WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted the business operations of…
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After losing thousands of its fighters in Iraq and Syria, the Shiite organization is boosting its presence in Lebanese villages…
Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., was chosen to host the 2021 world track and field championships. There was no bidding…
In Northern Cyprus, a person could answer the question in the headline by saying that “Turkish Cypriot” does not only…
Yasir Arafat with security personnel on Aug. 30, 1982. CreditPhotograph from Oded Shamir (Reading this chapter, published by the NYT, of Ronen…
By THOMAS ERDBRINK, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and NILO TABRIZYJAN. TEHRAN — At 25 percent, the interest rate paid on a savings account at the Caspian…
What’s the first thing that meets the eye of those stuck in traffic in the bottleneck at the entrance to…
She is pretty, she is “flawless”! True! Elie Saab was criticized for “bragging about an ex-Israeli soldier wearing his dress”!…
Sunni Arabs do not wish to revisit their Ottoman colonial past. Still, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists. A poll…
Crown prince’s overhaul includes a crackdown on religious fundamentalists who exercised rigid control; female drivers and music concerts By Margherita…
Relatives of former president say his body had high radiation levels and they doubt the official finding of cardiac arrest…
Russia’s vast Khmeimim air base in northwestern Latakia province, the headquarters of Russia’s military operations in Syria. (Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik via…
The importance of Iran’s involvement in Syria is rooted in Iran’s vision of the Shi’ite apocalypse Iran’s involvement in…
The more the regime believes that its foreign adventures threaten its internal foundations, the more likely it will be…
Over the course of 2017 a ruling right-wing bloc has become consolidated in Turkey. This religious-nationalist ascendency has been ongoing…
Chaled Kabub closing in on nomination to Supreme Court, which if successful will make him first Arab Muslim judge to…
An ambitious U.S. task force targeting Hezbollah’s billion-dollar criminal enterprise ran headlong into the White House’s desire for a nuclear…
The Palestinian president, who comes from Safed in present-day Israel, will forever be seen as a foreigner in Ramallah and…
Analysis: While Russia is interested in reaching a political agreement that would lead to calm in Syria and reinforce the…
Saudi Arabia’s rulers have lots of worries, but Trump’s announcement about the holy city isn’t one of them. Saudi…
Speaking to Saudi Arabian newspaper, Yisrael Katz says Gulf state understands challenges of region, shares Israel’s concerns over Iran, and…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A quick glance at Turkey’s facts and figures helps to explain why the Turks love their leader, Recep Tayyip…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has returned the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the headlines. The…
State Mosque of Qatar under construction, image by Omar Chatriwala via Flickr CC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Qatar and Saudi Arabia share…
The former leader’s bloody demise will likely accelerate the country’s downward spiral toward anarchy and famine unless decisive diplomatic or…
Interesting week in international sports. Lets start with the Champions League where once again we have a ‘choke-point’ where games…
EROS B satellite images show destruction of al-Kiswah base renovated for the use of Iranian troops after weekend attack allegedly…
How to hit the Eritrean regime where it hurts the most An Eritrean joke goes: One day, Eritrea’s president flew…
Migrants who had arrived via buses chartered by Austrian authorities walk towards the border to Germany on October 17, 2015…
SCROLL CALL Newly excavated skeletons at a roughly 2,000-year-old West Bank site support a theory that a community of celibate men…
The crown prince has big plans to bring back a level of tolerance to his society. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia…
Saudi Muslim World League Sect. Gen. al-Issa, ambassador to France al-Angari visit Paris Grand Synagogue, receiving grand tour from France…
Transcripts of cabinet meetings held immediately after Israel’s great military victory in 1967 focus on the country’s changed borders. Jordan…
Most royal family members understand that the crown prince is merely trying to stave off potential unrest, so U.S. critics…
Analysis: The IDF chief of staff’s rare interview to a Saudi news website strengthens and confirms Saudi Arabia’s claims against…
Mohammad al-Zawahri, a member of Hamas’s military wing, was shot to death in Sfax, Tunisia last December; in press conference…
Eisenkot gives rare interview to Saudi newspaper, calling for international coalition against Iran, adding Jerusalem and Riyadh ‘in complete agreement’…
Almost unnoticed in the coverage of President Trump’s Asia trip, Lebanon is slipping under Iran’s control. On November 3, Lebanese…
Long-standing Saudi efforts to dominate the pan-Arab media landscape appear to have moved into high gear with Crown Prince Mohammed…
Mohammed Mansour, who treats Gaza victims of sexual assault, describes the dystopian nightmare that Palestinians are living By Ayelett Shani …
Illustration of a small crowd gathered to watch as Martin Luther directs the posting of his 95 theses, protesting the…
Iran is establishing a permanent military base inside Syria, a Western intelligence source has told the BBC. By Gordon Corera…
Shot dead this week on a street in The Hague, Ahmad Mola Nissi may have died the violent life he lived, but…
Mgvimevi Monastery church, near the city of Chiatura in the Imereti region of Georgia. Concentrated in Europe, Orthodox Christians…
New York – Here at the Brooklyn Federal Court House, one of the most significant legal trials in sports history…
Op-ed: The claims of injustice suffered by Palestine’s Arab residents because of the Balfour Declaration should be looked into on…
The shocking spate of high-profile arrests will strengthen the crown prince’s political position, but the shakeup raises new concerns about…
Few paid attention to a rare protest in Saudi Arabia in late January 2011 as a wave of popular uprisings…
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK LONDON — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest on Saturday night of the prominent billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed…
Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait, the head of the influential umbrella organization for the world’s 205 national Olympic federations,…