An Israeli security official confirmed to AP that Israel carried out the overnight airstrike in Syria, saying a series of…
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By Souad Mekhennet and Greg Miller Jamal Khashoggi had been in the United States for only a few months when the…
The Sumerologist Veysel Donbaz speaks languages almost no one speaks today: Sumerian, Hittite, and two dialects of Akkadian, which are Assyrian and Babylonian. There are…
Its over. It cannot possibly stagger on with any belief. The credibility of that awful walking, talking oxymoron of the…
Espionage and intelligence have rather been taboo issues few writers have dared to tackle, says veteran journalist Murat Yetkin, adding…
“Dear Dr. ____, esteemed university president, I am pleased to send my best wishes to your excellency and to inform…
By Mark Mazzetti, Ronen Bergman and David D. Kirkpatrick WASHINGTON — Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked a…
This Isaac Marcosson article was originally published by The Saturday Evening Post on Nov. 20, 1923 It was the…
New US legislation relating to the Iran-backed group casts a shadow over the future of bilateral relations News that…
Editorial AFTER three days of protests, destruction of property, closure of roads and highways and massive disruptions to the daily…
Khamenei’s latest guidelines for Iranian culture and governance focus on resisting any efforts to reform the regime’s decisionmaking tendencies. On…
By Ben Hubbard and David D. Kirkpatrick BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jamal Khashoggi landed in Washington last fall, leaving behind a long list of…
Price concerns spur talks to restart Anjli Raval SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 Kuwait is ramping up crude oil…
An attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz is likely to prompt Iranian retaliation against…
Erasmus EVEN as political relations between Russia and Ukraine have worsened of late, spiritual relations between the two main poles…
It is in the dog days of summer that the dirty deeds get done. A good habit for European and…
Lebanese army complains to UNIFIL saying Israeli bulldozers working on the barrier are encroaching on Lebanese side; IDF says barrier’s…
Analysis: According to the IDF, the Iranian entrenchment in Syria was expected to attract thousands of soldiers loyal to the…
What good can be expected from pursuing justice abroad for crimes committed in Syria? What are the different types of…
David Lau says although contentious law is largely ‘excellent,’ it discriminates against Druze community in Israel and must be ‘corrected…
Israel’s Mossad, the second largest spy organization in the West, has grown richer and more sophisticated under Yossi Cohen. But…
The Prosecution of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon has submitted a “Final Trial Brief” that explains the links between…
The Old, Familiar Evil Wafting Through the Clauses of the Nation-state Law In the city square, to which tens…
A police officer reminded him of his words on the night of the coup attempt, predicting that ‘they would hang…
Turkey’s biggest oil importer Tüpraş has cut back purchases of Iranian crude since May, when the United States said it would re-impose sanctions on Tehran, and…
File photo: A Land Day protest in Kfar Arava.Gil Eliyahu The nation-state law has not one but several intolerable clauses.…
The country’s institutions are not a counterweight to Hezbollah, but its enablers. Days after the Trump administration withdrew from…
How the President, Israel, and the Gulf states plan to fight Iran—and leave the Palestinians and the Obama years behind.…
War journalist Arkady Babchenko explains what the Russian opposition has to do and why Putin could end up like Saddam…
Satellite images document targets hit in alleged Israeli strike in Homs on Thursday, including hangar and two hardened aircraft shelters;…
A photograph of an Israeli Air Force F-35 flying (more or less..) “over” Beirut has been made public. Interestingly, the…
Threat of regional war prompted huge American deployment As tensions escalated in the Middle East over the civil war in…
By Hannah Beech and Ronen Bergman KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Fadi al-Batsh, a well-liked electrical engineering lecturer and devout family man, always had…
Speaking in rare interview with London-based Elaf news site, defense minister continues to talk tough on Iran, vowing to prevent…
Initiative launched by city’s local Jewish community after a Muslim refugee assaults a young man wearing a skullcap in the…
Israeli soldiers taking part in a training session last week in the Golan Heights.CreditJalaa Marey/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images SYRIA-ISRAEL…
In a first-of-its-kind admission of responsibility, unnamed IDF source confirms to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman strike on drone…
Vladimir Putin at a wreath laying ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the battle of Stalingrad in February.CreditPool photo by…
When Miguel Torres, scion of an iconic Spanish winemaking dynasty, described the impact of the Catalan quest for independence on…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Though Russia has been gradually increasing its economic and military influence in Lebanon, it is unlikely that Moscow is…
Despite commitments by Moscow in the 1980s that it would dispose of its chemical weapons and refrain from developing them,…
Stephen Hawking was a singular individual, revered both by his fellow scientists and by the public. His books were bestsellers,…
By MARK MAZZETTI, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MAGGIE HABERMAN WASHINGTON — George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman, has hovered on the fringes of international diplomacy…
Analysis: Whoever provided Fox News with the satellite images published Tuesday night seeks to encourage US President Trump to quit…
Valentine’s Day in Riyadh and Islamabad as well as parts of Indonesia and Malaysia puts into sharp relief Saudi…
I have just returned from my second trip to Saudi Arabia since Mohammed bin Salman, the 32-year-old crown prince, became…
The bishop emeritus of Hong Kong confirms the information published in recent days by AsiaNews and reveals details of his…
A turning point: In 2015, Islamist militants brought down a Russian passenger jet in Sinai. Soon after, Israel began a…
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted the business operations of…
Yasir Arafat with security personnel on Aug. 30, 1982. CreditPhotograph from Oded Shamir (Reading this chapter, published by the NYT, of Ronen…