King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s arrival in Moscow today on a three-day official visit, the first ever by a Saudi monarch, reveals how times are a-changin’ in this region.The king’s discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place as Moscow marks the second an

Whenever the US attempts or effects “regime change”, disaster follows.North Korea is the latest country where Washington would like to oust the leadership, perhaps because its ruler, Kim Jong-un, called Donald Trump a “dotard”, a senile old man, after he dubbed Kim “rocket man”.B

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to “tear up” the 2015 deal between the Security Council’s five permanent members plus Germany and Iran, providing for the dismantling of that country’s nuclear programme in exchange for lifting sanctions.After moving

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) units advanced into the Deir Ezzor province and took control of an industrial zone in a bid to challenge the Russian- and Iranian-backed Syrian army.They have just ended the siege of the provincial capital and the nearby airbase and consol

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura predicted that Daesh strongholds in Syria could fall by the end of October, which, in his view, could prompt the international community to press for free and fair elections.“What we are seeing is, in my opinion, the beginning of the end of this war...

Israeli occupation forces demolished Palestinian schools in four West Bank communities ahead of the new scholastic year, depriving several hundred children of proper classrooms and forcing some to meet under the sun or in makeshift tents.All the schools were destroyed under the p

The overwhelming majority of takfiri men who in the past two years mounted attacks against civilians in France, Belgium and Spain have been of Moroccan and Tunisian origin.Their hostility is difficult to explain as these North African countries have escaped the mayhem sown in the

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is in deep trouble.  He faces charges of corruption in three cases now being assessed by Israeli prosecutors and the attorney general.  The first involves up to $100,000 worth of highly valuable gifts — pink champagne and cigars

UN chief Antonio Guterres has said he continues to support UN's Independent Commission of Inquiry on warfare in Syria despite the resignation of prosecutor Carla Del Ponte who blamed the lack of backing from the Security Council for her decision."I have no power [to prosecute] as