara opposes the idea of the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in North-East Syria, similar to that in Iraqi Kurdistan. This was stated by Turkish President, Recep Tayyir Erdoğan,...
View ArticleIsrael in the Run-up to Early Parliamentary Elections
Elections for the Knesset (Parliament) in Israel will be held ahead of time on March 17. The country is heading to the polls early because the parties of the Knesset became deadlocked over the question...
View ArticlePossible Changes Ahead of The Sultanate of Oman
The question of royal succession is one of the most pressing problems for the monarchies on the Arabian Peninsula. In the wake of Saudi Arabia, which has recently just gone through its own change of...
View ArticleThe ‘Islamic State’ arrives in Pakistan
Since the beginning of 2015 Pakistan’s press, both printed and electronic, together with independent blogs, have been reporting with increasing frequency the spread of the Islamic State’s (IS)...
View ArticleRussia and Japan in the Face of Sanctions
One eloquent expression says: ‘The East is a delicate matter’, and in the contemporary world it is also influence-prone. Japan, like all G-7 countries piloted by the key player – USA, has joined in...
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