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© Hannibal Hanschke/dpa/Corbis Last month the world watched rebel forces pour into Tripoli under the banner of Operation Mermaid Dawn. While watching the news, I was struck by a curiosity many of you might have shared: just where exactly do these names c

Without trust and a shared security vision, any 'alliance' in the region will be ineffective

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units are organizing a military parade on the seventh anniversary of their establishment as a show of strength, but it may also reveal their divisions.

From 1968, when the British government declared its intention to withdraw from the Arabian Gulf by 1971, there was growing interest in the concept of Gulf unity. It bore fruit 40 years ago this month, with the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The GCC is a regional political, economic, military and security organization that consists of six Arab countries that

Whats Behind Bin Salmans Rapprochement With Iran The immediate security needs of Saudi Arabia sabotage the long term interests of the country as the chaotic foreign policy making processes persist. Middle Eastern states have started to give signals of radical change in the direction of their foreign policies, which have become a tradition after being followed for many years. The Gulf-Israeli rapprochement, the tendencies of Turkey and ...

Remembering the Bahraini Uprising Bahraini anti-government protesters place concrete roadblocks on the highway leading to Pearl Square in Manama on 14 March 2011. [JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN/AFP via Getty Images] February 14, 2021 at 11:00 am Known as the "Forgotten Uprising", the largely peaceful pro-democracy protests erupted across the tiny island Kingdom of Bahrain ten years ago, only to be faced with a brutal crackdown by the police and finally be suppressed weeks later by the military interv...

Biden needs to understand that the world has changed: countries like UAE & Israel lead the MENA. Israel, Bahrain and UAE have stressed the concern they all share over Tehran’s nuclear program, ballistic missiles, and activities across the Middle East. As well as this, a joint regional position on these issues will exert greater influence on the United States. However, the question remains, how much of that will president Joe Biden listen to? With the Palestinian authority calling for an elect...

AlUla summit is a healing moment of reunification Dr. Hamdan Al-Shehri Short Url Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the GCC Summit in AlUla. (SPA) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in AlUla this week will surely be remembered as the summit of reunification. It will be recognized as the moment when the countries of the GCC finally turned the page on a crisis in the region that had gone on for three years. The supreme interest of the peoples of the council’s six member natio...

Middle East News: RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), set to meet Tuesday in Saudi Arabia amid a prolonged crisis, is a group of conservative Sunni monarchies s.

Tuesday, 29 December, 2020 - 12:00 The commander of the Saudi Royal Navy floats the first corvette from the Sarawat project in 2019(SPA) Riyadh - Saleh al-Zeid Need for more international cooperation and coordination to deter threats facing the safety of waterways in the Arab region is increasing, especially for countries bordering exposed maritime corridors. Safeguarding maritime navigation is geopolitically vital for the glob...