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…

The severity of divisions within the Yemini society has deepened with the war, providing a drive for implementing projects that aim at promoting national unity. Yet, different factors have hindered the success of these projects, some of…

Most of the nationalities that are associated with the radical jihadist Islamists in Syria who belong to the Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) and the Nusra Front are from the Maghreb countries, especially Tunisia. Although the…

Introduction It is inarguable that the sudden dispute between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has caught the observers by surprise and added a new confusion to an already confusing scene.  The dispute that appeared out of nowhere escalated as a…

The US Congress overwhelmingly rejected the twelfth veto of President Barack Obama despite all warnings from leading experts against passing The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). Obama justified his decision to derail…

Among countries of the Gulf, Oman has one the lowest rates in producing and exporting oil and natural gas. In spite of this, the World Bank database reveals that oil represents more than 46% of the country’s national GDP, which reached $…

Economic reports published on Qatar’s performance are insufficient to assess the health of Qatar’s economy. Indeed, measuring oil revenues, their declining rates, and the impact they have on the implementation of investment projects is not…