I did not pay much attention to a recent news report quoting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that Israel will never leave the Syrian Golan Heights.His statement was made on the occasion of holding an Israeli Cabinet meeting on the occupied Syrian territor

The truce that took effect last Monday in the year-long Yemen war is a promising development.As expected, the ceasefire has not been completely observed.

Contrary to what a large number of analysts tends to believe, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has not been relegated to the obsolete Middle East filing cabinet.As most Arab states are totally preoccupied with their own problems, it is not unusual that they organise the order of

The early morning terrorist attacks at the main Brussels airport in Zaventem and at a crowded metro station shocked the whole world for their barbarity, their indiscriminate nature and the large number of innocent civilian casualties. The death toll of that bloody morning ca

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sudden announcement last week that his country was withdrawing its military forces from Syria took everyone, including the Syrian government and Washington, by surprise.Analysts and political commentators rushed to offer dozens of theories by wa

US President Barack Obama seems to be considering ideas that could facilitate a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis, not while still in office, as time is running short for that, but for the benefit of his successors.“Middle East peace initiatives have long had appeal

Every time the terrorists try to test the capability of the Jordanian security forces, they end up battered as they never anticipated.The recent crackdown on a terrorist cell in the northern town of Irbid was a tough lesson for any individual or group that may contemplate any fut

The ceasefire that took effect in Syria on Saturday kept many analysts and observers quite sceptical as to its ability to hold.Right from the beginning, and as expected, there have been frequent complaints of violations from both sides.

The government of Morocco has declined hosting the annual Arab summit due at the end of March in Rabat.The situation in the Arab world and the challenges facing the Arab nation were cited by a Moroccan foreign ministry official as causes of concern that an Arab summit at this tim