Since the emergence of Pakistan as an independent state, Saudi Arabia has been an all-weather friend of Pakistan. Loaves and fish brought both states further closer, as Saudi Arabian human capital and Pakistan’s economic needs were interdependent. However, full swing in bilateral relations was noticed during the 1980’s when the […]
The inhuman use of force by Israeli forces on Palestinians continue to claimed lives every other day. On top of this, the US antagonistic embassy move to Jerusalem has left the Muslim world in agony. Israel’s atrocities and oppression in the occupied holy land is not a new phenomenon. However, […]
If the notion that history repeats itself is accurate, it is nowhere truer than in the Middle East where the international community, caught by surprise by the 2011 popular Arab revolts, has reverted to opting for political stability as opposed to sustainability, ignoring the undercurrents of change wracking the Middle […]
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After a two-week protest and praying outside of the Al-Aqsa mosque, Israeli authorities yielded to the Muslim protesters and removed all controversial security devices installed at the entrance of the compound. Israeli police had installed security cameras and metal detectors on the Muslim entrances of the compound leading to Al […]
The color pink has been used to represent woman for centuries. Anything with the color pink was automatically thought to have something to do with women. Apparently, authorities in Dubai have taken this unwritten rule very seriously. After starting a pink taxi service ten years ago, a service that only […]
At beginning of 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping, visited Middle East at a time when the relations between Saudi Arabian led Sunni states and Shiite Iran were touching a low point in recent history. The execution of the influential Shiite minister Sheik Nimr al-Nimr, who was the leading voice of Shiite minority in […]
Having realized the imminent threat ISIS poses to the survival of Saudi Arabia, with a series of suicide attacks in different parts of the country, a general from the kingdom said they are seriously mulling the option to join the US-led ground operation against the Islamic State group in Syria. ISIS, locally […]
The voice of reason may call for a neutral stance to be taken by Pakistan, more preferably a role of a mediator between Iran and KSA, which the officials of Pakistan have proactively adopted and are very wisely conveying it too. But the real question is; to what extent can Pakistan effectively play […]
Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a sunny Islamic extremist jihadist organization, whose aim is to establish the caliphate based single Islamic state under the Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, its current leader. They chose an innovative violent form of jihad for the re-establishment of caliphate system and to topple […]
In the perspective of the new great game, Western Asia/Middle East has emerged as a highly significant strategic constituent of the international political landscape. The complex calculus of Western Asia has affected the direction of integration, complexions of regional politics, sectarian crisis and nuclear non-proliferation. The contemporary interplay of regional […]
