On June 4 the government of Bahrain’s Information Ministry suspended the region’s only independent publishing company Al Wasat. More than a month later it remains closed and the Editor in Chief Mansoor al-Jamri has been forced to lay off…

The sudden and unprecedented political and media escalation that erupted between the different states within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) caused by statements attributed to the Emir of Qatar – the validity of such statements has been…

The mood music coming out of Riyadh could not have been sweeter. The unpredictable and volatile Donald Trump got the business done by remaining calm, sticking to autocue and keeping his tweets to a minimum. As he gave a well received speech…

This Article is translated from Arabic. In response to the government's reservation concerning the proposals of the Shura Council and the members of the Bahraini Parliament to repeal Article 353 of the Bahraini Penal Code, which drops the…

A year on from the big interviews and the bold promises Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has so far little to show for Vision 2030, his call to radically revamp the Saudi economy. True he has accrued even more power and effectively…

The fall of the city of Mosul into the hands of what is known as the Islamic State (ISIS) in June 2014 marked a defining moment in the formation of the post-2003 Iraq. At different levels, the occupation of the city foreshadowed the…

On the top of a set of Saudi royal decrees concerning changes of public positions and calling some former officials for impeachment, a royal decree has rolled back all canceled, reduced, or held allowances of both civil and military workers…

Hopes and disappointments: When the parliamentary elections were held in February 2016 in Iran, the foreign interest was focused on identifying the repercussions of the nuclear deal Iran had struck with the global community and its effects…