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Articles of the author Jameel Al Theyabi
The difference between weakness and confrontation
American tanks are roaming about in the Syrian territories near the Turkish border. What is the implication of disseminating pictures of these tanks that display the flags of the United States of America? Is there not a huge difference between the (...)

06 - 05 - 2017
Deputy Crown Prince raises optimism, slams Iran
WHAT can be said about the TV interview of Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense? Has everything been said? What have people said in their public gatherings and private meetings? Has he convinced them (...)

05 - 05 - 2017
This is the truth — plain and simple
IRAN's expansionist intentions in the region have become a source of real worry not only for the GCC countries alone but also for the Arab countries and the world at large. When we look at the factors that aid Iran to extend its influence, the (...)

23 - 01 - 2017
The two wings of the King
Okaz, Editor in Chief TWO days before the first anniversary of the appointment of Prince Muhammad Bin Naif as Crown Prince and Prince Muhammad Bin Salman as his deputy, the Kingdom announced its 2030 Vision, which will transfer the country to (...)

29 - 04 - 2016
Has the International Battle to Topple Bashar Started?!
The situations are changing, the positions are shifting, and most of the signs are confirming the occurrence of alterations at the level of the international positions towards the Syrian crisis and the fact that the failure and shame which (...)

17 - 06 - 2013
Colvin's Courage and the Luxury of Arab Media!
I recently participated in the Arab Media Forum in Dubai where I met with colleagues and friends from the media sector. They came from all the Arab countries to gather under one dome in Dubai and participate in meetings and debates focusing on the (...)

11 - 06 - 2013
Hassan Nasrallah Burns!
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah committed a big mistake, one which he will not be able to fix no matter how hard he tries, after he became involved in the killing of the Syrian people. This will soon carry repercussions on his party and its supporters, now (...)

04 - 06 - 2013
Between Riyadh and Ankara!
The visit by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz to Turkey in August 2006, and his second visit in 2007, certainly brought the countries' bilateral relations from a spell of coldness to one of warmth, after being lukewarm for 40 years. The (...)

28 - 05 - 2013
This is Turkey Under Erdogan! (1-2)
As soon as you think about travelling to Turkey on a highly official media visit, the memory of history and geography flashes back and the era of the Ottoman Empire resurges, in parallel to Erdogan's strenuous efforts to place Turkey in an advanced (...)

28 - 05 - 2013
New Saudi Force in America!
It is not true that Saudi Arabia only looks at the present moment that is overflowing with oil, without keeping an eye on the future of the economy and the development of the Saudi citizens. And the fact that the state has not established a (...)

21 - 05 - 2013
Hypocrites and Defeatists
For the last two years, the following has been seen in Syria: the kidnapping of families, wide-scale assassinations, arbitrary arrests, the slaughtering of children, bloodbaths and the severance of the limbs of innocent people, collective massacres (...)

13 - 05 - 2013
What Was Not Published About the Gulf Union
The silence of the Gulf Cooperation Council states and the non-announcement of the results of the meetings held by the committees debating the move from the stage of cooperation to that of union are puzzling and surprising. Indeed, there is an (...)

07 - 05 - 2013
The “Taste of Death" for the Syrians!
The nature, taste, or timing of death no longer makes a difference for the Syrians. To them, death is one and the same while seeking freedom and dignity, regardless of the size of the crimes and mass murders perpetrated by Al-Assad's regime. For the (...)

29 - 04 - 2013
Iran “Shakes" the Arab Gulf!
The Gulf populations do not know the nature of their countries' relationship with Iran and the reasons behind the tensions affecting their ties! Who fears whom? Who is humoring whom? Who is trying to entice the other or gain time, while raising the (...)

22 - 04 - 2013
The Solution: The Annulment of the Sponsorship System!
According to the statistics and reports published in the press, the rates of home and car theft, crime, sexual harassment and kidnapping of children have risen during the last few years, amid ongoing attempts on the Saudi Kingdom's southern border (...)

16 - 04 - 2013
Egypt During Morsi's Term
In Egypt, the economic situation is deteriorating, unemployment is widespread, poverty rates are on the rise, political consensual solutions are random, the security situation is ambiguous, and anarchy is moving from one province to another. In the (...)

09 - 04 - 2013
The Arab Summits and “Beauty Products"!
Ever since the first Arab summit held in Egypt in May 1946 and the issuance of the first statement which stressed the explicit wish of the Arab states to ensure peace and the fact that Palestine is the cause of all the Arabs, the Arab region has (...)

25 - 03 - 2013
Is Democracy Exportable?
This important question is the title of a book recently published by Dar Jadawel, written by American researchers Zoltan Barany and Robert Moser who are both professors at Texas University. It was translated into Arabic by Jamal Abdul Rahim and its (...)

18 - 03 - 2013
The Action in Saudi Arabia
During foreign and internal meetings and conferences, many questions are being put forward about Saudi Arabia, such as: What is happening in the Kingdom? How is the government dealing with the youth, their defiance, and their demands? Why are there (...)

11 - 03 - 2013
Iraq and the Shattering of the Icon!
When you ask the majority of Iraqis about the situation in their country, you get the following sad reply: “It is not fine as long as Nouri al-Maliki is practicing sectarianism and racism and trying to settle scores, in the total absence of social (...)

04 - 03 - 2013
Why is Saudi Arabia Humoring Lebanon?!
One cannot write about Lebanon without summoning the state of political polarization, the quotas and sectarianism, the map of alliances and divisions serving the interests of other sides before its own and the statements of warmongers. Disputes and (...)

25 - 02 - 2013
The Arab Spring and the Moroccan Constitution
When the winds of the spring blew over the Arab countries and the people were mobilized to place the train wagons over the courses of freedom, justice and dignity, all the governments were concerned, watching and scrutinizing the faces of the (...)

19 - 02 - 2013
Ministers' “Mouth-Rinsing" on Satellite Channels
Sometimes I wish I could spend my days and nights leaning on a rotten wooden table in a popular coffee shop overlooking two streets, with a television set that only airs black and white shows, in the hope that I would become completely frozen and my (...)

12 - 02 - 2013
A Phone Conversation with Hamad Bin Jassem!
A while ago, I was invited to Qatar to attend the first Annual Conference of Strategic and Policy Studies Research Centers in the Arab World, following a phone call from my friend and “rowdy" journalist Abdullah al-Athba. I agreed with him to attend (...)

04 - 02 - 2013
Syria and the Trial of Sleeping Arabism
“Women whose men are compliant can rotate the moon with their fingers." This is what I said to myself when I read the news about America's and Russia's intention to hold an imminent summit and discuss the principles of the solution of the Syrian (...)

28 - 01 - 2013
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