Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (centre L), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (centre R) and European Union High Representative…
Author: Sarah Akel
Sarah Akel
Sarah akel, blablabla blablabla
PF_15.04.02_Projections_promo640x320 The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size…
A rebel fighter shoulders a weapon as he moves with others towards their positions in the Selma region of the…
Police action in Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province A soccer pitch in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, home to…
The most obvious point about the Iranian government’s response to the just-released nuclear framework is that Tehran is not treating…
This is an edited version of a presentation delivered to The Washington Institute’s Policy Forum on Wednesday, April 1, 2015,…
It may have gone into overtime, but President Obama and Secretary Kerry have now announced the parameters for a comprehensive…
On March 31, senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi told state television that “there will be no agreement without sanctions…
I’m sitting in a busy Shoreditch café on a Wednesday lunchtime. It’s my first time here and I’m immediately intrigued…
Jewish men at the Congregation Ahaba ve Ahava in Cairo, late 1940s. This synagogue was disbanded when Jews left Egypt,…
Ongoing developments in the Gulf have dramatically underscored the disintegration of the “Yemen Model” championed by President Obama last year,…
On March 26, Saudi Arabia announced the beginning of Operation Decisive Storm, the pan-Arab military operation to halt the advance…
Breaking news: “War in the Middle East!” OK, fine. You’ve read this one before. But the airstrikes, troop movements, and…
So far, the great majority of the Iranian people are staying with him, beckoned by the promise of lifted sanctions…
‘The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920’ by Eugene Rogan (Allen Lane, 512 pages,…
Head of a plaster statue from the Umayyad period. Debate continues about the permissibility of representing the human form in…
Islamists often do not hide it: They love head-count democracy in lands where they make a majority; and hate it…
Although Egypt’s parliamentary elections set for March 21-22 — the first since the beginning of Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s presidency –…
Children hold candles during a vigil in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on March 1, 2015, held in solidarity with Christians abducted…
The actions of the Joint List of Arab parties for the Knesset over the question of a surplus votes agreement…
In their controversial letter to “the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 other…
Since Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on Tuesday, critics and advocates have debated everything from the metaphors and…
On 1 March about 27,000 Iraqi troops commenced their attack on Tikrit, a city 150km (93 miles) north of Baghdad…
Every field of endeavor that determines quality of life in this country, for better or for worse, is a derivative…
On February 25, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched its long-overdue “Great Prophet 9” naval exercise in the Strait…
In early February, an alliance of Iran, the Syrian regime, and Hezbollah launched a major military offensive against rebel groups…
Another session (the fifth) of intensive, informal discussions with senior, well-connected, and non-official Iranians produced no startling breakthroughs on the…
In the days of the Ottoman Empire, pederasty-like relationships were common between pre-pubescent boys and bearded older men. Though today…
On Feb. 19, a senior official with U.S. Central Command leaked details about the most widely anticipated military offensive in…
When Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani visits the White House on February 24, President Obama will have to contend with…
— AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long enjoyed close relations, but Islamabad’s new-found resolve for fighting the root…
Iran’s Fars News Agency – affiliated with the country’s security circles – quoted a Russian media outlet and wrote that…
Read the full report here: * Violations of Freedom of Press and Expression March – December 2014 Introduction Issues regarding…
Pope Francis; drawing by James Ferguson The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope by Austen Ivereigh…
Shaffaf reproduces the following article of The Wall Street Journal as a tribute to the Arab Jews- still present in…
It’s a quiet and sombre school day. The sun is shining bright but I still remember a distinct form of…
The CIA doesn’t assassinate often anymore, so when it does the agency picks its targets carefully. The story uncovered last…
Somebody one day will write my biography. I might be present to give him information or I might be reincarnated…
The visit by the chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will likely prompt concern in Washington and other…
The Houthi coup and other recent developments in Yemen have raised many questions about the country’s religious fabric, especially the…
By Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima On Feb. 12, 2008, Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah’s international operations chief, walked on a quiet…
Just two days after President Obama’s visit to Riyadh, King Salman has sacked several of the princes who met with…
The Iranian nuclear negotiations have proven divisive enough within the United States and among the United States and its allies.…
Tomorrow, January 27, President Obama will cut short his visit to India in order to meet with the new Saudi…
by CONRAD HACKETT Recent violence in France and protest marches in Germany have drawn renewed attention to Europe’s Muslim population.…
The nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran appear stalemated. Meanwhile Iran is on the march in the Middle…
It would be very strange if the discovery of MOSSAD’s penetration into the highest leadership of Lebanese Hezbollah a few…
Sunday, Israeli airstrikes targeted a convoy of Hezbollah vehicles, killing several senior operatives, reportedly including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of…
Major American media organizations have been running stories lately that feature one of Washington’s Persian Gulf allies, the United Arab…
Western intelligence sources say son of master terrorist Imad Mughniyah was planning attacks meant to ‘kill soldiers, hit Israeli communities…