Getting the Insight Out
On December 13th, Iranian-backed Houthi Rebels and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government agred to a cease-fire, freeing the strategic port city of Hodiedah in Yemen. Following years of violence resulting in the More
On the 9th of October, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held elections that resulted in the addition of several controversial member states to the body. The Philippines, Bahrain, More
The recent killing of the Saudi Arabian dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has attracted international coverage and fierce condemnation. The assassination of one man has More
Russia, under Vladimir Putin’s regime, has been expanding its influence into the domestic affairs of varying countries and its recent foray into Western democracies’ affairs has wide-reaching implications. Russia’s 2014 More
Jamal Khashoggi, arguably Saudi Arabia’s most influential dissident-journalist, walked into the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul, and never came back out. In all likelihood, he was murdered in cold-blood by Saudi’s More
On the June 5th of 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt initiated a blockade of Qatar that closed land, sea and air routes and expelled Qatari More
In early August, Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland used Twitter to denounce the imprisonment of Samar Badawi by Saudi Arabia. This criticism has led to a number of More
Last June, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud named his son, 31 year-old Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (also known as MBS) as the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. More
In their contest for regional dominance, Saudi Arabia and Iran turn to Lebanon as a new battleground