An End to Erdogan’s Presidential Ambitions
For many observers, the elections were more of a referendum on whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can introduce constitutional changes to place the country on a different course.
Scud Attack on Saudi Marks New Phase of Conflict in Yemen
The Saudi military said on Saturday it shot down a Scud missile fired into the kingdom from Yemen. Saudi troops also repelled an attack on the border, killing dozens of gunmen. Four Saudi soldiers lost their lives in the battle, state-run media reported.
Bahrain Says It Has Broken Up Shi’ite Group Involved in Terrorism
Bahrain said on Sunday it had broken up a banned anti-government Shi’ite Muslim group behind a series of attacks and arrested several of its members. The state news agency said an investigation had revealed that Saraya al-Ashtar had been formed in…
Energy Minister Meets Derasat Chairman
Manama, June 7 (BNA): Energy Minister, Dr. Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza, today received Bahrain Strategic, International and Energy Studies Centre (DERASAT)’s Chairman Maj-Gen Khalid Ibraim Al-Fadhala.
For Obama, No Middle Ground in the Mideast
As the Middle East bloodily unravels, Barack Obama’s defenders have been offering a two-part argument. The worsening mess, they say, is not his fault; and, in any case, no one is offering an alternative to his strategy.
Officials: Iraqi Forces in Control of Baiji City
Iraqi forces with the support of the U.S. are now in control of Baiji city, military and militia sources told CNN on Sunday. “Forces have cleansed and are in control completely of government complex, city center, Fatah mosque (main mosque) and surrounding neighborhoods,” said…
America’s Most Lethal Enemy: Itself?
Recently on “Face the Nation,” CIA Director John Brennan made an unnoticed but significant acknowledgement about the conduct and consequences of U.S. foreign policy and the ongoing war on terrorism. Asked whether President Obama “seems to be just trying to buy time here, that he’s not ready to…
Syria Civil War: Meet the Military Commander Who Says His Soldiers Will Not Rest Until Every Inch of Their War Torn Country Is Free of Islamist ‘terrorists’
Robert Fisk speaks to a colonel confidently preparing his men for battle at Frikeh in the Orontes river valley where Assad’s troops were besieged just last month. Approaching front lines is usually the same. First come the fields and the farmers still hopefully taking in their crops…
Israel Signals It’s Ready to Destroy Hezbollah – Oped
These days Lebanon, as with this region, is being shaken by political and ‘terrorism” crises, threats to stability, growing popular unrest, and ideological and theological sacrum bellum turbulence. Forces not seen since the beginning of the last century with the end of the Ottoman Empire and…
IS — an Iranian Tool
The two terrorist attacks targeting mosques in Al-Qadeeh and Dammam in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia prove that the Kingdom is fighting a real war. Even before Operation Decisive Storm was launched in Yemen, Iran’s leaders were scrambling to issue one threat after…
