Many are hopeful that 2018 will be the year of resolution in the various conflicts and crises in the Middle East. There are indications, however, that we might just see the opposite on several fronts.

With the spark of anti-government protests in Iran, many have started to question whether these demonstrations will lead to any change, or whether they will be oppressed by the Iranian regime like they were in 2009. The protesters are frustrated by high unemployment rates, i

Following American President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognising it as the capital of Israel, we have seen an increase in propaganda designed to weaken Jordan’s bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

In recent weeks, there has been much commentary in Jordan on the importance of taking a new approach to Jordan’s bilateral relations.

According to several security reports, the popularity of Hamza Bin Laden, the son of Osama Bin Laden, is increasing and some reports suggest that amongst followers of Al Qaeda, he is actually more popular than Al Zawahiri.The gradual fall of Daesh in Syria and Iraq is likely to r

US President Donald Trump has given a landmark speech last week recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It clearly demonstrates Trump attempting to distinguish himself from other recent presidents as a leader of action over talk.

Many observers believe that recent developments in security measures have increased the effectiveness with which we can face terrorism, as evidenced by the falling number of attacks by Daesh or other groups.

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has published the 2017 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), measuring and understanding the impact of terrorism.

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s visit to Sochi, Russia, last week is indicative of a new development in Syria.The last time Assad visited Moscow, in 2015, it was directly after the Russian military intervention in Syria.This new meeting, two years after the first, was to declare