In the shadowy world of covert proxy wars, Iran is taking centre stage, both as a target and a player.…
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The Israeli right, in all its forms, wants exclusively Jewish control over all of the Land of Israel. To the…
Though a targeted strike has up-front costs, failing to act will likely exact an even greater price in the next…
(Iran’s military chief visits Aleppo) Op-ed: A comprehensive American-Russian agreement over Syria’s future, banning the presence of foreign forces, is…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent disavowal of the kingdom’s founding religious ideology had a master’s voice quality to it.…
If you blinked, you would have missed it. For less than three weeks, it looked as if the Kurds…
Dr. Mohamed Helmy, an Egyptian-born physician, hid four Jews in Berlin for the duration of World War II …
Fmr. Mossad chief Halevy meets Saudi counterpart al-Faisal in NYC forum; pair discusses Iran nuclear deal, Israeli-Palestinian conflict; al-Faisal: Saudi…
It has been over-two weeks since Stephen Paddock went into a Las Vegas hotel room, took out 19 automatic machine…
Photo: Conference of European Rabbis If the growing threat of radical Islam and the rise of the far right in…
Speculation is widespread that King Salman may soon abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Muhammad, but that is just one…
Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, the sovereign of the Malaysian state of Johor, does not mince his words. His repeated…
Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar Al-Abadi Saturday night, Oct. 14, gave the Kurdish Peshmerga an ultimatum to surrender the positions in the Kirkuk…
Decertifying the nuclear deal without walking away gives the Trump administration an opening to confront the Islamic Republic’s foreign meddling.…
After decertifying the JCPOA, President Trump now has leverage to negotiate a better agreement. Atlantic Two years ago, I urged senators…
U.S. counterterrorism director announces multi-million dollar reward for information leading to arrest of two Hezbollah officials Haaretz and Reuters …
In his first interview since taking office, IDF Chief of Staff Eisenkot tells Ynet about the IDF’s covert operations to…
President Donald Trump’s best Middle East friend and ally, Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, arrived in Moscow Thursday Oct.…
Jewish refugees who had been turned away at the Swiss border By Thomas Stephens On September 25-26, 1942, the annual conference…
A recent indictment prompts questions about the real value of the investigation and trial of Rafik al-Hariri’s assassins. On September…
Saudi Arabia’s long-awaited lifting of a ban on women’s driving, widely viewed as a symbol of Saudi misogyny, will likely…
The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears. —Emir Abdel Kader Al Jazairi …
FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal salutes cheering members of Turkish Prime…
By DAVID ZUCCHINOSEPT ERBIL, Iraq — In a region where few people concur on anything, adversaries and enemies in the…
Richard Miniter , CONTRIBUTOR Three years after his death, Lt. Hadar Goldin’s body is being used as a bargaining…
How the Kremlin built one of the most powerful information weapons of the 21st century — and why it may…
A month before passing away, Shimon Peres completed the writing of an autobiography that provides a rare glimpse behind the…
Amr Darrag, a senior member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, will be speaking at Georgetown University on Thursday, and he is trying…
Two Christian women flee after a 2012 bombing of a Nigerian church by Boko Haram. (Credit: AP.) In…
In an interview, Yassin al-Haj Saleh describes how Syrians have been denied any meaning for their suffering. Yassin al-Haj Saleh…
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…
By Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two Irish Olympic executives have told Rio police that the head of…
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…