Unlike in 1989, the Revolutionary Guards and other powerful Iranian institutions will probably play an outsize role in determining and…
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Its nice to be able to write a story where the Canadian sports officials are not burying their heads in…
Cleric had been a pillar of the Islamic republic since the 1979 revolution ‘Reformists will miss his unifying role’ -…
A fascinating Arabic language video produced by the pro-ISIS Al-Wa’ad Media Foundation made the rounds on social media in December…
By Søren Bang Governments have a growing interest in the governance of national sports organisations. Since 2013, Australia has required…
Damascus (AsiaNews) – The Syrian people are “generally in favor” of the national truce signed by the Syrian government and…
The Israeli Air Force disapproves Not unexpectedly, the IDF is developing its own missile response to Hezbollah missile attacks. Not…
Gen. Michael Hayden provides an inside look into the attack that stopped Assad’s nuclear ambitions in their tracks. From that…
President Barack Obama’s support for a United Nations Security Council resolution opposing the construction of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory…
Attempts by Martin Luther (1483-1546) to reform the church from neighbouring Germany found fertile soil in Switzerland. (akg-images / Doris Poklekowski)…
BY REBECCA R. RUIZ MOSCOW — Russia is for the first time conceding that its officials carried out one of…
Asked recently about the absence of the United States from talks by Russia, Turkey and Iran on the future of…
Excluding a fifth of Israel’s citizens from their political calculations is not worthy of being called the left. The…
LEPTIS MAGNA, Libya – Agence France-Press Ali Hribish stands by the Arch of Septimius Severus which dominates Libya’s ancient city…
Even before a new American president is inaugurated, some critics are hyperventilating and making sweeping statements about the new administration…
President Barack Obama told reporters at his last news conference of 2016 that the United States will respond to Russia’s…
Ottoman machine gun corps, before the Second Battle of Gaza, which took place on April 19, 1917. Amid present-day…
The inevitable outcome in Aleppo shows how the Syrian revolution has been betrayed first and foremost by Islamism in all…
Researcher Dr. Yossi Ziv has researched Ethiopian Judaism and found an amazing discovery: Ethiopian Jews’ customs and traditions extremely similar…
With the fall of eastern Aleppo to the forces backing Bashar Al Assad now looking imminent, what happens next…
We live in a deeply politicized and polarized world. This is a place where saying that “all lives matter” is…
Analysis: Wednesday’s attack on a Syrian army outpost and Hezbollah arms convoy is seen as a ‘case study’ for the…
The “Blackmailed?” with a question mark was not in the Insidethegames title, but we could not help adding it. For, why…
How Washington Can Get to a Settlement When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20, 2017, his most…
While liberating territory from the Islamic State is vital, the consequences of ceding portions of Iraq and Syria to de…
What the West needs to understand about Middle East Islamo-Fascism by J.C. Derrick PHOTOS BY LEE LOVE/GENESIS Ambassador…
Yes, Israel is popular right now, but most of its new friendships are based on assessments of common interest, and…
It is all too easy today to look at the Middle East and throw up one’s hands in deep despair,…
In the unlikely event that either side decides to follow through on its declared intentions, each has multiple options…
Two high-level meetings in recent months involving senior military commanders and intelligence officials and/or top-level government representatives spotlight Pakistan’s difficulty…
Religious freedom is in crisis around the world. From violent Islamic extremists committing genocide across the Middle East (and inspiring…
Although filling the long-vacant office could help pull the country out of its political stagnation, Hezbollah and Iran will continue…
Jeremy Binnie, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has established a military base in eastern…
Islam Has Never Denied the Jewish Connection to Jerusalem. On the contrary, anywhere you look in early Islamic literature, if…
Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Slovenian Olympic Committee was great opportunity to address and discuss important questions on the recent developments in IOC (International Olympic Committee).…
When Pope Francis holds a consistory for the creation of new cardinals next month, one star of the show will…
Absent effective support from the United States and Saudi Arabia, Lebanon’s traditionally pro-Western but increasingly fractured Sunni bloc stands little…
The topic of establishing a relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel raises many theories, assumptions, and emotionally charged arguments. Some…
London: Ever since Bilawal Bhutto Zardari led PPP delegation to APC he has been in the news. Most positive comments…
The first signs of what would become an abhorrent new twist in the Syrian civil war—the use of chemical weapons—started…
President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi signing the historic Simla agreement in July 1971…
To write anything about Saudi Arabia is to invite controversy. The country has been both an incubator and a victim…
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a comfortable meeting with the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the side lines of the…
There were of course people who might have used some nasty words about Shimon Peres, who passed away at the…
AT-802. Photo via the author Evidence piling up that Cairo and Abu Dhabi have deployed forces by ARNAUD DELALANDE On Sept.…
In this tribute published by the Jerusalem Post, a veteran U.S. envoy remembers the late Israeli leader’s visionary but pragmatic…
With a few exceptions, the candidates focused more on debating the past than offering ideas and prescriptions for today’s Middle…
The campaign of Bernie Sanders to become the Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, was…
On September 9, 2016, U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-Nebraska) introduced a bipartisan resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives calling…
By ANDREW HIGGINS PARIS — The golden main dome of a new Russian Orthodox cathedralnow under construction on the banks…