The international community rejoiced when the attempted coup in Turkey failed at the very root level, seeing it as a triumph for democracy.

Although the US and Russia say they have reached an agreement on new steps to deal with the civil war in Syria, the two countries are still at odds over key issues such as whether President Bashar Assad should stay in power or go.Late last week, US Secretary of State John Kerry h

Turkey managed to overcome one of the toughest challenges facing it in its recent history by thwarting Friday evening’s military coup.Foiling this coup attempt was not only a triumph for Turkey’s political establishment, but for democracy, the Turkish people, and the stability an

It is unconscionable that Russian or Syrian warplanes should deliberately bomb Syrian refugee camps along the Syrian-Jordanian border and kill scores of children and women.Yet that is exactly what they did a few days ago when Russian warplanes dropped bombs on the camps, knowing

The Middle East Quartet, composed of the US, Russia, the EU and the UN, makes some noise now and then about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, so mild and soft that it makes one wonder how serious and effective this group of mighty parties is.At the beginning of this month, it iss

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry’s visit to Israel for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have rekindled some hope that the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks might restart.“My visit to Israel today is a continuation of Egypt’s long-standing sense

The deliberate killing of five white police officers in Dallas on Thursday by an African-American man should be, of course, condemned in the strongest possible terms.These deaths, however, did not happen out of the blue.

His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania, attended the Sun Valley Economic Forum in Idaho, US, exchanging views with country and business leaders, and discussing ways to enhance economic cooperation with the Kingdom.The King presented the opportunities an

According to UN sources, about 85,000 Syrians are stranded at the Syrian-Jordanian border, in urgent need of food, water, medicine and shelter.This accumulation of so many Syrian refugees is, in part, the result of the Kingdom’s decision to close its northern border with Syria af