For the past two years, Washington has focused its attention on northern Syria, where it has attempted to strengthen the…
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Gadi Eisenkot, right, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem in February. CreditMenahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse…
Fifa’s new president Gianni Infantino is using the authoritarian tactics of ex-leader Sepp Blatter, according to a top reform advocate…
Ben Rumsby Gianni Infantino’s first crisis as president of Fifa intensifiedon Monday after he was accused of a “complete betrayal”…
It was not a good week for sport. The Turkish nightmare continues. There are strange doings, as usual, in Singapore…
By all appearances, the Arab world today looks awash in extremism, but the prominence of violent and regressive elements is,…
Gen. Qasem Soleimani is the commander of the Quds Force, the branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards operating abroad. He has…
On the bright side, he has never actually been convicted of fraud, racketeering or money laundering. He has also never…
Image from May 2016 ISIS video in support of ISIS Sinai Wilayah The social media phenomenon that is the…
Mustafa Bedreddine has reportedly been killed by an Israeli warplane near Damascus. ALEX ROWELL To close friends, he is “Dhu…
KEIR RADNEDGE in MEXICO CITY: Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been accused of putting personal political interests ahead…
The director of Russia’s antidoping laboratory at the time of the Sochi Games said urine samples were surreptitiously replaced by…
Captured Syrian MiG-23s at an Israeli museum. Photo via Wikipedia After five years of war, there’s still life in the…
Coalition units and allied Yemeni forces have fought a successful and timely campaign to stem the al-Qaeda affiliate’s runaway growth…
Sources in Kuweit speculated that the Fifa executive committee, at the instigation of its member Sheikh Ahmad al Fahd, could…
So he is gone. Michel Platini’s drink at the last chance legal saloon of the Council for the Arbitration of…
By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN)Nyquist, ridden by record-setting Mario Gutierrez, won the 142nd running of Kentucky Derby on Saturday at…
How Ben Rhodes rewrote the rules of diplomacy for the digital age. By DAVID SAMUELS Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for…
Mona Eltahawy CAIRO — After I gave a reading in Britain last year, a woman stood in line as I…
A girl looks through a fence at a camp for migrants and refugees near the Greek village of Idomeni not…
Three weeks away and much to discuss. Lets begin with the non-action of the Olympic integrity officials. They have already…
Last month’s opening of storied Istanbul soccer club Besiktas JK’s renovated Vodafone Arena stadium was laden with political symbols ranging…
April 29 – Kuwait’s government has launched legal action against FIFA and other international federations implementing its ban from international…
With Saudi Arabia announcing plans for a major restructuring of the kingdom’s economy and Iran gearing up to become a…
Returning from three-weeks away to an inbox of e-mails from around the world asking, ‘is the whole thing is a…
Varied views on whether Quran should influence laws in countries BY JACOB POUSHTER As strife in the Middle East continues…
There was a time when ‘Israeli independence’ was the chief focus of the left’s leaders, Jews and Arabs alike. …
As long as Syrian civilians are on the bullseye, nothing will be accomplished at peace talks. Speaking to the BBC…
Stephen Sestanovich, a professor at Columbia University and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of “Maximalist:…
BY PETER SCHWARTZSTEIN / QUARTZ No matter where you turn when covering ISIL’s two years of terror in Iraq and Syria, one…
The Olympic Council of Asia are the umbrella group for 45 Asian nations and are headed by Sheik Ahmad Al-Sabah…
Sanctions on Kuwaiti sports form part of a local political power struggle that implicates international sports leaders, writes Danish newspaper.…
One civil court’s ruling has created an important precedent in a country where there is a dual justice system in…
Kazakhstan’s Timur Kulibayev has been unanimously appointed as vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) responsible for the Central…
A fascinating look at Middle Eastern and North African football, a key battleground for political control, social justice, identity and…
With the problem of power outages seemingly unsolvable, Palestinians have begun adopting solar technology, with more and more public institutions…
A view of Tiran island from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AFP/Getty Images) By Ruth Eglash JERUSALEM…
Michael Knights is a Boston-based Lafer fellow of The Washington Institute, specializing in the military and security affairs of Iraq,…
Nadine Al-Budair made three-minute speech on Saudi Arabian news show Told fellow Muslims to admit that terrorists are not a…
Iranian missile tests highlight regional need for upgraded air-defense systems Tests by Iran last month of long-range ballistic missiles, reportedly…
Out-of-date Iranian banking practices and rank deception have made international banks leery of risking their reputations. On March 22, Supreme…
Leaked documents raise questions over role played by new Fifa president in TV rights deal while he worked for Uefa…
The Saudi-led coalition has waged a dynamic campaign, but all actions so far constitute a prelude to the tougher fighting…
Spain, or at least the Spain of Islamic conquest and primacy, Al-Andalus, looms large in the Islamist psyche, particularly so…
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” was my favorite novel, and its hero, Robert Jordan, my literary idol. Like him, Delmer…
By Nadav Pollak and Michael Knights The coalition has restricted Iranian resupply of the Houthis by air and sea,…
Part 1 of this three-part PolicyWatch covered the ground campaign (seehttp://washin.st/1LMXKHC); part 3 will cover the naval campaign. ****************************** The…
KUWAIT, March 23 (KUNA) — Kuwait’s sports laws are not the real reason that led the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
Stephen Frears film The Program about Lance Armstrong’s doping to win the Tour de France has just opened to near…
Sulaimaniya, Iraq — As one could see from President Obama’s recentinterview in The Atlantic, he pretty much hates all the…