Opinion & Analysis
Opinion articles and political analysis by Dr. Salem Alketbi on Gulf, Arab, Iranian and international affairs.
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United States
Where is Gen. Dempsey
For a while now, I have been trying to deconstruct aspects of the US strategy in Iraq. US newspapers criticized…
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Yemen
Iran Exporting its Internal Crises
Iranian military leaders and officials recently went back to using an ‘obsolete’ expression that disappeared for years from the Iranian…
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Extremism
Media and Terrorism …An Illicit Relationship
The role of satellite channels in promoting the ideology of terrorism and in defending extremist organizations, and the relationship of…
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United States
A Mysterious Scene in Iraq
Even if Iran-backed militias succeed in stopping the progress of Daesh in Anbar, the population in Sunni areas will look…
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Yemen
Khamenei and the Polytheists of Mecca
It seems that the supreme leader of the Iranian revolution did not want to live in reality, and insists on…
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Al-Baghdadi & the ‘Saying of the Slander’
Al-Baghdadi calls on Muslims everywhere to take up arms, and we want the world around us to believe that Islam…
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Extremism
“Terrorism Satellite Channels” and the French Position
France has taken a recent important decision to close the “Rabaa” satellite channel, which is the voice of the Muslim…
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United States
The French Alternative in the Gulf
The United States has no choice but to accept the presence of its strategic partner, France, in anticipation of Iran’s…
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Gulf security
GCC Shifts Ahead Camp David Summit
Many are discussing the upcoming summit at Camp David between President Barack Obama and the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation…
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Iran
What You Don’t Know About Iran (2)
In a previous article with the same title, we dealt with the internal issues of Iran that are weakening the…
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