In an interview, Yassin al-Haj Saleh describes how Syrians have been denied any meaning for their suffering. Yassin al-Haj Saleh…
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Is Tehran’s Leverage Slipping? Over the last few months, Iraq’s Shiite political groups have intensified their fight for influence in…
KUWAIT CITY — Abdulhussain Abdulredha, Kuwait’s most prominent actor and comedian who delighted audiences with a comical portrayal of Iraqi…
Qatar should transform its political system from a monarchy to a democracy to liberate itself from the isolation imposed by…
Dr Hocine Drouiche calls on Muslims to “take their share of responsibility” in terrorist attacks. France’s Islamic leaders tried to…
Despite collusion between the LAF and Hezbollah, the United States may still have an interest in funding the Lebanese military.…
The Near East, including the Levant, has been central to human prehistory and history from the expansion out of Africa…
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By BEN HUBBARD, MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITTJULY AMMAN, Jordan — As next in line to be king of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef was…
The IDF releases video evidence of Hezbollah intelligence gathering operations in southern Lebanon along the Israeli border in violation…
By TIM ARANGO BAGHDAD — Walk into almost any market in Iraq and the shelves are filled with goods from Iran — milk, yogurt,…
After obtaining his contact information through its accidental exposure by the Washington Post, The MIHS Islander contacted Secretary of Defense…
While Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s statement that “we are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle…
By BEN HUBBARD, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTIJUNE BEIRUT, Lebanon — The recently deposed crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef, has been barred…
On June 19, 2017, the Islamic State’s Wilaya (Province) of Raqqa, one of the two main cities of the ISIS…
The United States cannot defeat the Islamic State without first reckoning with Iran’s nefarious role in Syria. Rarely has the…
Terrorist killings at Iranian parliament and mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini bring into focus something Riyadh and Tehran have in common…
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, by breaking off not only diplomatic but also economic relations with Qatar,…
Watching pan-Arab media as I do, and as I have on a regular basis for decades, two items caught my…
On 12 April 2017 CAS lifted the suspension of Kuwait Shooting Federation imposed by the General Assembly of the International…
It is no coincidence that ISIS operates in countries such as Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Libya, which in the past…
Cracks have appeared in a Saudi-led, US-backed anti-terrorist political and military alliance days after US President Donald J. Trump ended…
Muslims and Christian Iraqi civilians carry a wooden cross last month near a monastery in Mosul, northern Iraq. A group…
The Department of State has designated Hashem Safieddine and Muhammad al-Isawi as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) under Section 1(b)…
The group Just Beyond Our Border raised over NIS 2 million in crowd funding campaigns to buy medical supplies for…
The Wall Street Journal reports of a document agreed upon by Saudi and Emirates’ leaders under the influence of Donald…
Saudi Arabian singer Rashed Al-Majed performs during a concert in Riyadh, March 9, 2017. By Samia Nakhoul, William Maclean…
Increasingly caught up in the Middle East’s multiple conflicts, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and…
In the months before Shimon Peres’s passing, journalist Amira Lam held a series of meetings with the man who was…
With no congressional impediments to peace initiatives between the Palestinians and Israelis, Netanyahu worried about the specter of intense US…
As with comedy, timing is everything for the politics of being a state sponsor of terrorism. Political considerations, as much…
In a special interview, the former defense minister reveals what happened to his and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plan for a…
Washington – On May 4-5, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted the fourth meeting of the Law Enforcement…
As clerics are pushed ever further to the political margins, the regime will need to double down on its current…
In a no-holds-barred interview, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon talks about everything; Netanyahu ‘should resign, even before the investigations against…
Lebanon is a country of 4.5 million people hosting 1.5 million Syrian refugees—the equivalent, percentage-wise, of all of Canada and…
Blasphemy has joined terrorism as a catchall phrase to intimidate, incarcerate and kill critics and political opponents as well…
May 2, 2017 Dear Members of the AUB Community, The American University of Beirut (AUB) is greatly saddened by the…
Dear Colleagues, It is with deep sorrow and profound sadness that I inform you that Maroun Semaan passed away yesterday,…
For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most powerful men in international sports,…
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA Council member Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait is resigning from his soccer roles…
Patrick Hickey remains the listed International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegate member for autonomy despite his “temporary self suspension” from all…
The president of Guam’s Football Association pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of wire fraud. Mary Ann Georgantopoulos BuzzFeed…
Christian holy books and images damaged in April 2017 Tanta church bombing The spectacular acts of slaughter and mayhem…
By Ishaan Tharoor On Sunday evening in Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stood on the balcony at the headquarters of…
After Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri was deputy to the revolution’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini. But in March…
Review of “Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin” by Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy By Carlos Lozada MR. PUTIN:…
BY ABDI LATIF DAHIR UAE is funding ports and military bases in an area already frequented by forces of the…
Despite their desire for greater independence, Syria’s Kurds have shown a willingness to broker agreements with the Assad regime in…
Sunday’s horrific terrorist attacks on Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria during Palm Sunday services, in which dozens have been killed and…