Wars break out and threaten lives; revolutions crush and hopes fade; tribal fights start, blood spills and hatred flares up; elections are held, some win, some lose, some rig; politicians talk, generals act and tragedies strike. Without an insight, life appears to be a shapeless jumble of things that happen haphazardly, leaving the world with events that fall over each other in the most chaotic way. Every week, 10 Minutes structures this chaos by dissecting and discussing every political story worth telling.
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Yemen: The Future of a Revolution
A look at how with the interference of neighboring Saudi Arabia, the Yemeni revolution spiraled into crisis ...
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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
A chronological account of how Yemen has turned into the hub of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula...
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Libya: A Nest of Terrorism
Libya was supposed to be a safer and freer place in the post-Gaddafi era – evidence from different angles points to the contrary. ...
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ISIL in Afghanistan
A profound analysis of the real role of Daesh in Afghanistan and its connection with the recent terrorist attacks in this country. ...
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Turkey and Syria Conflict
An analytical insight into Ankara’s ambitious and increasingly aggressive foreign policy in the Middle East. ...
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Europe: The Asylum Seekers
A new wave of asylum seekers who have fled different conflicts in the Middle East and Africa is pushing towards Europe. The continent has now put its humanity to the test. ...
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ISIL and the Baathist Factor
An amazing analysis of how Daesh bears an uncanny resemblance to the ostensibly now-defunct Baath Party. ...
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Who was Mullah Omar?
In July 2015, Taliban spokesperson announced that the group’s leader Mullah Omar had died in 2013. His death shrouded in secrecy led to power struggle within the Taliban Militants....
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Libya: A Nest of Terrorism 2
Since the fall of Gaddafi, Libya has spiraled into a vicious civil war and this instability has turned Libya into a transit port for illegal immigrants striving to enter Europe. ...
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Mina Stampedes
A descriptive and critical account of the Hajj stampede on September 24, 2105 which led to the deadliest tragedy in 25 years...
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Iran War Refugees
A brief account of how the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a main country to host the biggest refugee populations in the world for more than 30 years....
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US Mass Shootings
Referring to shocking and striking statistics, US mass shootings are put into perspective against a historical lobbyist backdrop associating the violence at home to the country’s mass killings outsi...
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Israeli Militarism: A German Support
Against a historical backdrop, the Germans’ advocacy of Israeli militarism in many ways and under the cloak of compensating for the Holocaust is expounded analytically....
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Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr
Sheikh Nimr is a Shia Sheikh and a critic of the Saudi Arabian government who was sentenced to death in 2014 for his role in the 2011 uprising....