By Thilo Thielke The wealthy Syrian port city of Tartus, a stronghold of the Assad regime, is an island of…
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New York Times The biggest open secret in Ankara is that Turkey detests Iran, which it sees as undermining its…
THE Arab Spring has shaken a whole series of autocratic regimes. With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, might not…
The two so-called “nationalist” movements that have been fighting over this country for decades have reached a critical stage in…
By Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung ANTAKYA, Turkey — A surge of rebel advances in Syria is being fueled at…
Khatoun Haidar The fate of Lebanon is uncertain. I can feel a cold wind that reminds me of 1975, the…
The Atlantic Some believe Egypt’s uprising began on January 25, 2011, but the Brotherhood begs to differ. Two years ago…
It was to be expected that Kholoud and Nidal’s civil marriage adventure in Lebanon, with the aid of a former…
Riyadh’s latest appointment suggests that traditionally secretive royal rivalries may be moving into the public eye as the succession process…
CIA Symposium on the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War On Wednesday, January 30, 2013, intelligence officials, Middle…
After centuries of stagnation science is making a comeback in the Islamic world THE sleep has been long and deep.…
Although Assad’s ouster would bring welcome disruption to the Iran-Hizballah axis, Israel’s leaders are focusing on the potential security risks…
I could not believe the words blasted on the radio. Mufti Kabbani was literary excommunicating any Lebanese Sunni politician who…
As you arrive at Jerusalem (Al Quds) roundabout coming from the Beirut highway, you can choose one of several entrances…
In the recent meeting of Christian leaders at Bkerke, a majority opinion has emerged favoring the “Greek Orthodox proposals” regarding…
Research Conclusions Christians Fears & Concerns Christians mainly identify themselves as Lebanese and Christians significantly more among the females. They…
Foreign Policy U.S. warnings about chemical weapons need to be sharpened with credible threats of force if a potential humanitarian…
The abundance of parties running for Knesset from the right and the left and from the religions of Moses and…
Kafkaesque is the only adjective I can think off when hearing what the major Christians parties -with the blessing of…
If the United States does not take on a more active leadership role in Syria, the country will become a…
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In a whitewashed apartment in Irbid, Jordan, near the Syrian border, officers who have defected from the Syrian air force…
The replacement of a long-serving provincial governor is likely related to security concerns regarding the area’s Shiite majority. The Eastern…
The latest rebel success, while significant in battlefield terms, has empowered extremist forces and further highlighted Washington’s insufficient support for…
AN OPEN SOURCE LOOK AT IRAN’S INTELLIGENCE MINISTRY Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security is believed to employ more than…
Increasingly well-armed rebels are a problem for the regime and could complicate the period after Assad’s fall. * Rebel units…
Simon Henderson U.S.-brokered efforts to untangle the maritime knot between the three countries could boost natural gas exploration. Talks in…
Two years into the so-called “Arab Spring,” the tally is grim for Middle East republics. To date, three nominally republican…
Demons have always mocked human beings with their amazing elusiveness. They dress and undress, appear and disappear, especially to the…
Despite ideological affinities between the Muslim Brotherhood and Tehran, political disagreements make a rapprochement unlikely. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may…
Foreign Affairs After almost two years of bloodletting in Syria, there is little chance that negotiations of the kind UN…
Charles Glass Aleppo is under siege. Transporting heating oil for people to survive the winter has become a dangerous task.…
We, the undersigned call on the Yemeni government to release writer and blogger Ali Ali Qasim Al Saidi. Mr. Al…
The media adore elections. Everyone here wants to feel like America but is choosing only the glittery American shell. No…
Will Saudi Arabia Ever Change? JANUARY 10, 2013 Hugh Eakin E-MAIL SINGLE PAGE PRINT SHARE by Hugh Eakin * On…
By William Wan YINCHUAN, China — The praying and slaughtering begin every morning at sunrise. “Allahu Akbar” intones the imam…
Lebanon has a long history of muddling through, and it may do so again unless Syrian violence reignites sectarian tensions…
After weeks of political intrigue and street violence, Egyptians voted this weekend on a controversial new constitution. Prior to the…
A day before the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, Nir Hasson revealed the Nature and Parks Authority’s plan to…
The reverberations of the Kuwait bombings still ring loud three decades later, and the threat from Iran and Hezbollah is…
METransparent Exclusive Diplomatic sources in the European Community expressed concern regarding defamation and slandering campaigns undertaken by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood…
**** Council on Foreign Relations As debate intensifies over how Washington should respond to Syria’s escalating crisis, CFR rounded up…
By JAMES RISEN, MARK MAZZETTI and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT WASHINGTON — The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms…
A Russian political analyst with contacts at the Foreign Ministry said that “people sent by the Russian leadership” who had…
Mr. President, if you do not bring an end to this bloody conflict, you will be asked to do something…
By Colum Lynch, Published: November 29 UNITED NATIONS — For years, the tiny oil sheikdom of Qatar has been a…
In the summer of 2000, I received an e-mail message from a Saudi woman named Nura. She was the mother…
It’s only a matter of time before the Egyptian president’s domestic extremism extends to international relations. Following Cairo’s successful mediation…
Not only is discussion of settlement of the Palestinian refugees currently within the Lebanese borders taboo, since 1990 it has…