In a brief interview, “Shaffaf” asked Dr. Ahmad Fatfat, former Member of Parliament for the “Dinnieh” region in northern…
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On November 15, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced that the Assembly has selected three individuals…
COMMENTARY: The greatest hope of the people of Rmeish is to live in peace. Israel and Hezbollah have other priorities.…
In a significant shift of tone, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman took a harder stance on Israel at…
Ahmad Alamolhoda, the firebrand Friday imam of Mashhad, marked the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 hostage crisis by boasting that…
(An Anopheles-arabiensis mosquito, a known vector for the transmission of malaria, obtains a blood meal through its labrum.) In…
Modest American Diplomacy Is the Best Way Forward—for Now The Middle East is where clever foreign policy initiatives…
ROME – In February 2014, a scene unfolded in Rome that struck many observers as akin to the end of…
Emmanuel Macron’s approach to Lebanon has descended into a series of commercial scandals, notably involving maritime and gas concessions with…
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret…
The United States, France, and the European Union have failed in their efforts to pressure the Lebanese leaders who currently…
(Brilliant analysis which ending with a worrying conclusion: “distancing the Radwan unit.. preventing Hezbollah’s rearmament….. Hezbollah still exists, it is…
Israel’s campaign has greatly diminished Hezbollah, presenting a chance for Beirut to end the war and push back against…
In the span of a week—with the death of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, and Iran’s…
Yazidi woman Fawzia Amin Sido (R), who was kidnapped by ISIS in Iraq in 2014 and then transferred to Gaza,…
(An Israel-Lebanon truce eroded in the late 1960s, and the border conflict is now marked by constant Hezbollah attacks.) *…
Monika Borgmann I wish I could tell you…#LokmanSlim Lokman Slim was assassinated by Hezbollah
“Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group he led, Hezbollah, were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade…
Lebanese militant group has held back on using some of its most advanced weapons as it strikes Israel …
Two weeks ago, after yet another boy from Lod was murdered, I finally decided to buy the book “Children…
The Gulf states were right about the Houthi threat and the West was wrong, so another large-scale confrontation is inevitable.…
WORTHY TALK By Henri Curiel A militia can harass a regular army, it can cause it serious pain, inflict specific…
(Kuwait oil ministry’s map showing the Arash/Durra oil and gas field near the tip of the Persian Gulf.) * …
İkra Kuyumcu, 23, graduated with honors from the air force academy, Ebru Eroğlu, 24, from the land forces academy and…
Yahya Sinwar’s ability to evade capture or death has denied Israel a military success in a war that began…
I must admit, the waiting game of the last three weeks has somewhat frayed my nerves, almost to the point…
Brief Analysis Given the current lack of viable security alternatives on the Israel-Lebanon border, Washington may try to patch up…
Given hot wars raging in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Sudan, the news attracted little attention except among…
Progress at the cease-fire talks in Doha will determine the timetable of a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon,…
Splendid televised ceremony in Lebanon last night, at the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke of the Beatification of…
An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was…
The deadly attack in Majdal Shams isn’t a turning point that justifies an all-out war, but it obliges the…
Two electric bikes, six electric scooters and one ATV, all scorched and burned. That is all that remains – a…
(Drag queens perform during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics, on July 26, 2024. (Credit: @OlympicsParis/X, The Olympic…
The Mounting Pressure to Fight Hezbollah in Lebanon—and Why That Is So Dangerous By Amos Harel July 23, 2024 Watching a…
Long stretches of Odaisseh and a neighbouring village have been virtually abandoned and reduced to rubble Michael Safi in Odaisseh and…
Masoud Pezeshkian couldn’t change Iranian foreign policy even if he wanted to. Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, a former…
The Houthis’ recent threat to attack Saudi Arabia risks Iran’s entire regional strategy, and makes a military alliance between Riyadh…
‘Is Assad even part of the resistance front and the united front?’ Arab pundits wonder. How is it possible…
As tensions have risen in the border area between Lebanon and Israel, many observers are predicting that Hezbollah and the…
By Suohaib Jawhar As Hezbollah and Shia militia continue their fight against Israel at Lebanon’s southern borders, Sunni military groups…
Niloufar Goudarzi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the controversial former Iranian president, has criticized the Supreme Leader’s foreign policy, expressing willingness…
Humans Don’t Fight Over Territory And Food. They Fight Over Imaginary Stories in their minds. If I look at…
Libya’s climate-vulnerable regions of Jabal Nafusa, Fezzan, and Jabal Akhdar underscore the important role played by civil society and municipalities…
The new emir’s suspension of parliament, followed by the appointment of a prime minister and crown prince, suggests a…
https://youtu.be/MSnTvjgzM8E?t=471 ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A Kurdish physician who spent weeks treating the wounded in two different…
Inside the decision to assassinate Iran’s ruthless general Any assessment of the middle east’s future must contend with an…
If Joe Biden is reelected as US President in November, there is a “heightened possibility of considerable military pressure…
The emir has just put parliament and the constitution on the backburner, but for what purpose? Kuwait has…
The lesson from past deals involving Hezbollah is clear: the group will try to pocket any U.S. concessions on…