Salman Al-Dossary

No government has ever overcome obstacles in its relationship with Iran such as Kuwait, and no country has ever tolerated Iranian terrorism like Kuwait. But this has not spared the country direct abuse and incitement against it. Perhaps the Iranian officials’ claim that Kuwait was involved in…

When a State has very aggressive political tools, it cannot use diplomacy, but rather fails in it. This applies literally to Turkish politics. The faltering political agendas prevail over the language of reason, logic and international relations. The tactics of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th…

The hardest challenge monarchies face is having their fate linked to a single man for several. On the one hand, this ruler consolidates the foundations of the state and ensures its stability and security. On the other, it is hard for a country to act independently from this figure. Several…

The four Arab capitals that the Iranians were proud to have invaded were not alone in rushing to defend Iranian interests after Qassem Soleimani was killed. It was not only Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sanaa that adopted the Iranian mourning position over the leader of the Quds Force, which led…

Every Saudi success story endures a large deal of skepticism before it proves itself and goes on to set an example in goal setting and achieving. This time, the success story undergoing scrutiny is the Aramco IPO. Disbelief has haunted all the Kingdom’s reforms on various levels as though to…

No one was surprised with the publishing of intelligence documents that revealed Iranian interference in Iraq. In fact, those documents have confirmed what was already known. No one was shocked by the continued exceptional relations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian regime. The history…

The political scene in Iraq, since its creation in 1921, has been different than that in any other Arab country. From an overthrown monarchy to the republican system under Abd al-Karim Qasim to the Baath party’s power grab in 1968, which remained until the US invasion in 2003, Iraqis have strived…

Following all political forces, Hezbollah has faced the popular protests in Lebanon, and considered them directed against it. Ten days ago, the Lebanese people of all sects with no exception, took to the streets after the situation reached unprecedented levels. They did not target certain…

The strategy adopted by the Turkish government in all its policies is perhaps to hide the real goals behind its actions. This is how it conducted a military operation in northern Syria under a pretext that is almost impossible to achieve, namely, “the return of refugees” and the establishment of a …