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Friedman Interviews Obama: The Strengths of the Iran Deal In a conversation with Thomas L. Friedman, President Obama explains what…
The deal with Iran is finally done. Given the stakes, it should be scrutinized. It makes sense to reserve judgment…
Even with a deal now signed, the Obama administration still has many tools for countering Iran’s menacing behavior across the…
The ongoing operations in Yemen – diplomatically supported by the Erdoğan government – and prospects of a Joint Arab Defense…
Although Iran’s missile arsenal is conventionally armed, credible reports of links with its nuclear program underscore the need for limits…
As Western sanctions began to bite, Iranian government rewarded IRGC with huge contracts in oil business; the IRGC also enjoys…
Laurent Fabius, at Elysee Palace, 25 of June 2015. © Charles Platiau / Reuters Interview with François de Labarre @flabarre…
The international coalition members conducting airstrikes in Syria include the United States, Bahrain, Canada, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United…
From outside the pavilion looks like the white sails of a lost sailing ship: it was built by Italo Rotaas…
Israel, Arab States Share Unfavorable View of Middle East Neighbor By Hani Zainulbhai and Richard Wike As the June 30…
As the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States enter their final stages, one of the most salient questions…
Solid economic growth, low inflation, and comfortable international reserves offer a hopeful story line in a war-torn region, but continued…
An excellent « Public Statement on U.S. Policy Toward the Iran Nuclear Negotiations » – « Endorsed by a Bipartisan Group of American…
Endorsed by a Bipartisan Group of American Diplomats, Legislators, Policymakers, and Experts Over the last three years, members of this…
Synopsis This month’s killing of 23 Druze clan members by Jabhat Al Nusra jihadists has made Syrian Druze a potential…
Prince Muhammad’s visit to Russia will increase speculation that Saudi Arabia’s relationship with the United States is changing. On June…
Exclusive: Insiders say group has been drained of Middle East recruits and that US wrongfooted by shift in balance of…
Ayman al-Zawahiri is isolated, scholars allied to him say. Spencer Ackerman, Shiv Malik, Ali Younes and Mustafa Khalili Exclusive:…
It was no joke for millions of Turks who queued in front of ballot boxes at early hours of the…
This article is followed by a response by Andrew F. March, along with Michael Walzer’s reply. To read the exchange,…
Ten years ago this week, our friend and colleague Samir Kassir was murdered outside his home, likely at the instigation…
Concern about the political direction of the Middle East has long ago replaced the optimism that briefly followed the 2010-11…
The outcome has dealt a blow to the AKP’s longstanding dominance and Erdogan’s goal of implementing a presidential system, with…
http://edge.media.cfr.org/content/publications/media/meetings/2015/20150604Saudi_Arabia_and_Israel.mp4 By DAVID E. SANGERJUNE WASHINGTON — A new merging of strategic interests between Saudi Arabia and Israel was on…
The technology can stop the missile, but politics are getting in the way. By Marcus Weisgerber If Iran launches a…
Analysts have wondered why Syria’s Druze have not joined the uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad, despite the…
Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population The religious profile…
Since regaining Tikrit, the Iraqi government has seemingly listened to Washington’s advice about delaying an undermanned campaign to retake Mosul,…
The Khobar Towers bombing on June 25, 1996 This week, Saudi Arabia just sanctioned two senior Hezbollah members, Khalil Harb…
Shaffaf reproduces the following article of The Wall Street Journal as a tribute to the Arab Jews- still present in…
Jeremy Binnie, London and Sean O’Connor, Indianapolis – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Airbus Defence and Space imagery taken on 27…
Jean-Pierre Filiu, historian and professor at Science Po (Paris), was asked by the Journal du Dimanche to comment the fall…
“Dark Clouds Over Turkey” (full text) Monday 25 May 2015 Hopefully, the Turks shall soon vote their president out…
The ‘caliph’ urges all Muslims to carry out their ‘hijrah’, emigration, to move from an Islam of peace to one…
The group will no doubt continue helping the Assad regime hang on, but the war’s heavy attrition, Syria’s demographic realities,…
On 8 May 2015 The Intercept published an article based on two documents that it published from the Edward Snowden…
A knowledgeable source and writer of this website, who declined to be named, gave Middle East Transparent the following explanation…
Saudi-led airstrikes hit a site believed to be a munitions storage facility in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on 12 May 2015.…
The latest story from Syria this week, published by The Daily Telegraph, was that Ali Mamlouk, the head of Syria’s…
Iranian Azeri Soccer Fans Burn the Iranian Flag Against a backdrop of the violent redrawing of the map of…
They reject his attempts to reassure them over the Iran nuclear deal. The promise of a successful nuclear deal with…
The White House’s bottom line for Camp David is to limit public condemnation of the emerging deal with Iran, but…
One of the prime minister’s remarks suggests that a more fundamental dispute may be brewing between U.S. and Israeli intelligence…
In all likelihood, Khamenei’s potentially imminent successor will be even more of a hardliner, and he could renege on a…
Salman Masalha New Arab city will perpetuate inequality We should oppose the construction of a new Arab city on principle.…
The President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue speaks to Vatican Radio about the barbaric killing in Pakistan: “How…
By revealing all the offers that Iran has rejected, Washington could block Tehran’s potential Plan B, which will likely involve…
Given its recent track record of targeting Israelis, Hezbollah’s decision to take public responsibility for a new border attack likely…
Rebels capture reluctant Afghans in Aleppo Jassem Al Salami Wednesday 22 October 2014 “Come out, you donkey!” the Syrian…