Chattering classes still not getting it

Regime change begins with controlling the skies, creating a no-fly zone, which is what was done with Qaddafi…which was earlier done with Saddam Hussein. Read more...

Death to America?

What you need to know about Iran and the US. Read more...

Israel's PR gaffes expose its racist atmosphere

Israel is increasingly isolated and adrift, cast away on a wave of its own delusion. Read more...

The Age of TV Jokers: Arab Media on the Brink

The polarization of Arab media has reached extreme points. There is little room for opposing views and regimes are fighting an epic battle for survival by using every possible tactic to win, even if by deception, intimidation, or blatant lies.  Read more...

Persian Empire, anyone?

To disregard the real imperial power operating in the region, and turn a blind eye to the aggressive counter-revolutionary mobilisation and speak of "Persian Empire" at a time when all post-colonial boundaries have collapsed, is a silly red herring. Read more...

It is the Internet, and not ISIS, that is radicalising

Chatrooms are not a new technical version of "Letters to the Editor" but a dangerous forum for people to let loose their most-disturbing characteristics. Read more... 

'Lines Drawn on an Empty Map': Iraq’s Borders and the Legend of the Artificial State

No modern nation-state has been called “artificial” more times than Iraq. Read more...

On the wrong side of history

The conflict tearing the Islamic centre apart is not between Sunni and Shia. It is primarily – call it the first stage – a struggle for domination within Sunni Islam. Read more...

Hope for the best, pre-empt the worst in Middle East

ISIL is benefiting from the break-up of fragile states, the breakdown of their bankrupt regimes, and the implosion of their societies. Read more...

The Pentagon plan to ‘divide and rule’ the Muslim world

Yemen is the latest casualty of a neoconservative strategy commissioned by the US Army to ‘capitalise on Sunni-Shia conflict’ in the Middle East. Read more...

Yemen’s high stakes

Egypt is not jumping into the fray with its eyes closed. Al-Sisi said that Cairo was exploring all diplomatic venues for a solution in Yemen, according to Egyptian media. Read more...

Israel's media strategy: What lies beneath

How the Israeli government is misleading the world one press conference at a time. Read more...