What does Trump really want from SISI?
ahmed sabirBy Daniel Benaim On April 3, 74 days into Donald Trump's presidency, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-SISI will receive the White House welcome he sought in vain for three years…
Answer ‘blows with blows’ if India plays dirty
China should not hesitate to answer "blows with blows" if India chooses to play dirty by allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, the Chinese official media said today.…
America’s Yemen crisis is bigger than just Yemen
By Mohamed Zeeshan Long before the Trump administration launched missiles at an Assad regime air base in Syria and dropped the world's most lethal nonnuclear bomb in Afghanistan, it undertook…
By whatever name, it is death
According to the UN, some 300,000 to 400,000 Iraqi civilians remain trapped in the Daesh-held Old City of Mosul By Michael Jansen Caught in the crossfire between Daesh defenders and…
The Syria crisis has evolved into an int’l power struggle
By Robert G. Rabil No doubt, as reflected by many voices in Washington, DC corridors of power and media, the recent American cruise missile strikes against Syria's al-Shayrat Air Base…
Contoursof a Russian – American ‘deal’ on Syria
By Raghida Dergham The bargaining for a potential Russian-American deal on Syria has started. It is without a putative “grand bargain” that would take into account Ukraine and Western sanctions…
How far will the US go to tackle Daesh in Syria, Iraq and Libya?
By: Eli Lake Listening to his campaign rhetoric, the last thing you would expect Donald Trump to do as president would be to escalate a ground war in the Middle…
Russia & Iran review Syrian operations
By M K Bhadrakumar The reverberations of the US missile attack in Syria on Thursday are inexorably felt in the geopolitical arena. A series of developments through the weekend signals…
Rope in women and tribal leaders to rebuild Libya
By Aïssata Athie Clashes between rival governing authorities and associated militias continue to erupt in Libya. In late March, the Gharyan tribe pulled its support from the United Nations-backed Government…
US& Russia haven’t been this close to a clash since the Cold War
By Leonid Bershidsky With one missile strike on a Syrian airfield, President Trump called two bluffs at once but likely set back his proclaimed goal of defeating ISIS. The predawn…