Al-Khateeb: Rate of Foreign tourists coming for recreational purposes soars 600% in 5 years    Saudi Arabia participates in OIC anti-corruption agencies' meeting in Qatar    Saudi Arabia implements over 800 reforms to drive rapid transformation    Al-Jadaan: Painful decisions were part of the reforms, but economy overcame them    Al-Swaha: Saudi Arabia is heading towards exporting technology in the next phase    Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming back to their homes    Al Rajhi: Saudi Arabia sets revised unemployment target of 5% by 2030 "300,000 citizens employed in qualitative professions"    Imran Khan supporters call off protest after crackdown    Five survivors found day after Red Sea tourist boat sinking    Russia launched a record number of almost 200 drones toward Ukraine    Al Hilal advances to AFC Champions League knockout stage despite 1-1 draw with Al Sadd    Saudi Arabia unveils updates on Expo 2030 Riyadh master plan at 175th BIE General Assembly Riyadh Expo Development Company established to oversee strategic planning, operations, and legacy development    Saudi FM attends Quadripartite meeting on Sudan in Italy    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Cristiano Ronaldo's double powers Al Nassr to 3-1 win over Al Gharafa in AFC Champions League    Al Ahli edges Al Ain 2-1, bolsters perfect start in AFC Champions League Elite    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam    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 Faisal J Abbas
On Obama's comment that ‘basic order' has broken down in the Middle East
"IF, as reported, aid convoy attack was an airstrike, it could have only been Bashar Al-Assad regime or Russia," Gareth Bayley, the UK's special envoy for Syria, tweeted yesterday in response to the horrific bomb attack which killed more than 20 (...)

23 - 09 - 2016
Time for Japan to get more involved in the Middle East, says MP Taro Kono
Dubai, UAE - Anyone familiar with Japanese politics would know that MP Taro Kono never shies away from swimming against the tide, whenever needed. This Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member has famously opposed the government nuclear (...)

03 - 09 - 2016
Omran doesn't need tears, Ms. Bolduan, he needs us to do our jobs!
NO, I am not cruel nor am I insensitive. On the contrary, I think what would have definitely been insensitive was NOT to cry upon watching the recent video of five-year-old Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh. If you missed it, the horrific footage shows this (...)

26 - 08 - 2016
Merkel, refugees and the need for Arab cultural diplomacy
IT was certainly interesting to have been in Berlin over the past few days. Coincidentally, I was participating at an Arab World focused symposium organized by the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (ICD), when the Syrian refugee crisis once again (...)

02 - 08 - 2016
How can there be guardianship over women in a modern Saudi Arabia?
So much has happened over the past two weeks: a terrorist attack in France on Bastille Day, a failed Turkish coup, Donald Trump officially became the Republican Party nominee and Pakistani reality star Qandeel Baloch was brutally murdered in a (...)

28 - 07 - 2016
Neither Chilcot nor Brexit are a reason for Arabs to rejoice
Pity the Arabs, so desperate for a victory that many of us would even rush to celebrate a non-achievement, or even worse, an adversity. Two examples of this sad phenomenon emerged recently out of the United Kingdom: Brexit, where a slim majority of (...)

10 - 07 - 2016
Attacking the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah: Significance and consequences
Just when you thought Daesh (so-called IS) militants couldn't add anything more gruesome to their image, they proved us all wrong again on Tuesday when they targeted the Prophet Mohammad's Mosque in Madinah. The Mosque (known in Arabic as Al-Masjid (...)

07 - 07 - 2016
Brexit and the Arab Spring: An uncanny resemblance
Brexit bears too much resemblance to the Arab Spring, and, unfortunately, this is not meant in a good way. In fact, in terms of both pretext and the handling of the surprising outcome, there is just so much in common, that one cannot but fear that (...)

29 - 06 - 2016
What do the Saudis want from America?
Much has been said about the ongoing visit to the United States of Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense. However, regardless of the intense speculation by some analysts about the tour's agenda; I (...)

23 - 06 - 2016
God bless America, land of ‘no religious tests'
There is a lot one can disagree with when it comes to President Obama's foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. The situation today is far worse than it was when he first assumed office in 2009. In contrast, advocates of the so-called (...)

17 - 06 - 2016
From Russia with love? For now, ‘it's complicated'
I write this from my hotel room overseeing the Russian Foreign Ministry's iconic main building, a gigantic Stalinist-style skyscraper that was built as one of Moscow's famous "Seven Sisters" between 1947 and 1953. Having witnessed the rise and fall (...)

11 - 06 - 2016
Uber deal actually empowers Saudi women!
Saudi Arabia's $3.5 billion investment in global transportation company, Uber, grabbed headlines on Saturday, and rightly so. After all, it was the largest single investment ever made in a private company. The generally mixed reactions were also (...)

07 - 06 - 2016
Restoring Arab passion for science: Mission impossible?
At a recent roundtable discussion hosted by Al-Arabiya English, we asked what has gone wrong with Arabs and science given our historical achievements. I asked Science Editor of pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat, Dr. Ahmed Moghrabi, whether it really is (...)

04 - 03 - 2016
Davos: With the Saudis absent, Zarif's fairy tales prevailed
Iranian Foreign Minster Mohammad Javad Zarif certainly got a free ride at this year's World Economic Forum. His views on the region went completely unchallenged in the absence of a counter-argument, and due to the format of his session, members of (...)

26 - 01 - 2016
An unshackled Iran can only be countered by a firm Saudi Arabia
With the nuclear deal sealed and sanctions lifted, an unshackled Iran is now a reality. The region – and the world at large – now holds its breath in anticipation of what kind of global player the Islamic Republic wants to be. Not even the harshest (...)

22 - 01 - 2016
By cutting ties with Iran, Saudi Arabia executed the 48th terrorist
It was as if Saudi Arabia had executed yet another terrorist when Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir announced the severing of ties with Iran on Sunday. In fact, one could argue that the Iranian regime resembles the single biggest terrorist threat, not (...)

07 - 01 - 2016
Friday 13th: The price France had to pay for doing what's right!
Paris will never be the same after Friday night, and as the French mourn their dead — and we all mourn with them — the reality is that Friday, Nov. 13 will inevitably leave a permanent scar on the face of this beautiful city, just like 9/11 did to (...)

17 - 11 - 2015
PM Trudeau, many best wishes from the Middle East
Though it is only a few days into his tenure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to be on track to restore Canada's image as the fair, liberal, caring and proudly-diverse nation it was once perceived to be, particularly among many in the Middle (...)

14 - 11 - 2015
British FM Philip Hammond says it's ‘business as usual' with Saudi Arabia
British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond has said his country's working relationship with Saudi Arabia is deep rooted and strong, despite recent media reports of tension between Riyadh and London. In a special interview with Al Arabiya News at the (...)

02 - 11 - 2015
Sheikh Mohammed's ‘Marshall Plan' may be the region's last chance
I hate to sound pessimistic, but the Arab world's increasingly disastrous status leaves very little room for positivity. After all, what else can be said of the devastating wars tearing apart Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen, a humiliating occupation in (...)

14 - 10 - 2015
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