Category: Middle East Monitor
The Middle East has never been a peaceful place in the last few decades. While volumes of books can be and have been written on this, I would be elaborating upon what happened recently...
On 3 January 2020, reports about the US missile attack outside Bagdad international airport to have killed Iranian the Quds Force Commander, Qassim Suleimani reverberated like thunder across the region. In the same strike,...
On October 6, 1980 Donald Trump was interviewed by Rona Barrett, one of America’s most famous gossip columnists, on NBC. It was several weeks before Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the presidential election and near...
Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, including the al-Asad airbase, in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing raised fears of a wider...
Executive Summary: In terms of influencing Middle Eastern strategic developments, Qassem Soleimani can probably be considered “the man of the decade.” Skillfully using his unique preeminence within the Islamist regime, he exploited the so-called...
Executive Summary: The targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani was a major blow to the Islamic regime in Tehran. Soleimani misperceived and miscalculated Donald Trump’s intentions, took his aggressive designs a step too far, and...
The U.S. said the strike was aimed at disrupting an “imminent attack” that would endanger Americans in the Middle East. Following is a chronology of major events in relations between Iran and the United...
External Affairs Minister of India S.Jaishankar marked his official visit to Oman on December 24 at the invitation of Omani Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. The two countries have been strategic partners...
Iran said in a letter to the United Nations on Thursday that it is determined to go ahead with its disputed ballistic missile programme, according to a copy of the letter tweeted by Foreign...
Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system is acting a major irritant between Turkey and the United States. In a recent move, NATO ally Ankara is all set to defy its western ally by testing the...