Author Sarah Akel

PF_15.04.02_Projections_promo640x320 The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in…

A rebel fighter shoulders a weapon as he moves with others towards their positions in…

Police action in Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province A soccer pitch in the Iranian…

The most obvious point about the Iranian government’s response to the just-released nuclear framework is…

This is an edited version of a presentation delivered to The Washington Institute’s Policy Forum…

It may have gone into overtime, but President Obama and Secretary Kerry have now announced…

On March 31, senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi told state television that “there will…

I’m sitting in a busy Shoreditch café on a Wednesday lunchtime. It’s my first time…

Jewish men at the Congregation Ahaba ve Ahava in Cairo, late 1940s. This synagogue was…

Ongoing developments in the Gulf have dramatically underscored the disintegration of the “Yemen Model” championed…

On March 26, Saudi Arabia announced the beginning of Operation Decisive Storm, the pan-Arab military…

Breaking news: “War in the Middle East!” OK, fine. You’ve read this one before. But…

So far, the great majority of the Iranian people are staying with him, beckoned by…

‘The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920’ by Eugene…

Head of a plaster statue from the Umayyad period. Debate continues about the permissibility of…

Islamists often do not hide it: They love head-count democracy in lands where they make…

Although Egypt’s parliamentary elections set for March 21-22 — the first since the beginning of…

Children hold candles during a vigil in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on March 1, 2015, held…

The actions of the Joint List of Arab parties for the Knesset over the question…

In their controversial letter to “the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” U.S. Sen.…

Since Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on Tuesday, critics and advocates have debated…

On 1 March about 27,000 Iraqi troops commenced their attack on Tikrit, a city 150km…

Every field of endeavor that determines quality of life in this country, for better or…

On February 25, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched its long-overdue “Great Prophet 9″…

In early February, an alliance of Iran, the Syrian regime, and Hezbollah launched a major…

Another session (the fifth) of intensive, informal discussions with senior, well-connected, and non-official Iranians produced…

In the days of the Ottoman Empire, pederasty-like relationships were common between pre-pubescent boys and…

On Feb. 19, a senior official with U.S. Central Command leaked details about the most…

When Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani visits the White House on February 24, President Obama…

— AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long enjoyed close relations, but Islamabad’s new-found…

Iran’s Fars News Agency – affiliated with the country’s security circles – quoted a Russian…

Read the full report here: * Violations of Freedom of Press and Expression March -…

Pope Francis; drawing by James Ferguson The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a…

Shaffaf reproduces the following article of The Wall Street Journal as a tribute to the…

It’s a quiet and sombre school day. The sun is shining bright but I still…

The CIA doesn’t assassinate often anymore, so when it does the agency picks its targets…

Somebody one day will write my biography. I might be present to give him information…

The visit by the chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will likely prompt…

The Houthi coup and other recent developments in Yemen have raised many questions about the…

By Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima On Feb. 12, 2008, Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah’s international operations…

Just two days after President Obama’s visit to Riyadh, King Salman has sacked several of…

The Iranian nuclear negotiations have proven divisive enough within the United States and among the…

Tomorrow, January 27, President Obama will cut short his visit to India in order to…

by CONRAD HACKETT Recent violence in France and protest marches in Germany have drawn renewed…

The nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran appear stalemated. Meanwhile Iran is on…

It would be very strange if the discovery of MOSSAD’s penetration into the highest leadership…

Sunday, Israeli airstrikes targeted a convoy of Hezbollah vehicles, killing several senior operatives, reportedly including…

Major American media organizations have been running stories lately that feature one of Washington’s Persian…

Western intelligence sources say son of master terrorist Imad Mughniyah was planning attacks meant to…

Shaffaf Interview with Toufic Gaspard Shaffaf- From a Beirut perspective, how did the Daesh disaster…