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No more runaways
OkazCongratulations are due to Saudi women as the decision to amend regulations on travel documents and civil status has come into effect. This decision has brought down the curtain on a dangerous social taboo suffered by many families as some women fell under the mandate of an unjust husband or male family member.Freedom is precious, especially the freedom of movement which is a human right, and what the Saudi leadership has done, despite different social pressures, is an historic step in the lives of Saudi women, that will end the pressure on young Saudi women who now have to learn to manage their own lives wisely.Certainly, there are still some who do not accept this historic event, but the challenge now is how to educate families about the importance of nurturing young people with love...
August 26, 2019

No more runaways

Even in Yemen, look for the Russians!
I have always tried to analyze events by looking for the ultimate beneficiary even if it was not always clear who that might be. I remembered that rule as I followed the recent events in Aden and what immediately came to mind was the role of the Russians and of President Vladimir Putin behind the scenes.The project to restore legitimate rule in Yemen after the Houthi coup is supported by the United States and the West in general, and the Russians have substantial incentives to thwart US-sponsored political projects, such as in Syria and in their support for the Iranian regime against America.The Southern Transitional Council of Yemen has carried out deceptive retaliation against the forces of legitimacy in pursuit of the dream of southern secession. The Council is a political and military...
August 26, 2019

Even in Yemen, look for the Russians!

Idlib and the failure of the Turkish game
For the past few weeks, Idlib and the northern countryside of Hama province have been subjected to a ferocious attack by the forces of the Syrian regime and its allied militias.This region has been under the control of the factions of the armed Syrian opposition and Al-Nusra Front affiliated to Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.The region is also covered by the Astana and the Sochi agreement between Turkey and Russia which calls for a ceasefire in this area and for the heavy machinery of the armed Syrian opposition forces not to be used in areas under the control of the regime.However, since the Sochi agreement was signed, the violations committed by the regime’s forces have never stopped.Damascus was not happy with this agreement. Its attitude regarding it was similar to that of Russia....
August 24, 2019

Idlib and the failure of the Turkish game

The impact of US sanctions on Iran
Nearly 14 months ago, US President Donald Trump re-imposed US sanctions on Iran. One of the goals of these sanctions was to reduce Iranian influence in the Middle East region by curtailing Tehran’s financial resources.The question now is: Has there been any tangible impact on Iran as a result of these sanctions?As far as nuclear activity is concerned, Iran has resumed its military nuclear program and violated the maximum limit stipulated in the nuclear deal for the first time in July 2019 when its enriched uranium reached 4.5 percent. This is a clear indication that Iran is a renegade state that did not deserve the confidence the Obama Administration placed in it.Tension has also escalated with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, as it attacked several oil tankers belonging to different...
August 24, 2019

The impact of US sanctions on Iran

Erdogan deporting Syrian refugees
AT first sight, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s record over the handling refugees fleeing carnage in Bashar Assad’s Syria is admirable. Turkey hosts more than 3.6 million refugees many of whom are housed in massive camps not far from the border with their homeland. The best of these camps, which the authorities have been eager to show off to media and visiting officials from around the world, are self-contained fully-serviced townships, with stores, workshops, schools, hospitals and perhaps most importantly, especially for children, psychological services to try and help them cope with the traumatic horrors they have experienced.The greater part of this major relief effort has been funded by the international community. It would have been absurd to expect Syria’s neighbors,...
August 23, 2019

Erdogan deporting Syrian refugees

Trump peeved he can’t buy Greenland
EVEN those who have quietly reveled in the way that Donald Trump has trashed the political and diplomatic norms of the US establishment will have probably caught their breath this week over the President’s hissy fit about Greenland.Trump has canceled an upcoming state visit to Denmark after the government there refused to consider selling its vast dependent territory of Greenland to the United States. The idea itself is not outlandish. In the past America has bought Florida and New Mexico from Spain, Louisiana from France and most famously, Alaska from Russia. The last has vast oil reserves conservatively valued at $200 billion.Since 1834 Washington has been considering buying Greenland, the world’s largest island, which is 80 percent covered in ice. In 1946 President Harry Truman...
August 21, 2019

Trump peeved he can’t buy Greenland

A bold security approach for the Strait of Hormuz
ONE of the greatest developing threats to the security of the UK and the international community is the ongoing destabilization of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran. This is a threat which requires a united, robust and proportionate response from NATO.As the world’s most important oil chokepoint, these actions in the Strait of Hormuz cannot continue. Through this narrow waterway, 21 million barrels of seaborne oil passed every day in 2018, according to the US Energy Information Administration. That is around one-third of total global seaborne oil in that year, meaning that one- fifth of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz.Iran has made several threats to freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. In 2018, Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz following the US...
August 21, 2019

A bold security approach for the Strait of Hormuz

Tunisia needs better elected politicians
Tunisia’s revolution, the first and only surviving manifestation of the Arab Spring, faces a new test with the election next month of a successor to the late Beji Caid Essebsi followed by a general election in October.These second free elections since the ouster of the Ben Ali regime in 2011 are notable for the number of independent candidates. Around a hundred people have cast their hats into the ring for the presidency. There is also a plethora of would-be legislators who are saying they are aligned to no particular party. This potentially chaotic situation is evidence of the perceived weakness of the current electoral laws, a weakness which last year the late president recognized. He established a team of experts to recommend changes and also examine the possibility of adjusting the...
August 20, 2019

Tunisia needs better elected politicians

Play now, pay later
As the summer draws to a close and families that spent their time overseas make their way back to the Kingdom, some heads of households might be dreading the credit card bills that are sure to arrive at their door before too long.While the global economic downturn of recent times has not gone unnoticed and has had its impact regionally to an extent, many of us trapped in past habits of spending more than we earn have simply not learned our lessons well. Money management and financial prudence are lacking among many families who run out of funds well before the next paycheck and tide that period over with borrowed funds.Some of those borrowed funds are occasionally spent on unnecessary items such as vacations or other goods that are long forgotten while the debt remains to be settled. Banks...
August 20, 2019

Play now, pay later

Gulf between two projects!
Media reports around the world have circulated news about dramatic reforms in Saudi Arabia, which have altered an unjust situation that women have faced because of some extremist views.Recent decisions are a continuation of a series of important and fundamental reforms adopted by the Kingdom based on tolerance and acceptance of the other, the fight against extremism, the the adoption of moderate and religious discourse and respect and cultural openness to the world and its nations, peoples, arts and literature.These “local” Saudi moves have important implications for the region as a whole because of the Kingdom’s influence in the Middle East. In short, the Arabian Gulf lies between two divergent projects: Saudi Arabia versus Iran.The Saudi project embraces anti-terrorism and is...
August 20, 2019

Gulf between two projects!

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