Zaher Mahruqi

Zaher Mahruqi

Zaher Mahruqi follows world events, and seeks to shed light on the Arab and Muslim perspectives on regional and world events.

INTL CONFLICTS

Zaher MahruqiNovember 4, 2015
24

Are “Group” and “Terrorist” still appropriate to define ISIS?

By Zaher Mahruqi The word group which was started by one media outlet and which the rest of the pack inherited…
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MIDDLE EAST

Zaher MahruqiAugust 5, 2015
11

How can Saudi Arabia solidify its leadership position?

By Zaher Mahruqi When Saudi Arabia embarked on limiting Iran’s influence through its military intervention against the Huthis in Yemen…
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MIDDLE EAST

Zaher MahruqiJuly 29, 2015
11

Iran seeks to distance Oman from GCC Instead of utilizing its neutrality to improve relations with the block and other arabs

By Zaher Mahruqi Oman has stood her ground in pursuing a non-interference policy for quite some time. Since the invasion of…
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ASIA

Zaher MahruqiJuly 23, 2015
35

ISIS transforming into functioning state that uses terror as tool – The missing angle

By Zaher Mahruqi Tim Arango courageously states what few would dare do and that is that the Islamic State has…
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MIDDLE EAST

Zaher MahruqiJune 29, 2015
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Saudi-led coalition must put boots on the ground in Yemen now!

By Zaher Mahruqi Three months since the air campaign against the Hoothis started and the situation in Yemen is rapidly…
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INTL CONFLICTS

Zaher MahruqiJune 27, 2015
11

ISIS is a master of tactical defeats – Why?

By Zaher Mahruqi What a difference one year can make! US officials are now using less the word terrorists and…
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INTL CONFLICTS

Zaher MahruqiJune 7, 2015
15

Islamic State (IS) winning hearts, minds and territory although it is yet to give Muslims an offer they can’t refuse: the liberation of Jerusalem

By Zaher Mahruqi A year after declaring a Caliphate, Al-Baghdadi’s ISIS is winning the war on many levels. The recent…
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ASIA

Zaher MahruqiMay 23, 2015
5

Bitter pill to swallow: ISIS’s fighters figure is hugely underestimated or the group is mythological

By Zaher Mahruqi Whichever label one chooses, ISIL, ISIS or the Islamic State, the “group’s” fighters are gradually but surely…
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ASIA

Zaher MahruqiMay 13, 2015
12

Saudi Iron Hand and Oman’s continued neutrality key to long term regional stability

By Zaher Mahruqi Now that King Salman has taken Saudi Arabia out of the shadows whereby the Kingdom was a…
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MIDDLE EAST

Zaher MahruqiMarch 26, 2015
29

GCC attacks Shias; How will Iran react?

By Zaher Mahruqi Now that the GCC and other Arab nations have taken a bold and intensive intervention to prevent…
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