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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,…
(ATR) The IOC Ethics Committee is now reviewing the circumstances that have drawn IOC member in Kuwait Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad…
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…
MACOLIN, Switzerland (AP) — The sprawling American investigation of bribery and corruption in international soccer has reached into Asia and…
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…
A man, four women and two children, who were injured by shrapnel during fighting near the border, are evacuated to…
BY ASHISH KUMAR SEN US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter launched missiles at a Syrian air base from the Mediterranean…
U.S. launches missile strikes in response to Syrian chemical attack By Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan and Thomas Gibbons-Neff The U.S.…
He is one of the most powerful men in world football. We met at the offices of a very prominent…
With her identity being concealed, Mustafa Badreddine’s self-confessed former lover claims not only that Hezbollah was behind his assassination, but…
Five years ago, Canadian politics changed inside a boxing ring. The then backbencher MP Justin Trudeau fought the Conservative Senator…
The Kremlin’s missiles could threaten Israeli warplanes, but it’s curious that they haven’t Israel’s Arrow missile defense system saw…
The rubble of a home destroyed by reported coalition air strikes in al-Jadida, Mosul, Iraq, March 24, 2017 In the…
There are not enough Chaldean priests in the new communities outside of Iraq. The patriarch’s challenge: “priestly celibacy is not…
The Supreme Leader’s two New Year’s speeches provide a valuable look at the regime’s internal dynamics as it attempts to…
Photo: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meets with Ali Akbar Velayati (L), Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s top adviser on…
The dispute between Israel and Lebanon over the maritime border between them has been going on for years, with both…
According to a Syrian Army statement, an Israeli jet involved in a raid over Syria was shot down. The Israeli…
All the signs are that Lebanon, come May, will postpone parliamentary elections for a third time. Every time an election…
The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, reads a letter by Pope Francis given to him by Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic…
As head of the Defense Ministry’s Political-Military Affairs Bureau and as a secret emissary to Arab countries, Gilad made quite…
Pakistan is emerging as an important military player in the Gulf as its struggles to balance complex relations with regional…
Egyptian Christian Ezzat Yaacoub Ishak, who fled el-Arish in northern Sinai two days ago due to fighting, sits in his…
By Kennette Benedict Since it was set in 1947, the Bulletin has reset the minute hand on the Doomsday Clock…
This report was produced with the Critical Threats Project. The insights are part of an intensive multi-month exercise to frame,…
Short-term benefits aside, America’s partners in the Middle East will all suffer in the end if estrangement from the region…
The Trump administration has adopted an aggressive approach towards Iran. It seeks to establish a unified front of Arab Sunni…
Charles A. Ferguson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other people with the same name, see Charles Ferguson (disambiguation).…
Below are remarks by Ambassador Frederic C. Hof at the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) annual gala in Lombard, Illinois…
The decisions of the Grand Sanhedrin, if adopted by today’s Muslim bodies (replacing « Israelites » by « Muslims »)…
Extremist Muslims’ understanding of freedom is a one-way street: Freedoms, such as religious rights, are “good” and must be defended…
Ashkenazi Zionism has always known how to foment trouble, in order to continue holding the reins of power. Uri Avnery…
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, ADAM GOLDMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT President Obama in December. Some in his administration feared that…
By Faisal Irshaid BBC News The imagery is all too familiar. A family on the move, their meagre belongings…
As the world fixates on Russian spying and cyber-attacks in U.S. politics, the field of sports has been struck by…
The propaganda of the Islamic State is entering an interesting new phase, as the “physical” Caliphate comes under unprecedented pressure…