The Arab foreign ministers’ meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, in preparation for the Arab summit, recommended the establishment of a united Arab force to face common challenges and threats to the Arab world. The Arab leaders are expected to endorse this proposal, having already

There is increased anxiety about the so-called Shiite arch, extending from Tehran to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Bahrain, among the Sunni arch extending from Riyadh to Cairo and beyond. It is getting to be really worrying that there are now two Islamic sects competing for po

I was moving, of late, slowly but surely in the direction of abolishment of the death penalty everywhere in the world, but after the burning death of pilot Muath Kasasbeh, the decapitation of journalists and soldiers in Syria and Iraq, and the murder of Russian opposition le

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been regarded at the root of all regional problems, one whose resolution would help solve many other crises in the area. The Israeli stance, however, has become even more intransigent in the wake of the rising threats of Daesh and

It is said that the side that benefits most from a conflict or a movement could be presumed to be behind it. The power that is benefiting from Daesh, therefore, should be identified for the whole world to see. There are many theories about the gene

His Majesty King Abdullah has recently engaged a number of officials, scholars and academicians in a thought-provoking dialogue on the occasion of the launching of the “National strategy for combating extremism”, stressing the importance of instilling Islam&rsquo

President Barack Obama defended his policy of not negotiating with the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the aftermath of the killing of Kayla Mueller, an aid worker who had been held captive by this terrorist group, arguing the traditional point that negotiating with hostage

The burning to death of Jordanian pilot Muath Kasasbeh by the so-called Islamic State (IS) is poised to become the turning point in the war against the extreme radical movement now well entrenched in Syria and Iraq. The death of the pilot shocked the world and made the inte

Several European countries, in addition to Canada and Israel, are mulling revoking the citizenship of their nationals found guilty of aiding and abetting a terrorist organisation of the like of the so-called Islamic State or Al Qaeda. Revoking the citizenship of a national