Category: In Depth

King Salman’s Shady History

President Obama wants to work with the leader of the House of Saud. But the new king of Saudi Arabia has troubling ties to radical Islamists. BY DAVID ANDREW WEINBERG for FOREIGN POLICY - President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh today to offer his condolences on the death of the beloved Saudi King Abdullah and to […]

Islam in Haiti

By Dr. Geoffrey Cook for The Muslim Observer - Haiti is a benighted country that your author knows well having made working journeys there, and serving on a Committee in my home State of California to support that nation in her struggles (the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere) for over a decade now. The […]

A Simple Backgrounder to the Burmese/Thai Muslim Antagonism

The Islamism.net Exclusive - By Dr. Geoffrey Cook - This is a brief article that is rewritten from the time of the tsunami of slightly over ten years ago. It shows that the Muslim and the Thai/Burmese Buddhist tension has been simmering for quite some time on the Korat Peninsula and those near East Bengal […]

Hezbollah claims an attack on Israeli vehicles in Shebaa Farms

The Levant News Exclusive - An anti-tank missile struck an Israeli military vehicle in the Shebaa Farms, the Lebanese area occupied by Israel, on Wednesday morning, as mortar shells were fired at nearby areas. Israeli media said that a number of Israeli troops were wounded in the attack. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for this attack. Al-Mayadeen […]

The New Drivers of Europe's Geopolitics

By George Friedman for STRATFOR - For the past two weeks, I have focused on the growing fragmentation of Europe. Two weeks ago, the murders in Paris prompted me to write about the fault line between Europe and the Islamic world. Last week, I wrote about the nationalism that is rising in individual European countries […]

How the Houthis Did It

Regional rivalries and a botched post-Arab Spring political transition paved the way from the Houthis' north Yemen base to the doors of the presidential palace. BY LAURA KASINOF for FOREIGN POLICY - Nearly four years ago, during the height of Yemen’s Arab Spring protests, when then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh was losing allies by the day, […]

Can Saudi Arabia’s New King Manage a Restive Middle East?

King Abdullah spent his life trying to keep the Middle East stable. But his successors are now left tending to crises that threaten to overwhelm the oil-rich monarchy. BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON for Foreign Policy - In the year prior to the king’s statement, the monarch had lost close allies in Tunisia and Egypt. Libya’s Muammar […]

Rolling Back Reforms in Riyadh

Will King Salman maintain Abdullah’s legacy of progress toward a more open and inclusive society in Saudi Arabia? BY CARYLE MURPHY for FOREIGN POLICY - Rolling Back Reforms in Riyadh King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, whose death was announced in Riyadh early on Jan. 23, led Saudi Arabia through a decade of moderate reforms […]

Saudi Arabia Faces Challenges in the New Year

By Michael Nayebi-Oskoui for Stratfor – The Middle East is one of the most volatile regions in the world — it is no stranger to upheaval. The 2009 uprisings in Iran and the brinksmanship of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government were followed by the chaos of the Arab Spring, the spillover of the Syrian conflict into Iraq […]

Saudi Arabia’s coming struggle

By David Ignatius for The Washington Post - Saudi watchers have been talking about the transition from King Abdullah for a decade, but now that it has arrived, it’s as mysterious as ever. The death of King Abdullah begins a period of generational change in the oil kingdom that may last for several years. Crown […]

Obama in the Middle East: All about ISIS and Iran

By Joyce Karam for Al Arabiya News - In his sixth and perhaps most eloquent State of the Union address to Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama left no doubt about his unwillingness to be drawn to wars and conflicts in the Middle East. Fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) defines Washington’s strategy […]

Why Is it Specifically Muslims Who are Resisting the West?

By Graham Fuller - Source: grahamefuller.com - Why Is it Specifically Muslims Who are Resisting the West? Many people ask why it appears to be specifically Muslims who are in confrontation with the West today, as compared to other ethnic groups who also bear historical grievances from treatment at the hands of the West. The […]

Who Are the Houthis of Yemen?

Source: THE NEW YORK TIMES - The Houthis, an insurgent group based in northwestern Yemen, have been fighting the government intermittently since 2004, when the country was still led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a longtime autocrat and United States ally. While Yemen is mostly Sunni, the Houthis belong to an offshoot of Shiite Islam […]

Golan attack ‘colossal failure’ for Hezbollah, analysts say

Source: Al Arabiya News - An Israeli helicopter attack killed five members of Hezbollah operating out of Syria over the weekend. Among the dead were senior Hezbollah figures and an Iranian general, raising tensions in Lebanon of a potential return to hostilities between the two neighboring countries. The attack – which killed Hezbollah military chief […]

How will Hezbollah respond to Israeli strike?

By Jean Aziz for Al-monitor - Translated by Pascale el-Khoury - Hezbollah announced the killing of six of its fighters in a raid Jan. 18 which it accused the Israeli air force of carrying out against a group of its members on Syrian territory. The incident has preoccupied the Lebanese political scene and was expected […]

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