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Annex to U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council Camp David Joint Statement
President Obama and Heads of Delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states came to Camp David to reaffirm…
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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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Reconciling with revenge – Protecting Tunisia’s revolution
By Gloria Cheung A revolution does not just end with the overthrowing of the previous regime, and Tunisia been grappling…
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Iran condemns Saudi-led attack on Yemen as “genocide”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Sunday condemned Saudi-led attack on Yemen as “genocide”, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s website. “Such…
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Marshaling candor spirit before ‘countering violent extremism’
Violent extremism presents existential dilemma to all irrespective of faith, race, political and economic status. Countering such seemingly ubiquitous threat…
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Iranian nuclear program and its implications
By Saima Afzal In international relations there are no permanent friends and enemies, only permanent are national interest. There has…
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The Yemeni crisis: A new test for the international community
By Emre Turkut On 25 March 2015, the international community witnessed another massive campaign of destruction in the form of a…
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Airstrikes cause civilian losses in Yemen as more countries evacuate their nationals
Days of Saudi-backed airstrikes against Yemen’s Shiite Houthi group has seen accumulated chaos and bloodshed as more countries have moved…
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Arab leaders agree to form unified force
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday said Arab League member states have agreed on the formation of an Arab military force…
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Yemenisation or confederalisation of Saudi Arabia?
By Brian Whitaker As political crisis turns into civil war, Yemen’s embattled president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has appealed for international…
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