Tehran violates its own constitution to admit Russian forces On Aug. 15, 2016, six graceful Tupolev Tu-22M-3 bombers from the…
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A senior international Olympic official was taken to a hospital Wednesday after police came to his hotel to arrest him as…
The anniversary of the Rabaa massacre highlights the Muslim Brotherhood’s fatal miscalculations following the 2013 coup, and the growing internal…
As usual in such cases, the reaction of loyalist and Russian air force commanders to opposition success was to unleash…
Anti-Assad forces can relish a victory, but their stated aspiration to hold the entire city should be taken with a…
Military coup attempt failed to control information by ROBERT BECKHUSEN A military coup attempt by what appears to be…
DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — A year after President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, the worst predictions of what would happen…
The Battle of Bint Jbeil in Southern Lebanon was a major event in the Second Lebanon War; eight IDF soldiers…
Shoot-downs are piling up During the night of June 26 and 27, 2016, insurgents from the Jaysh Al Islam — a Saudi-supported…
Why Airbus and Boeing may be chasing fool’s gold Richard Aboulafia Unless the Farnborough Airshow sees a cloudburst of unanticipated…
The U.S. government needs to be clearer about the distinctions between Islam, political Islamism, and violent Islamism, in part by…
The appointment of one of the IRGC’s youngest generals can be seen as a sign of the Guards’ growing primacy…
Just as one was thinking that FIFA takes the prize as the most scandal-ridden international sports federation, well.. that might…
Aging helicopters attack indiscriminately by TOM COOPER For three weeks starting in early June 2016, the Damascus suburb of…
BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD The United Nations adopted a resolution in 2000 marking June 20 as World…
Kuwait has filed a lawsuit in a Swiss court seeking $1bn (£670m) in damages from the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
The deputy crown prince hopes his U.S. visit will help garner support for shifting the kingdom away from oil dependency,…
Military Intelligence chief Herzl Halevi said Wednesday that another war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah would be much harsher for the home…
U.S. officials have warned a collapse of the Mosul Dam is inevitable without urgent repairs, but work is moving slowly…
The incoming Minister of Defense has been championing the idea of a comprehensive arrangement between Israel and the Arab world…
For the past two years, Washington has focused its attention on northern Syria, where it has attempted to strengthen the…
Gadi Eisenkot, right, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem in February. CreditMenahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse…
Gen. Qasem Soleimani is the commander of the Quds Force, the branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards operating abroad. He has…
Captured Syrian MiG-23s at an Israeli museum. Photo via Wikipedia After five years of war, there’s still life in the…
Coalition units and allied Yemeni forces have fought a successful and timely campaign to stem the al-Qaeda affiliate’s runaway growth…
Mona Eltahawy CAIRO — After I gave a reading in Britain last year, a woman stood in line as I…
Varied views on whether Quran should influence laws in countries BY JACOB POUSHTER As strife in the Middle East continues…
Michael Knights is a Boston-based Lafer fellow of The Washington Institute, specializing in the military and security affairs of Iraq,…
The Saudi-led coalition has waged a dynamic campaign, but all actions so far constitute a prelude to the tougher fighting…
By Nadav Pollak and Michael Knights The coalition has restricted Iranian resupply of the Houthis by air and sea,…
Part 1 of this three-part PolicyWatch covered the ground campaign (seehttp://washin.st/1LMXKHC); part 3 will cover the naval campaign. ****************************** The…
At first sight – Prof Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and currently the ameer of the…