Posts Tagged: Iran Saudi Arabia
Amid US Retreat, Iran’s Bad Behavior Seems to Be Paying Off
Notwithstanding Gulf suspicions that the US is gradually withdrawing from the Middle East, the possible relocation to the US of some command and control operations...
How to Deal With Iran After the Saudi Oil Attacks
The latest findings in the investigation of the September 14 attack on the Abqaiq and Khurais oilfields in eastern Saudi Arabia indicate that it was...
Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities Puts US Commitments to the Test
Reading the tea leaves of various US and Saudi statements on the allegedly Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia's key oil facilities on September 14, it...
Iran Dismisses US Claim It Was Behind Saudi Oil Attacks, Says Ready for War
Iran dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants that risk disrupting global energy supplies and warned on...
Barreling Towards a Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Arms Race in the Middle East
US policy is not the only factor feeding the burgeoning nuclear and ballistic missile arms race in the Middle East. It is also being enabled...
The Gulf States: The Weak Link in Sanctions on Iran
The Trump administration and Congress should address a major loophole in the Iran sanctions regime: the robust financial and economic ties between Gulf States and...
Iranian Protests Reveal Leadership Fault Lines in the Muslim World
The responses by major Sunni Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa to the recent anti-government protests in Iran demonstrated that none of...
Demonstrations in Iran Reflect the Strength of US Alliances
Sometimes, relatively minor events reflect facts of global importance. The chants in Mashhad and Tehran, “No to Palestine,” “No to Gaza and Lebanon -- Only Iran...
As Saudi Arabia Reels, the Middle East Will Only Get Worse
As Saudi Arabia reels from Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s frontal assault on the kingdom’s elite, indications are that the Saudi-Iranian proxy war is heating...
Iran Tries to Use the Temple Mount to Turn Arab States Against Israel
From Iran's Mehr news agency: Iranian official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said attempts by certain Arab countries to normalize ties with Israeli regime “will get nowhere” due to public...
Muslims Continue to Accuse Their Muslim Enemies of Being Jews
Al Alam, Iran's state run Arabic media outlet, published an article this week saying that the Saudi royal family is Jewish. If you're interested in the stupid details,...
Iran Threatens to Destroy Saudi Arabia, Except for Holy Sites, If It Does Anything ‘Ignorant’
Iran will hit back at most of Saudi Arabia with the exception of Islam's holiest places if the kingdom does anything "ignorant", Tehran's defense minister...
Is Iran Turning the Gulf Pro-Israel?
The fallout in the Iranian media after the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization is fascinating. Their only weapon is to call the...
The US, Israel and Saudi Arabia Can All Unite on Iran
There is tension between both Israel and Iran, and between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy in Lebanon, recently tried to attack Israeli forces...
