James F. Jeffrey, Matthew Levitt, Fabrice Balanche, and Anna Borshchevskaya As the United States and its allies search for…
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Analysis: The French government and its secret services got a wakeup call in January, but kept sleeping. While taking a…
Pope Benedict XVI lectured on faith and reason at the University of Regensburg in Germany in this Sept. 12, 2006,…
Proposed sale of the Littoral Combat Ship to Saudi Arabia recalls arms deals with the Shah Paul Iddon In October,…
By ADAM NOSSITER and AURELIEN BREEDENNOV. 14, 2015 SLIDE SHOW|10 Photos PARIS — President François Hollande called the…
News about Syria has quickly replaced news about Ukraine in the Russian media, thanks to the Kremlin’s propaganda. “This…
Those who really love this land understand that it belongs to two peoples. Now, before it is too late, what…
Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the…
Israel Prize winner tells Foreign Ministry that he will not participate in state-sponsored events held abroad under the auspices of…
Russia has greatly complicated an already-fraught situation by picking a fight with Syria’s majority Sunni rebels and tripping into other…
Meda Al Rowas – IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review Key Points The Saudi-led coalition is struggling to organise and co-ordinate its…
A rare commercial public opinion poll completed in Kuwait in September exposes significant rifts in this Kuwaiti society about the…
The work of civil courts may be gradually creating a robust foundation for individual rights. By Gabriel Collins China’s leaders…
Neighboring countries present dangers, privations, and complications not present in Europe, and after hearing about these problems or experiencing them…
Folk memories endure, mothers’ and grandmothers’ sagas trumping documents in neglected archives. What will Syria’s youth, when they are old,…
Jeremy Binnie, London A photograph released by the WAM news agency on 28 October shows an AT-802 at Al-Anad Air…
It’s all because of logistics … or lack of it Dave Majumdar The National Interest8 Russia’s pace of air operations…
Only objective secularists can safeguard the holiness attributed to these sites, to preserve the holiness of humankind, and prevent bloodshed.…
Tony Barber in London Having spent seven years as Turkey’s president, and five years before that as prime minister and…
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 23, 2015 Wholly preoccupied with the ferocious Palestinian terror campaign washing over their country, Israelis have…
Introduction It comes as no surprise that the startling phenomenon of Islamic State (ISIS) propaganda has galvanized attention since the…
Feminists and frat boys, asexuals, groupies, and that quiet kid who sits in the front row. A weeklong survey of…
11 people rescued at sea near Greece by Israelis on yacht; upon learning rescuers were Jews from Israel, the refugees…
The Iranian regime’s anti-Western regional policy has become much more important to its identity than Islamic ideology, so confronting Tehran’s…
Persistent reports of royal disquiet about the role of the king’s favored son indicate that a showdown between rival factions…
I spent early 2011 trying to ease tensions between Syria and its neighbors. I never predicted the brutality that would…
Forty-two years ago this week, Arab petroleum exporters banded together to impose an oil embargo on Western consumers in retaliation…
By Vanessa Ogle In the spring of 1891, Count Helmuth von Moltke rose to speak in the German parliament on…
But Turks Share Negative Views of Foreign Powers By Jacob Poushter As a result of a political deadlock stemming from…
The alarming normalcy of a society split into mutually distrustful camps In his famous and much-criticized 1993 Foreign Affairs article,…
A new offensive near the key city indicates that ISIS may be racing Assad and his allies for control of…
On Social Media People Vote Negatively Nazanin Kamdar Iran’s Revolutionary Guard General Hossein Hamedani who was killed in Syria on…
Recent polling results suggest that King Abdullah’s low-profile policy toward Syria is well calculated to keep him out of trouble.…
What Netanyahu really thought of Obama, and other bombshell revelations from Obama’s disillusioned peace negotiator. On Friday night, November 8,…
The Kremlin has never acknowledged the group’s existence, and there’s a reason for that When it comes to wars, nations…
The PYD will not hesitate to cooperate with Damascus and Moscow in the north if Turkey and the United States…
Iran has long been sending troops and material to help Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad wage war against his own people. But…
İpek Yezdani – TEHRAN Babek Zanjani, an Iranian businessman currently imprisoned in Iran on corruption charges and a figure connected…
YouTube Hosts Music Playlists Promoting Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Jihadi Ideology U.S. social media companies have made some progress over…
A staunch supporter of general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, has called on the government to allow soccer…
Recent online activities show that various Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militias have greatly expanded their recruitment efforts in support of the…
The release of a special-committee report to the Majlis will be seized on by hardliners, who will continue to voice…
Our worst fears were realized on Wednesday, September 30th, 2015. Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, declared [through…
Maryam Kashani kashanim.kashani(at)roozonline.com Iran’s senior advisor on international affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, to the country’s top leader ayatollah Khamenei told…
Algeria’s tough security stance and the legacy of the country’s bloody civil war help explain why relatively few Algerians are…
The European Parliament has just completed a report on the political situation and human rights conditions in Angola. Very critical,…
Michael Knights and Alexandre Mello September 24, 2015 The GCC-backed ground campaign to liberate Sana is building momentum, but urgent…
From Iraq to Lebanon, through Syria, with clear echoes into the Gulf, Yemen, and Egypt, the Arab political and cultural…
How a potential permanent UNSC member approached the crisis in Syria. By Kabir Taneja After four years of neglect, Syria…
In light of its large Sunni population, the coastal city and its environs are not secure for the Syrian regime,…