US provocations in the Persian Gulf by amassing warships, planes and missiles could easily trigger a war with Islamic Iran
Delivering democracy has become the all-purpose justification for every crime perpetrated by Western governments against other people...
The 19th annual meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), held in Abu Dhabi from December 7-9, was a far cry from the heady days of high oil prices when Arab monarchies were awash with petro-dollars.
Arab regimes on the western shores of the Persian Gulf are taking their first tentative steps towards normalising relations with Iran.
America’s voracious appetite for energy resources and an itch born of its self-appointed role as the world’s policeman has led it into adopting strange postures.