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One thing has always been clear since the founding of Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom always wins. No other country has encountered such challenges on various levels and adeptly come out on top at every turn. Its latest victory was claimed at the Jeddah summits where it achieved in two days what…

When one nervously and tensely says, time after time, that he does not like war but is not afraid of it or that he does not want war but is fully prepared to wage it, what he is actually saying is that he loves war and intends to wage one and that he is perhaps fanning its flames, preparing to set…

Last week’s urgent negotiations in the Security Council should finally push the so-called Friends of Syria to prepare for the day soon when the United Nations organization can no longer supervise the delivery of humanitarian aid into rebel-controlled northwest Syria. On July 8, Russia in the…

The voice recording attributed to head of the State of Law coalition of Iraqi former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about Moqtada al-Sadr and other Iraqi parties spells the end of Maliki’s political career, even if he tries to push on. The recording, which Maliki’s office denied, warning of …

Regional powers have been watching China’s growing influence in the Pacific with rising alarm, and casting around for ways to counter it. After Beijing signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands earlier this year and offered a similar deal to other Pacific Island nations, efforts stepped up a…

Everything is going according to plan. That’s the line from President Vladimir Putin. The war in Ukraine, in its fifth month and with no end in sight, may be grueling. But senior Kremlin officials keep repeating that Russia, gaining the upper hand in Ukraine’s east, will achieve all its goals. …

On July 12, the United Nations’ Security Council passed Resolution 2642 – giving the UN a new mandate to provide cross-border humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria for a period of six months. The resolution was described as a compromise between the international community and Russia, but in…

June’s just-released inflation data is startling. At 9.1 percent, it’s the highest year-on-year rate we’ve seen since 1981. Maybe it’s the highest we will see. Oil and other commodity prices are falling, real wage growth has turned negative and retail inventories are thickening. None of that is…

Gail Collins: Bret, we should talk a bit about the passing of Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana. Any first thoughts? Bret Stephens: A sad moment. She represented immigrant striving, something her former husband should have learned to appreciate — but didn’t. Did you know her? Gail: No, my…

Despite the muddling media hubbub surrounding US President Joe Biden’s visit to the city of Jeddah, the outcomes announced officially make Biden’s visit to the Kingdom one of the most important in terms of strategic value. Whatever the occasion, popular media is always on the lookout for scoops…

Instead of the bright colors that popped from the screen, my apps and photos stared out like washed-out newspaper print. This was intentional on my part. I wanted to see if setting my phone to grayscale would make me spend less time scrolling through apps . One surprising result near the beginning…

The evening news on the Lebanese broadcaster LBCI is a spectacular scoop that recurs daily. It tells us that, in contrast to what we know to be true, Lebanon is leaping from one success to another, consistently taking excellence to new highs. Vacationers and tourists are flocking to it. The parties…