Back in 2012, Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defense system was hailed as a real, working battlefield weapon that could shoot…
Month: July 2014
Qatar is emerging for the second time in a decade as the only Arab state without a peace treaty and…
On July 26, Secretary of State John Kerry stood next to Qatari foreign minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah in Paris…
GIACOMO GALEAZZI ROME From “intellectual heretic” to father of the Church on the big screen, Pier Paolo Pasolini is now…
Libya is a fractured country whose long-simmering violence is threatening to boil over. Internecine fighting once mostly limited to Benghazi…
It’s a balmy Friday morning in Beirut and I’ve just returned to the city after a long five months absence.…
As Saudi Arabia seeks to inoculate itself against the violence, civil disobedience and potential re-writing of colonial-era borders that characterize…
Foreign Policy The death from natural causes of an old man in North Korea this month should have been the…
As Israel’s Operation Protective Edge continues in Gaza, the conflict is affecting almost all major cities in Israel, including communities…
The one thing worth writing about is the heroism of one million seven hundred thousand mortals, flesh and blood…
This Saturday, July 12, there was a solemn ceremony in Cyprus. Forty years after he went missing, the remains of…
It was obvious several years ago, when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Iran’s president and the Islamic Republic was expanding its power…
I vividly remember the time and place when I knew that the Cold War had ended. It was Aug. 3,…
Together, united by the spirit of the Church of Antioch, where – according to the Acts of the Apostles -…
USA Today Any traveler to the Middle East today can feel the tidal wave sweeping the area. The Arab Awakening…
Share on Facebook It must have been a very difficult decision to make. The presidency of the Turkish Republic must…
As well-publicized bouts of violence, from civil war to suicide bombings, plague the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, concern…
ROME “People fled because they were afraid of the war. But so far Christians have not suffered oppression because of…