In his attempt to break the political embargo on Syria, President Bashar Assad recently took his first overseas trip since the deadly earthquake to Oman, where he met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq. While Assad requested the meeting, the Sultan in…
There is no doubt that the humanitarian catastrophe that Syria is facing after the terrible earthquake has inspired many countries to act and help, as political taboos are often bypassed in the face of human catastrophe. However, from a political…
The road to the formation of strong and last political parties is usually not an easy one, especially in a country like Jordan that has suffered for so long from a lack of political activism and the presence of strong non-Jordanian parties. While…
Last week, Iran blamed Israel for a drone attack on a military factory near the central city of Isfahan, this was described by the Iranians as the latest episode in a long-running covert war. Regardless of who is behind the attack, it inaugurates…