Hundreds escape Mozambique prison amid election protests    Twenty years on: 'My boat was meters from the shore when the tsunami hit'    South Korean MPs file motion to impeach acting president    Celebrated Indian author MT Vasudevan Nair dies at 91    Syria says 14 security personnel killed in 'ambush' by Assad loyalists    Ministry of Interior: Over 28 million digital identities issued via Absher    King Salman and Crown Prince offer condolences to Azerbaijan president over plane crash    Shihana to continue serve as chief of reconstituted board of Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property    RDIA launches 2025 Research Grants on National Priorities    176 teams carry out 1.4 million volunteer hours at Prophet's Mosque in 2024    Damac appoints Portuguese coach Nuno Almeida    RCU launches women's football development project    Kuwait and Oman secure dramatic wins in Khaleeji Zain 26 Group A action    GASTAT: Protected land areas grow 7.1% in 2023, making up 18.1% of Kingdom's total land area    Financial gain: Saudi Arabia's banking transformation is delivering a wealth of benefits, to the Kingdom and beyond    Blake Lively's claims put spotlight on 'hostile' Hollywood tactics    Five things everyone should know about smoking    Gulf Cup: Hervé Renard calls for Saudi players to show pride    Saudi Arabia starts Gulf Cup 26 campaign with a disappointing loss to Bahrain    Do cigarettes belong in a museum    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

Articles of the author Alistair Lyon
Syria will pursue to engage US despite raid
A US raid in Syria has irritated Damascus, but is unlikely to deflect its drive to escape international isolation and engage with Washington after next week's US presidential election. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem did not hide his (...)

29 - 10 - 2008
US sanctions: financial firewall for Iran, Syria?
Syria and Iran, both targeted by US sanctions, proclaim that their “independent” economies will suffer less than others from global financial turmoil. But economists in the region say neither Tehran nor Damascus will be immune from the credit (...)

06 - 10 - 2008
Iran no more in headlines
THE acrimony between Russia and the West stirred by the Georgia conflict complicates any effort to tighten UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme. Yet with the geopolitical and economic aftershocks of the crisis rumbling on, it may be too (...)

28 - 08 - 2008
Iran seen impervious to N-offer
IRAN's response to the latest offer of incentives by world powers shows no willingness to meet their core demand for a freeze or suspension of activities that the West suspects are part of a secret nuclear bomb program. The deadlock means Iran, (...)

08 - 07 - 2008
Israeli threats to Iran seen as bluff - for now
ISRAEL seems content to keep Iran and the rest of the world guessing uneasily about whether and when it might attack the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities. It has done little to douse speculation stoked by a big Israeli air force exercise last (...)

02 - 07 - 2008
Iran a challenge for next US president
THE next US president will have no easy policy options on Iran - attacking, accommodating or boxing it in are all fraught with risks and difficulties. Even these choices for Barack Obama or John McCain could be pre-empted if Israel exploits the (...)

05 - 06 - 2008
Perilous absurdity of Lebanon politics
EMPTY seats are proliferating in Beirut's political theatre of the absurd, symptoms of a deep malaise that has crippled Lebanese government institutions, damaged the economy and fuelled fears of renewed civil war. The president's chair has been (...)

23 - 04 - 2008
Advertisement