On 8th May, President Trump announced that the US is withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as Iranian nuclear deal, by re-imposing sanctions on Iran….

Syrian conflict started with anti-government protests in March 2011 before escalating into a complex and one of the most devastating civil war in the Middle East. With the involvement of…

The war against Islamic State (IS) has ended in Iraq and Syria, after the Iraqi Prime Minister announced the victory in Baghdad. Two days later, Putin also ordered partial withdrawal…

Syed Sadam Hussain Shahgraduated with a Bachelor of International Relations from National Defence University, Islamabad and formerly worked at the Centre for Strategic and Contemporary Research.

Existence of ISIS was candidly snubbed as a mythical existence of an imaginative mind, or in other cases it was considered an idea that could likely be tackled before it…

Qatar is a small state, in terms of population and size. It is situated at a geo-strategic location near major petroleum deposits. Regardless of its size, Qatar holds an eminent…

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental, political organisation with 57 members after the United Nations. It was created in response to the arson of Al-Aqsa…

The Malian crisis of 2013 was one of the pernicious effects of western intervention in Libya for regime change with the help of local armed groups. After the removal and…

Since 2011, the regions of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been embroiled in events which took a catastrophic toll on their socio-economic development and strategic stability with nations…

On November 4, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced an unprecedented move by arresting a dozen of princes, current and former officials, and businessmen in what was portrayed as an…