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INTRODUCTION The Ukraine war is most certainly not going according to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan — or indeed, according…
The path out of Lebanon’s presidential impasse remains unclear, highlighting the boundaries of Hezbollah’s influence. It has been an uneasy…
(Artist’s impression of the maritime drone (USV) attack on Sevastopol. Although the Russian Navy was able to destroy some of…
Before February 24, 2022, many observers in Europe and North America considered Russian President Vladimir Putin a ruthless but pragmatic…
Istanbul- Shaffaf After nearly 40 years, a veteran photojournalist, Coşkun Aral, who had followed Civil War in Lebanon for years,…
The second week of November 1942 has much to tell us about the region’s geopolitical centrality, its enduring political currents,…
President of the United Arab Emirates Federation, the Ruler of Abu Dhabi created a surprise two days ago by traveling…
By David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso Download PDF Background The Institute for Science and International Security has…
How two researchers got to the heart of a polling problem: the skewing effect of fear. Growing up in my…
Rarely is there good news to write about in the Middle East. The same seems to be true of foreign…
We may be nearing the stage where Lebanon can have any president it wants, as long as his last name…
Istanbul- On his 4-day tour to the United States, CHP Leader visited DAWN, one of the intellectual centers of the…
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cjr9FrIsZ73/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D NORTHERN AFFAIRS: Ghajar has long been a closed military zone, but 22 years later, Israel suddenly opened…
Lawmakers are demanding that the US withdraw its military from the cartel leader over its decision, which stands to put…
Israel preparing for potential escalation in north as Lebanon talks derail Defense Minister Benny Gantz instructs military to increase…
The Iranian regime’s brutal killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini — who was reportedly brutally beaten after she was detained for…
In an interview, Ali Fathollah-Nejad discusses the recent protests in Iran, and long-term prospects for the post-revolutionary political order. …
Russia’s top leader visits Beijing, meets with his Chinese counterpart, issues a joint communiqué condemning the expansionist policies and aggressive…
KUWAIT: Minister of Information Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi meets senior officials of the ministry. KUWAIT: The information ministry has promised it would…
When Iraq’s finance minister stepped down last month, he didn’t go quietly. By Robert F. Worth On August 16, as the…
The below is an edited transcript of David Petraeus’s interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto. On the war’s momentum: It…
Executive Summary To Bank Depositors in Lebanon (Confronting Banks, Banque du Liban, and Government) Bank depositors in Lebanon…
With all the headlines announcing possible replacements for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran – which claims Western demands are all political…
Istanbul- Despite having no organic ties, he managed to convince everyone in the world -except Russia- that he was…
(Originally published by Shaffaf and the Beirut Daily Star on March 17, 2007. A news article by the Associated Press…
(Undated picture of Enzo Ferrari posing with faulty parts in his “error museum” displayed at an exhibit in Modena, Italy…
The Swiss branch of Russia’s Sberbank has been sold to the Geneva-based m3 Groupe Holding company, freeing the bank from…
(Giampaolo Silvestri, secretary general of the AVSI Foundation (L), Cardinal Mario Zenari, Vatican envoy in Syria, and Franciscan Father Fady…
A lot is happening in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, but Damascus still remains the dominant outside actor. The southern Syrian…
The Iranian occupation of Lebanon will recede and disappear, no doubt, and Lebanon will regain its independence and sovereignty over…
The Russian leadership, while refraining from mass mobilization has sought to portray the war in Ukraine as an existential struggle…
Istanbul- Salman Rushdie, the writer of Satanic Verses, a novel that ignited outrage among some religious circles, who considered its…
Whether or not Tehran is proven to be involved, the incident holds significant implications for the regime’s international diplomacy and…
Istanbul-Shaffaf As Ankara signaled new dialogue with Assad regime following the Sochi summit of Erdogan and Putin; Former Turkish FM…
After President Erdogan’s joint intelligence statement last week and Pro-Govt media reports of a possible Assad-Erdogan phone call, Turkish Foreign…
While the negotiations on the maritime border are progressing, the UN reports increasing aggression from the Iran-backed organization, which managed…
President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with the killing of Al Qaeda leader…
The effort to block Iran from turning into a nuclear power is at its lowest ebb ever, apparently headed for…
While the facts exposed by Jerusalem Post are exact, Lebanese Oppositon sources, including METransparent, believe the whole episode was a…
A memorial is pictured near a train car symbolizing the Drancy camp, at the Shoah memorial Tuesday, July 12, 2022…
(Erdogan surrounded by supporters and guards after landing Istanbul Ataturk Airport in the morning of the coup d’etat) The…
President Biden has a powerful moral imperative for ending his feud with the crown prince: to ensure that the kingdom’s…
Negotiations between Finland and countries and the NATO Alliance were concluded in Brussels on July 4. On July 5, the…
It seems every candidate to succeed as the leader of Britain’s ‘party for business’ is a ‘self-made multi-millionaire’ with a…
Iran, through Hezbollah, has invited itself into Lebanon’s negotiations with Israel over offshore gas fields. After Hezbollah flew drones over…
Shaffaf Exclusive from Istanbul He might be the second Abraham that “all” peoples of Middle East adored most in…
President Biden has a powerful moral imperative for ending his feud with the crown prince: to ensure that the kingdom’s…
After a series of damaging failures, a senior Iranian intelligence official lost his job and a Revolutionary Guards general was…
Ukraine’s success in contesting the skies turns the West’s airpower paradigm on its head — it offers an alternative vision…