Hillary Clinton blamed the Electoral College for her stunning defeat in the 2016 presidential election in her latest memoirs, “What…
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The Netanyahu government is intent on obtaining unlimited power to institute a radical revolution in Israel. Only the Supreme Court…
In an interview, Ray Takeyh discusses his recent book on the reign of the late Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Ray…
On February 4, Lokman Slim, a writer, publisher, political analyst, filmmaker, and NGO director was assassinated in south Lebanon, with…
I do not like what Erdogan is doing in Syria though he has the tacit approval of the US, Russia,…
(Group of young Israeli Arabs holding an Israeli flag) Opinion: Ayman Odeh’s comments on the possibility of the Joint…
Anyone who aspires to lay a foundation for a genuine left must reject this separation. He must break the partitions…
An ageing population and a protracted economic slump have changed the face of the business IN THE 17th century Yoshiwara,…
The whole existence of these parties, starting from the Arab-Jewish “Mapai” party, otherwise known as Hadash, through the “Muslim Home”…
The decision of President Donald Trump to pull U.S. forces out of Syria has, predictably, shocked the foreign policy community…
Indeed, this is a very benighted region. The source of darkness is a life lived in myths of the past.…
Hamas rule isn’t the enemy of the Israeli right. Au contraire, it’s the loyal servant of all the right-wing governments.…
Princess Diana once famously observed that there were three people in her marriage, “so it was a bit crowded.” The…
Reflections on Israeli independence day, the Nakba and how the thugs of tribal and religious nationalism from both peoples are…
The Israel Defense Forces are slaughtering Palestinian civilians on the border of the Gaza Strip. Bashar Assad’s regime continues to…
‘The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past’ by Shaun Walker (Oxford University Press, 278 pages,…
If I were an Arab nationalist, I would pray for Benjamin Netanyahu to be extricated from all the troubles that…
The growing stream of foreign visitors to the holy city could foster modest normalization—or aggravate tensions in a hotly contested…
Saudi Arabia, in an indication that it is serious about shaving off the sharp edges of its Sunni Muslim…
The president has wooed Saudi Arabia and Israel with promises to roll back Iranian influence—but he has so far failed…
In Northern Cyprus, a person could answer the question in the headline by saying that “Turkish Cypriot” does not only…
What’s the first thing that meets the eye of those stuck in traffic in the bottleneck at the entrance to…
Sunni Arabs do not wish to revisit their Ottoman colonial past. Still, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists. A poll…
The importance of Iran’s involvement in Syria is rooted in Iran’s vision of the Shi’ite apocalypse Iran’s involvement in…
Over the course of 2017 a ruling right-wing bloc has become consolidated in Turkey. This religious-nationalist ascendency has been ongoing…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A quick glance at Turkey’s facts and figures helps to explain why the Turks love their leader, Recep Tayyip…
Most royal family members understand that the crown prince is merely trying to stave off potential unrest, so U.S. critics…
Analysis: The IDF chief of staff’s rare interview to a Saudi news website strengthens and confirms Saudi Arabia’s claims against…
Almost unnoticed in the coverage of President Trump’s Asia trip, Lebanon is slipping under Iran’s control. On November 3, Lebanese…
Op-ed: The claims of injustice suffered by Palestine’s Arab residents because of the Balfour Declaration should be looked into on…
The Israeli right, in all its forms, wants exclusively Jewish control over all of the Land of Israel. To the…
(Iran’s military chief visits Aleppo) Op-ed: A comprehensive American-Russian agreement over Syria’s future, banning the presence of foreign forces, is…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent disavowal of the kingdom’s founding religious ideology had a master’s voice quality to it.…
Two Christian women flee after a 2012 bombing of a Nigerian church by Boko Haram. (Credit: AP.) In…
While Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s statement that “we are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle…
It is no coincidence that ISIS operates in countries such as Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Libya, which in the past…
Lebanon is a country of 4.5 million people hosting 1.5 million Syrian refugees—the equivalent, percentage-wise, of all of Canada and…
By Ishaan Tharoor On Sunday evening in Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stood on the balcony at the headquarters of…
Sunday’s horrific terrorist attacks on Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria during Palm Sunday services, in which dozens have been killed and…
Photo: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meets with Ali Akbar Velayati (L), Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s top adviser on…
All the signs are that Lebanon, come May, will postpone parliamentary elections for a third time. Every time an election…
Charles A. Ferguson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other people with the same name, see Charles Ferguson (disambiguation).…
Below are remarks by Ambassador Frederic C. Hof at the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) annual gala in Lombard, Illinois…
Extremist Muslims’ understanding of freedom is a one-way street: Freedoms, such as religious rights, are “good” and must be defended…
Ashkenazi Zionism has always known how to foment trouble, in order to continue holding the reins of power. Uri Avnery…
The propaganda of the Islamic State is entering an interesting new phase, as the “physical” Caliphate comes under unprecedented pressure…
As long as the relocation is conducted within the confines of Western Jerusalem, Arabs should recognize it as a normal…
The regime in Iran must have mixed feelings about Russia. Though Moscow was essential in helping save the regime of…
President Barack Obama’s support for a United Nations Security Council resolution opposing the construction of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory…
Excluding a fifth of Israel’s citizens from their political calculations is not worthy of being called the left. The…