Why Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ plan won’t curb Iran
Saudi Arabia seeks to fight Iran ''to the last American''
Yemen
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While condemning Iran, the U.S. contributes to terrorism in the Middle East
Over the past few decades, the U.S. has often found itself projecting its own power and defending the hegemony of its problematic allies in the Middle East
Netanyahu warns Iran against blocking Bab al-Mandab strait
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran it would join military action to stop it blocking a key seaway after Yemen's Iranian-aligned Huthi rebels attacked two Saudi oil tankers. Speaking at a navy …
China's $20bn to revive Middle East
President Xi Jinping pledged a package of loans to revive economic growth in the region
The Switzerland of the Middle East
Oman is the best hope for peace in the Middle East
Young Arabs now prefer Russia over the US
A majority of young people in the Middle East feel that Russia is now a close partner to them
Houthis launched drone attack on Saudi Aramco facility
Yemen’s armed Houthi movement said it had launched a drone strike on a facility belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco in southern Saudi Arabia - though the company said its plants there were operating "normally and safely". …
United States sells $1.1 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia
... fuelling Yemen crisis
Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear weapons if Iran does
The countries have fought a long-running proxy war in the Middle East and beyond
Lavrov calls on international community to encourage Yemeni factions to dialogue
The international community should continue encouraging parties to the conflict in Yemen to a dialogue, giving up is unacceptable in that issue, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with …
Mohammed bin Salman prepares to become king
As evidenced by personnel reshuffles in Saudi Arabia's military elite
Russia sets stage for UN veto of western bid to call out Iran
Russia has proposed a rival resolution that would simply extend the mandate of the regime for one year and not mention Iran
Car bombs in Yemen’s Aden kill 6
Two car bomb explosions killed at least six people and wounded 43 others including civilians on Saturday in Yemen’s southern city of Aden, security officials and witnesses said, in an attack claimed later by the extremist group Islamic …
Middle East Governments Are Cutting Their Military Budgets
For all the billions of dollars the region has spent on building up its armed forces over recent years, questions remain over just how effective many of them are as fighting forces
Al-Qaeda going strong as ISIS falls apart, UN report says
International observers discuss possible cooperation between two major terrorist groups
Putin and Rouhani discuss Syria and Yemen
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani have held a telephone conversation, the Kremlin press service said in a statement. The presidents exchanged views on the …
Iran At Top Of New Regional Order
Syria’s field developments have practically changed regional equilibrium
Yemen asks Russia for help
Yemen asked Russia to stop Iran from meddling in the country's affairs, Yemen's Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi said. "We expressed our desire through the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov …
EU foreign policy is already suffering from imperial overstretch
Will Trump Push the EU to more Independent Stands in Middle East?
A war in the Middle East could drive up oil prices to $80 a barrel
Intensified tensions could threaten regional stability
