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We are witnessing political protests and uprising in different parts of Middle East. The year 2011 began with an uprising in Tunisia which started with an act of protest of one single man, news of which spread like a wild fire and soon people of Tunisia took to the streets and overthrew the oppressive regime almost overnight. Now the same protests have [...]

From a report by Sonja Pace in VOANews.com, we are informed that the London’s Science Museum holds an exhibit featuring the scientific inventions the world has inherited from the ancient Muslim world. There is no ‘clash of civilizations’ with this one, as Islam and non-Islam are now pitted against each other in most of the Western world. Coffee, [...]

The Afghan surge can’t defeat terrorist ideology, experts say. According to Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, ‘President Obama should have used his speech to declare victory and announce the start of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan instead of an escalation. Even if the surge achieves its immediate mission—at huge cost—the operation [...]

The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly committed its naval forces to the Yemeni waters and has stated that, this move is primarily to put a curb on the Somali pirates. However, experts have been concerned about the recent increased naval activity from Iran in Yemen, as such a move could inadvertently raise the possibilities of a naval forces clash [...]

The debate over whether to close down the US detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba involves two basic questions. What happens to terrorist suspects after they leave the detention center at Guantanamo Bay? Can Gitmo’s terrorists be rehabilitated? There have been reports that answer the first question. Many of the former so-called terror [...]

The military forces of Saudi Arabia today launched a large scale military operation in northern Yemen, to quell a the rising rebellion from the Shiites in the region, who have been creating a lot of trouble for the Yemeni government. The assault force includes infantry battalions, artillery shelling along with close air support from Saudi air force. The [...]

For the lowly ‘farmers and herders fleeing the war between the Yemeni army and Houthi Shia rebels that broke out last month in the country’s mountainous north,’ the noise of heavy artillery, mortar attacks, and aerial bombardment have become familiar sounds. These people have become refugees, temporarily sheltered far away from their villages [...]

Experts believe that, with the ongoing military offensive by Pakistani armed forces against Al-Qaeda’s trusted allies, the Taliban, Osama Bin Laden might be looking for another safe haven for his militia. With the current military operations by Pakistan in its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), many are speculating that Yemen or Somalia [...]

How wise is the decision of Obama to close the detention facility at Guantanamo ? A Saudi man identified as Said Ali Al-Shihiri , after spending nearly six years in the US detention facility at Guantanamo returned home about a year ago and from there went to Yemen, which is Osama bin Laden’s ancestral home. According to a purported internet statement [...]