Carter: A Mideast Idealist

Dr Khairi Janbek The legacy of the late President Jimmy Carter in the Middle East can at best be described as mixed, notable achievements and setbacks. The Camp David Accords…

Syria: A Hot Political Potato

By Dr Khairi Janbek All eyes are on Syria, simply because the only thing known about how the new Syria will look like is frankly, the unknown. What is prevailing…

Syria: 10 Days That Shook The World

Dr Khairi Janbek Without much ado, the western media is currently preoccupied with this question: Are the Syrian rebels Jihadis? This is while the Arab media appears to be in…

What Next For Moscow After Fall of Damascus

Events are rapidly unfolding before after the fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, into the hands of the armed opposition forces that entered it without resistance because the Syrian army,…

Some Arab States Welcome ICC Decision…

Arab countries welcomed the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to formally issue arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The…

Avi Shlaim: ‘I am proud of my Arab heritage and proud of my Jewish heritage’ 

Editor’s Note: On the first anniversary of the bloody 7 October, 2023, I reprint the story I wrote on Professor Avi Shlaim that was scribbled early this year and published…

Is an Israel-Iran War Coming?

By Dr Khairi Janbek In the late 1990s, the grandiose talk of a new order for the Middle East emerged which turned out to be nothing more than a euphemism…

‘Israel Will Not be Able to Defeat Hezbollah’ – Military Expert

Israel will not succeed in achieving the goals it set in Lebanon and will not be able to defeat Hezbollah said military expert Retired Maj-Gen Mamoun Abu Nawar. He pointed…

Iraqi Drones Strike Eilat

Iraqi drones breached Israeli airspace, Wednesday night, striking Eilat which was built on the ruins of Umm Al-Rashrash. Sirens blared across the city as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) originating from…

Duwairi: Israel Not in Position For ‘Ground War’

Military expert Major-General Fayez Al-Duwairi said the Lebanese Hezbollah’s bombing of the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv is a qualitative but a disciplined shift so that things do not develop…