Sunnis are not a sect and Islamic terrorism model is Shiite not Sunni
While agreeing with many U.S. analysts’ critique of president Obama’s Middle East policy, it is…
While agreeing with many U.S. analysts’ critique of president Obama’s Middle East policy, it is…
So great are the worries that Sunni-Shiite relations may deteriorate in Lebanon, that everyone embraces…
BY KATIE SIMMONS The pervasive conflicts that have gripped the Middle East over recent years…
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report Hamas’ political leader Khaled Meshaak, forced to quit his old headquarters in…
Shaffaf Exclusive: How does the Islamic State turmoil and the dislocation of Syria and Iraq…
“We had a language which was very suitable for science; yet we slept over it…
Arwa Othman has been a regular Middle East Transparent. Her articles, in arabic, are available…
More than three months after the guns fell silent in and around the Gaza Strip,…
By SAM DAGHER AL-QARDAHA, Syria—On the fourth day of a rebel assault on President Bashar…
On Dec. 7, the Israeli air force carried out a series of surgical air strikes…
Once again, we find ourselves at the height of election fever in the Jewish “nation-state”…
The Mevlevı ‘sema,’ or whirling ceremony. PHOTO: Fatma Demir. * During the first half of…
Prior to the ongoing civil war, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) was never considered…
The killing of six soldiers near Ras Baalbek Tuesday concealed a broader political message, one…
دخول “هيئة العلماء المسلمين” على خط الوساطة مع خاطفي عسكريي الجيش اللبناني ليس مستساغاً من…
Earlier today, a series of royal orders in the name of King Abdullah announced that…
Eric Edelman is a distinguished fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and…
The Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Istanbul. The break between the Eastern…
As a diplomat and Israel’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic and as a reserve officer…
She made a joke about a beard and the medieval clergy went berserk; apparently they…
Within Washington policy circles, many officials regard Syria’s minority Alawite sect as a homogenous bubble…
Over the last few days, as the United States has stepped up its bombing campaign…
Hezbollah wants the world to know it still wants death to Israel, it’s just really…
By Karen DeYoung The Obama administration is weighing the opening of a new front in…
Tango 10 protects the pass leading to the Christian village of Ras Baalbek near the…