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The Middle East’s Nuclear Technology Clock Starts Ticking – JMD
By James M. Dorsey The Middle East’s nuclear technology clock is ticking as nations pursue peaceful capabilities that potentially leave ... -
Operation Olive Branch and Peace in Syria
by Harun Yahya It has been ten days since the Turkish Army launched its ‘Operation Olive Branch’ in Afrin, Syria ... -
Valentine’s Day Pinpoints Limits of Saudi Prince’s Islamic Reform Effort
By James M. Dorsey Valentine’s Day in Riyadh and Islamabad as well as parts of Indonesia and Malaysia puts into ... -
Double-edged Sword: Opinion Poll Shows Trump’s Iran Policy Risks
By James M. Dorsey, US President Donald J. Trump’s inclination to withdraw from a three-year old international agreement that curbs ... -
JMD: How Regional Rivalries Threaten to Fuel the Fire in Syria and Iran
By James M. Dorsey Turkish allegations of Saudi, Emirati and Egyptian support for the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) threaten to ... -
Iran: Protests and Threat of Renewed Sanctions Focus Economic Thinking
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps logo By James M. Dorsey Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears in the wake of ... -
Whither Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s ‘Moderate’ Islam? – JMD
Img Credit: algeriepatriotique By James M. Dorsey Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic ... -
JMD: Salafi Mission Calls into Question Saudi Concept of Moderation and Policy in Yemen
By James M. Dorsey Plans to open a Salafi missionary centre in the Yemeni province of Al Mahrah on the border with ... -
Christians Targeted by Middle East Terrorism
by Harun Yahya The Middle East and Anatolia are the lands of Christianity’s birth. Mary (pbuh) and her family lived ... -
JMD: Iranian Protests Expose Contours of Leadership in the Muslim World
By James M. Dorsey If week-long anti-government protests in Iran exposed the Islamic republic’s deep-seated economic and political problems, they ... -
Saudi Sports: The Dark side of Crown Prince Mohammed’s Reforms
By James M. Dorsey Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be putting his best foot forward when enthusiastic women soccer ... -
BREAKING: Trump Suspends $2 billion Military Aid to Pakistan To Force Action Against Radical Terror
The US today suspended about $2 billion in security aid to Pakistan for failing to clamp down on the Afghan ...