
Qatari vs. Saudi Wahhabism and the Perils of Top-Down Change
State Mosque of Qatar under construction, image by Omar Chatriwala via Flickr CC EXECUTIVE…
State Mosque of Qatar under construction, image by Omar Chatriwala via Flickr CC EXECUTIVE…
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By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK LONDON — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest on Saturday night of the…
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It has been over-two weeks since Stephen Paddock went into a Las Vegas hotel room,…
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Qatar should transform its political system from a monarchy to a democracy to liberate itself…
The IDF releases video evidence of Hezbollah intelligence gathering operations in southern Lebanon along…
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Terrorist killings at Iranian parliament and mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini bring into focus something Riyadh…
The Department of State has designated Hashem Safieddine and Muhammad al-Isawi as Specially Designated Global…
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Blasphemy has joined terrorism as a catchall phrase to intimidate, incarcerate and kill critics…
May 2, 2017 Dear Members of the AUB Community, The American University of Beirut (AUB)…
Dear Colleagues, It is with deep sorrow and profound sadness that I inform you that…
For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most…
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The rubble of a home destroyed by reported coalition air strikes in al-Jadida, Mosul, Iraq,…
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The dispute between Israel and Lebanon over the maritime border between them has been going…
According to a Syrian Army statement, an Israeli jet involved in a raid over Syria…
Pakistan is emerging as an important military player in the Gulf as its struggles to…
This report was produced with the Critical Threats Project. The insights are part of an…
The Trump administration has adopted an aggressive approach towards Iran. It seeks to establish a…
In his inaugural speech, president Donald Trump showed that one thing that would not preoccupy…
The poll released on Thursday, which surveyed over 1,200 people, shows 55% of Israelis prefer…
The Security Cabinet presents a three-phase plan whose goal is to safeguard Israel’s northern border…
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I recently saw a small but noisy demonstration in a Spanish city. The young demonstrators,…