Category: Middle East

Andrei Karlov assassination: Will it strengthen Russo-Turkish resolve to fight the West in Syria?

December 19, 2016

It should be kept in mind that long before changing course of its diplomacy, Turkey was accused of harboring ISIS terrorists. The worst has started happening. As if twin bombing attacks in Turkey were not enough to dissuade Sultan-to-be Tayyip Erdogan from pursuing his romance with Russia, a gunman believed to be a security official, … More Andrei Karlov assassination: Will it strengthen Russo-Turkish resolve to fight the West in Syria?

Syria: Russia’s attack on a major US proxy could trigger a wider conflict

October 6, 2015

Who would be Sovietized this time around is something which we would witness with bated breath and crossed fingers. HUSSAIN SAQIB The worst has finally happened. Russia has joined a conflict in the Middle East which has the potential to turn into a war of wider scale between the two nuclear-armed giants. Weakened by the … More Syria: Russia’s attack on a major US proxy could trigger a wider conflict

Five reasons why Pakistan will not land its troops in Yemen

March 31, 2015

Hussain Saqib Iran is doing to Saudi Arabia in Yemen what the latter has been doing to Syria for a long time; fanning and funding armed resistance against incumbent regimes to bring the regime change. The lobbyists on both sides of the divide are trying to make us all believe it is sectarian strife in … More Five reasons why Pakistan will not land its troops in Yemen

7 Deadly Scenarios: If nothing else, Israel alone can undo the US

July 22, 2014

Prophets of doom are working overtime these days; and their prophecies center around Pakistan. They either predict Pakistan’s collapse or suggest its break-up or “balkanization” as an option to sort out its problems. The reason Pakistan is increasingly becoming a favorite topic of these debates is its frail economy and dwindling popularity of the democratic … More 7 Deadly Scenarios: If nothing else, Israel alone can undo the US

Americans fund and arm al Qaeda to topple Assad regime in Syria….

August 6, 2012

The Americans seem to have shifted their focus, at least for the time-being, from Afghanistan to Syria. And its has enlisted new allies. According to reports, Al Qaeda and the US are fighting a battle to topple their common foe; Bashar al Assad regime in Syria. Shocked anyone? Al Qaeda is America’s Enemy Number One because … More Americans fund and arm al Qaeda to topple Assad regime in Syria….

Israel all set to attack Iran before October…

August 2, 2012

The emerging developments are not confusing anymore. The US and Israel have decided to seal the fate of Iran’s nuclear installations. And it is not very far off. According to some assessments, the attack can take place any time between now and October, 2012.  Israeli newspaper Haaretz made the claim that preemptive strike plans on … More Israel all set to attack Iran before October…

Libya turmoil; Interventionism is West’s new colonialism….

April 2, 2011

By HUSSAIN SAQIB According to Wikipedia, Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. Colonialism is a set of unequal relationships: between the colonists and the indigenous population. The term colonialism normally refers to a period of history from the late 15th to the 20th … More Libya turmoil; Interventionism is West’s new colonialism….