Iran’s Quds Force: A force of chaoson May 21, 2018Iranian Quds force recently came into the limelight once again after the escalation of conflict with Israel. Quds force fired around 20 rockets from Syrian Golan heights at Israeli military outposts. Most of these rockets were either intercepted or fell with Syrian territory itself. Israel responded with overwhelming force; it attacked dozens of Iranian targets […]
Hard to replace Haftar in Libyaon May 2, 2018Khalifa Haftar, a veteran general and strongman in Libya has returned to his stronghold and headquarter in the eastern city of Benghazi following an extended absence, including reported treatment in Paris hospital for a stroke. General Haftar has been part of the Libyan political scene for more than four decades, shifting from the centre to […]
Are Houthis Iran’s new Hezbollah ?on April 14, 2018Houthis officially “Ansar Allah” are a Yemeni rebel group which adherent to Zaidism a branch of Shia Islam. Zaidi Imams ruled Yemen for 1,000 years until the 1962 revolution. Houthi movement in early 1990 began as a cultural movement intended to counter Wahhabist and Salafist influence and end the political and economic marginalization of Yemen’s […]
Let Yemen surviveon March 28, 2018More than 10,000 people have been killed as the war in Yemen enters in its fourth year. The country is on the edge of being plunged into famine as it has already been the poorest country in the Arab world, with limited arable land and water resources. Though the country has oil as one of […]
Iranian threat to Israel at all-time highon March 2, 2018The shadow war between the two Middle East heavyweights Israel and Iran is going on for decades now. But the recent incident of Israeli air raids on Iranian bases in Syria and downing of Israeli F-16 fighter jet by Syrian anti-aircraft missile batteries, which has happened for the first time in 36 years, have bought […]
Iran has to be welfare state, not a theocracyon January 29, 2018The recent protests in Iran rang alarm bells for the ruling theocracy in Tehran. What started in Iran’s second largest and holy city of Mashhad, over rising prices, transfigured into widespread, unprecedented protests against the theocratic regime in towns and cities across the country. The earlier protests against the current status quo had mainly emerged […]
Doha will go its wayon January 5, 2018Last year in June, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a land, sea and air blockade on Qatar for its alleged support to terror outfits and being too close to Iran. The Arab neighbours thought that by imposing this blockade they can pressurise Qatar to set aside its own ambitious foreign policy and […]
Iraq now an Iranian colonyon October 29, 2017The recent takeover of Kirkuk by Iranian backed militias and the Iraqi army clearly illustrates that Iran is now calling the shots in every important decision in Iraq. This whole operation and the withdrawal of the PUK and Peshmerga without putting up any resistance to advancing Iraqi forces were planned by the Iran Quds force […]
Kirkuk, a ticking time bombon October 8, 2017Iraq’s territories, which are disputed by both Baghdad and Erbil have long been a primary source of contention between Kurds and the Iraqi federal government. Among these territories, Kirkuk is most important one and both Baghdad and Erbil have locked horn over it. The oil-rich Kirkuk province lies outside of the official borders of the […]
Al Qaeda’s gains in Syriaon September 16, 2017 While the United States and NATO remains focused on defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, Al Qaeda in Syria is accumulating strength and territory at an alarming pace and may eventually pose the most daunting counter-terrorism challenge that the US and West has ever faced. Al-Qaeda has reportedly benefited from the US-led […]