Interview: Dragon’s ambitions in the Gulf
At a time when the “Belt and Road” Initiative (BRI) is becoming an integral part of China’s Economic Policy, ties with the Gulf countries will be on priority for Beijing. Energy is one of...
Category: Middle East Monitor
Golan Heights and the United States’ Dilemma
It was much speculated that some scenario is defiantly going to change after the US President Donald Trump’s tweet which stated for reversal of decades of US policy that has refused to condone the...
Israel on the Golan Heights enhances US interests
While US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights bolsters the national security of the Jewish State, it also yields major strategic benefits for the US. Thus, President Trump’s endorsement of Israeli sovereignty...
Ahead of national elections, Netanyahu visits the US
With Israel’s election just two weeks away, Benjamin Netanyahu will get to showcase his close ties with Donald Trump in a U.S. visit just days after the president backed Israel’s hold over the occupied...
High time to recognize fully Israeli’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights: Trump
The US President Donald Trump said that it was time to aback Israeli Sovereignty over their occupation of the Golan Heights before the visit of Prime Minister Netanyahu to the White House in the...
Turkey 2019 local elections: An unusually attractive local ballot
The local elections to be held in Turkey on 31 March 2019 are of special significance, bearing in mind the opposition parties’ desire to return to the political scene after a series of election...
Egypt: hopes for democratic future die as al-Sisi marches country towards dictatorship – with parliament’s blessing
During the 2013 coup which ousted Egypt’s elected president Mohammed Morsi, military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said: The armed forces have realised that the Egyptian people, who are calling on us to come to...
Algerian elections postponed: Bouteflika withdraws from contestation
Post Arab Spring in Algeria was a road to major changes in the democratic process. The country which was infected with corruption, nepotism and socioeconomic problems seemed to get its way out through bringing...
Palestinian President Abbas picks loyalist as Prime Minister; Hamas called it a blow to unity efforts
Economist Mohammed Shtayyeh, a member of the West Bank’s dominant Fatah party, was named Palestinian prime minister on Sunday in what the rival Hamas group that runs Gaza called a blow to unity efforts....
Explainer: Does Islamic State still pose a threat?
Islamic State looks about to lose its last foothold – on the banks of the Euphrates near the Iraq border – but while its era of the territorial rule may be over, for now,...
