Archive for 'Saudi Arabia'
Yemen: A slogan and six wars
By Khaled Fattah
Yemen, the weakest, least developed and most tribal Middle Eastern state is battling for the sixth time a Shi’ite Zaydi rebellion in the mountainous north bordering Saudi Arabia.
The violent rebellion is drawing the attention of regional and international actors to the formidable set of threats confronting the sole republic in the […]
Posted: October 28th, 2009 under ARTICLES, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
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Why the Saudi Shiites Won’t Rise Up Easily
A Conflicts Forum Monograph, by Leo Kwarten*, June, 2009
Shiite citizens face considerable religious, political and social discrimination in Saudi society. In the 1970s and 1980s, this situation has instigated bloody street protests and Shia calls for an Islamic revolution. Although the Saudi Shiites have considerably moderated their position since, these incidents still feed speculations about […]
Posted: June 12th, 2009 under MONOGRAPHS, Saudi Arabia, Shiites.
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The political implications of the Hamas electoral victory from Islamist, regional and Western perspectives
A Conflicts Forum conference sponsored by the European Commission, Beirut, March 2007
Conference Report, Part Two
In March of 2007, Conflicts Forum conducted a workshop on the political implications of the Hamas electoral victory from Islamist, regional and Western perspectives. The conference, held in Beirut, Lebanon, presented speakers from the region, including Islamist scholars and leaders, those […]
Posted: June 18th, 2007 under Bush Administration, CF CONFERENCE, Diplomacy, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mecca Agreement, Middle East, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia.
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How the Saudis stole a march on the U.S.
By Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, Asia Times, March 5, 2007
Palestinian Authority advisers Saeb Erakat and Yasser Abed Rabbo arrived in Washington at the beginning of February confused and uncertain. Their mandate from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, was to talk to State Department officials about US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s upcoming […]
Posted: March 5th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Bush Administration, Diplomacy, Fatah, Hamas, Mark Perry, Mecca Agreement, Middle East, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia.
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