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The Hariri tribunal hasn’t led to a single arrest, so Washington should let it expire and help the Lebanese people…
What Happened? Lebanon’s prime minister-designate, Saad al-Hariri, has announced he would withdraw from the government-formation process, after trying unsuccessfully for nine months to put…
Since experiencing major upheaval and demands for change in 2019, the country has achieved real gains in its political transition,…
Iraqi mourners attend the funeral of a Hashd al-Shaabi fighter Monday following U.S. airstrikes on the Syrian-Iraqi border. By Ishaan…
Karim Sadjadpour analyzes the implications of the Iranian presidential election held on June 18. Karim Sadjadpour is a senior…
US President Joe Biden may have little appetite for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking but seems determined to prevent some third parties from…
Killed by Palestinian Authority for opposing its tyranny, Banat supported brutal Assad Arab intellectuals face a conundrum. They defend…
Hezbollah may accept a new government, but would be as pleased if the country’s social and political order crumbled. …
Although continued pressure on the country’s political elites is necessary, the U.S. government needs to find more immediate ways of…
Tunis, 2018 — Yours truly, third from left, and Husham al-Hashim, who was gunned down by Iran militias in Baghdad,…
BY ISABEL DEBRE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE – In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah…
Hamas may not have realized it when firing its first salvo against Jerusalem, but the challenge of its rockets didn’t…
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif charms Western diplomats, while protecting the theocracy in Tehran. (Published by The Atlantic on MARCH 7,…
Disinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic, measures taken to contain it and vaccine roll-out campaigns continues to be significant. Since our…
The main body of the following article was published by Middle East Transparent on April 2007, then reprinted on May…
The foreign minister had much to say about the IRGC branch’s political interference at home and close relations with Moscow,…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the focus of criticism of…
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani.…
I have tracked U.S.-Turkey ties since 2002. In the past, when a new president was elected after promising to recognize…
Iran International TV has gotten hold of an audio recording in which Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:Muhammad Hejazi, deputy head of the Iranian Quds Force, is reported to have died of heart disease. However, a…
Natasha Turak@NATASHATURAK KEY POINTS “I assert that there has been no sincere and clear position with regards to neutrality from…
A Shared Nuclear Policy Is Better for All Sign in and save to read later Save to Pocket Print…
Washington’s conspicuous silence over the nuclear sabotage at Natanz no doubt stems from the fact that Israel has bought more…
In an interview, Frederic Hof recalls how Bashar al-Assad undercut the party’s position on the Shebaa Farms. Frederic Hof…
Gazeta.ru’s military correspondent Mikhail Khodarenok responds to an analysis by Panagiotis Nastos in the Greek news agency Pentapostagma. Nastos claimed…
Whoever winds up spearheading the reconstruction effort, Washington should stay on top of them to ensure that international prerequisites for…
In an interview, Ray Takeyh discusses his recent book on the reign of the late Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Ray…
Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, addresses thousands of Lebanese at Bkerke, north of Beirut, Feb. 27, 2021, as Lebanon teeters…
In Iran’s conservative Islamic society, prostitution is illegal, immoral, and rarely discussed. But in an investigative documentary by RFE/RL’s Radio…
On March 15, 2021, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting with the head of the Hizbullah parliamentary…
Israel election results: Letting Gantz form Israel’s next government would be poetic justice As a state and as a…
Moscow has intensified its military deployments in sensitive areas and continued its counterproductive diplomatic track, exhibiting a long-game mindset that…
Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa. What Happened? Lebanese President…
Police line up outside the headquarters of the central bank during an anti-government demonstration in Beirut
For Moscow, Lebanon, a strategic country on the Mediterranean, is an important extension of Putin’s Syria interests. In the…
Israel has carried out dozens of attacks against Iranian ships throughout the Middle East, a report in Maariv claimed on Friday.…
(وفد الحزب إلى موسكو: رجل الحزب القوي، عمار الموسوي، وبجانبه محمد رعد) اشارت معلومات من العاصمة الروسية موسكو ان…
When serving as Assistant Secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs in early 2020, I was asked by a group…
Recent clashes in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan highlight Iran’s vulnerabilities as well as its inability to overcome…
Is Hezbollah undermining its resistance by failing to address Lebanon’s many crises, as the late Anis Naccash implied? Often,…
The former assistant secretary of state in charge of the Middle East portfolio from 2019-2021 discusses his time…
On February 4, Lokman Slim, a writer, publisher, political analyst, filmmaker, and NGO director was assassinated in south Lebanon, with…
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s head of economic and engineering arm resigned on Sunday, raising speculation that he will…
The Vatican’s outreach to Iraq is laudable in its goal of decreasing religious violence, but Western officials should be realistic…
The story of two Syrian exiles – Anwar R, 58, and Anwar al-Bunni, 61 (pictured) – is a tale that has…
In seeking to salvage the JCPOA, Biden should not assume cooperation from Moscow, but instead focus on building a unified…
In an interview, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff recalls the movie he shot in Lebanon at the height of its civil…
Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah will go on trial in Switzerland this month in a forgery case By GRAHAM…