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Talmiz Ahmad
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The writer is a former Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia
    US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Donald Trump's Mideast plan: It's not to bring peace

    Given the ongoing political contentions in West Asia, Arab opinion is deeply divided.

    30 Jan 2020 9:00 PM

    Qassem SoleimaniOpinion
    Post Soleimani, West Asia lurches from crisis to crisis

    Khamenei was tough and uncompromising in his remarks. He referred to the previous fortnight as "historical days".

    22 Jan 2020 1:50 AM

    Sultan Qabbous (1940-2020)Opinion
    A sultan who modernised Oman and was a true peacemaker in West Asia

    Qabbous came to the throne in 1970 in a peaceful coup d'etat, engineered with the help of the British that sent his...

    12 Jan 2020 8:45 PM

    US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)Opinion
    As 2019 ends, West Asia sees a few silver linings, new dawn

    Through December, there were reports of Saudi-Iranian interactions to discuss a possible accommodation of their...

    27 Dec 2019 8:38 PM

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his government intended to prevent instability in the foreign exchange market after a possible Washington exit from the nuclear accord. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Tehran faces maximum resistance' as sanctions bite, discontent rises

    Observers estimate that Iran might have lost $1.5 billion due to the week-long blackout.

    8 Dec 2019 7:11 PM

    John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Does Bolton's ghost still stalk the White House?

    Bolton found himself increasingly excluded from policy relating to North Korea and Afghanistan.

    18 Sept 2019 7:53 PM

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Pak in a fix over J&K, but India's challenges remain

    Pakistani commentators now fear that if there is now any violence in Kashmir, Pakistan will be blamed and there could be...

    16 Aug 2019 7:23 PM

    US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Washington-Tehran brinkmanship is taking Middle East to the abyss

    President Trump later said that he had ordered a retaliatory attack on Iran, but held back when he learnt it would kill...

    26 July 2019 6:35 PM

    US President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Brinkmanship in the Gulf gets more dangerous

    A senior Iranian official has added that Iran could consider withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as...

    25 Jun 2019 8:03 PM

    President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Iran, US & Israel: A tale of 3 summits in Mecca

    There need not have been three summits all members of the GCC and the Arab League are also members of the OIC.

    3 Jun 2019 6:35 PM

    US President Donald Trump speaks about a state of emergency from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.Opinion
    America, under Trump, turns into 'rogue' state

    Several US commentators believe that Trump is being encouraged by some of his officials to initiate a war againt Iran.

    28 April 2019 6:35 PM

    Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Magician' Bibi likely to face stormy days ahead

    Religious parties freely invoked faith and even promised a place in heaven to those who voted for them.

    14 April 2019 6:30 PM

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