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A mosaic depicting Fatih Sultan Mehmed handing over a firman (imperial edict) and a staff to Gennadios Scholarios. * “The…
A consequence of the Ukrainian crisis, the Elysee had initially threatened to cancel the contract. According to military sources,…
Look, Fury is great. But it lacks something—the claustrophobia of combat in an armored vehicle. What Fury was trying to…
Last week, Morocco announced that it would increase intelligence and military support to the United Arab Emirates, ramping up its…
Press release Sepah Pasdaran, Hezbollah implicated in war crimes – Iran an ‘occupying force’ in regime-held areas of Syria Beirut/Damascus/Tehran,…
The beginning of November saw Sana’s airport, government buildings, universities, and even major city intersections firmly under the control of…
An F-15E Strike Eagle taxis to a parking spot at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates in May…
Maghen Abraham, Beirut’s oldest synagogue, undergoes renovation in Wadi Abu-Jamil district in downtown Beirut (Courtesy Reuters) * Miriam Mizrahi Guindi,…
On November 5, the Omani state television channel broadcast a video of seventy-three-year-old Sultan Qaboos bin Said, currently undergoing medical…
ANDREA TORNIELLI VATICAN CITY “I am shocked by the immense barbarity of this act…” This was how Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran,…
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This week we were informed that not just a new settlement, but a major Israeli city is slated to be…
Supporters of Bashar al-Assad at a demonstration in Homs, May 2012 A young woman in Damascus produced a smart phone…
Abstract French Army operations in Mali (Operation Serval) in 2013 provide a model for designing and operating an expeditionary force,…
Citing U.S. and Arab officials, the Wall Street Journal reported last week that U.S.-Iran relations have “moved into an effective…
By Ruth Sherlock, Gaziantep Two of the main rebel groups receiving weapons from the United States to fight both the…
Interview Conducted by Hasnain Kazim How does Islamic State think? How do its followers see the world? SPIEGEL ONLINE met…
As the Obama administration’s plans for raising a moderate Syrian opposition force become clearer, its approach seems to center on…
New findings from public opinion polls commissioned by The Washington Institute and conducted in September by a leading local commercial…
The Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea and MP Sami Gemayel travelled to Saudi Arabia on Monday evening after being invited…
Non-Violent Extremism – the Breeding Ground for Violent Extremism The fact that Islamic religion is yet to go through a…
‘From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan: The Making of a National Homeland in Turkey’ by Behlül Özkan…
The truth must be stated: If the West, led by the United States, truly wanted to bring about an end…
“Come out, you donkey!” the Syrian rebel shouts in Arabic in the amateur video that appeared on the Internet in…
On October 7, for the first time since the July 2006 war, Hezbollah publicly claimed responsibility for an attack against…
It is no accident that hardly anyone involved in the Iranian nuclear negotiations has expressed optimism about meeting the November…
The 20 percent decline in oil prices over the past three months has been attributed to a wide range of…
New polls show that the group has curried little favor in key countries, but the nuances behind the numbers have…
After a period of relative calm in the overwhelming Druze province of Suwaidaʾ the situation dramatically changed in the middle…
The current Jihadi Narrative as experienced by the general public is one of a bunch of bloodthirsy killers who would…
By JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON — Not long after American forces defeated the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein in 2003, caravans…
First, the nature of Quran- the path of Reformation for a Humanistic Islam[[Most of the following part is derived from…
Interview Conducted by Andreas Spaeth Tim Clark has been a senior manager at the airline Emirates since 1985 and has…
I have already written such a letter to the General National Conference in its first session. However, what I have…
24 hours after the reports from Iran regarding a mysterious explosion at the military compound in Parchin, evidence has been…
I have a problem with two arguments in this whole debate on the rise of ISIS and Islamic extremism. One…
The Obama administration has responded to the beheadings of two American journalists by launching an air campaign to “degrade and…
In recent weeks, a new situation has emerged in southern Syria, one that could present dangers to Israel but also…
The eyes of the world are on Syria and Iraq. This is a time for carefully considered options. As part…
DOHA, Qatar — The U.S. military orchestrates the air war over Iraq and Syria from a hulking command center on…
Government regulation of residential rent has existed in Lebanon since the country’s formation. Densely populated cities all over the world…
People love to worry about the sociocultural fabric. But as it turns out, concern over this fabric – on the…
The Muslim Brotherhood spent 84 years toiling in Egypt’s opposition before winning power in June 2012 only to lose it…
The head of Turkey’s top religious body has announced plans to open an Islamic university in Istanbul, as an alternative…
It seems the United States might have gotten its man. Earlier today a U.S. official told a news outlet that…
The only similar survey, in a Middle Eastern Arab country, was the survey published, this week, by al-Qabas daily of…
I was just looking at the results of Metropoll’s latest survey regarding the threat posed by the Islamic State of…
When Osama bin Laden wanted to deliver a message to the west, he summoned a journalist or a television network.…