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So far, the great majority of the Iranian people are staying with him, beckoned by the promise of lifted sanctions…
‘The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920’ by Eugene Rogan (Allen Lane, 512 pages,…
Head of a plaster statue from the Umayyad period. Debate continues about the permissibility of representing the human form in…
Islamists often do not hide it: They love head-count democracy in lands where they make a majority; and hate it…
Although Egypt’s parliamentary elections set for March 21-22 — the first since the beginning of Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s presidency –…
Children hold candles during a vigil in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on March 1, 2015, held in solidarity with Christians abducted…
The actions of the Joint List of Arab parties for the Knesset over the question of a surplus votes agreement…
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…
In their controversial letter to “the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 other…
Since Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on Tuesday, critics and advocates have debated everything from the metaphors and…
On 1 March about 27,000 Iraqi troops commenced their attack on Tikrit, a city 150km (93 miles) north of Baghdad…
Every field of endeavor that determines quality of life in this country, for better or for worse, is a derivative…
On February 25, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched its long-overdue “Great Prophet 9” naval exercise in the Strait…
In early February, an alliance of Iran, the Syrian regime, and Hezbollah launched a major military offensive against rebel groups…
Another session (the fifth) of intensive, informal discussions with senior, well-connected, and non-official Iranians produced no startling breakthroughs on the…
In the days of the Ottoman Empire, pederasty-like relationships were common between pre-pubescent boys and bearded older men. Though today…
On Feb. 19, a senior official with U.S. Central Command leaked details about the most widely anticipated military offensive in…
When Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani visits the White House on February 24, President Obama will have to contend with…
— AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long enjoyed close relations, but Islamabad’s new-found resolve for fighting the root…
Iran’s Fars News Agency – affiliated with the country’s security circles – quoted a Russian media outlet and wrote that…
Read the full report here: * Violations of Freedom of Press and Expression March – December 2014 Introduction Issues regarding…
Pope Francis; drawing by James Ferguson The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope by Austen Ivereigh…
Shaffaf reproduces the following article of The Wall Street Journal as a tribute to the Arab Jews- still present in…
It’s a quiet and sombre school day. The sun is shining bright but I still remember a distinct form of…
The CIA doesn’t assassinate often anymore, so when it does the agency picks its targets carefully. The story uncovered last…
Somebody one day will write my biography. I might be present to give him information or I might be reincarnated…
The visit by the chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will likely prompt concern in Washington and other…
The Houthi coup and other recent developments in Yemen have raised many questions about the country’s religious fabric, especially the…
By Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima On Feb. 12, 2008, Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah’s international operations chief, walked on a quiet…
Just two days after President Obama’s visit to Riyadh, King Salman has sacked several of the princes who met with…
The Iranian nuclear negotiations have proven divisive enough within the United States and among the United States and its allies.…
Tomorrow, January 27, President Obama will cut short his visit to India in order to meet with the new Saudi…
by CONRAD HACKETT Recent violence in France and protest marches in Germany have drawn renewed attention to Europe’s Muslim population.…
The nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran appear stalemated. Meanwhile Iran is on the march in the Middle…
It would be very strange if the discovery of MOSSAD’s penetration into the highest leadership of Lebanese Hezbollah a few…
Sunday, Israeli airstrikes targeted a convoy of Hezbollah vehicles, killing several senior operatives, reportedly including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of…
Major American media organizations have been running stories lately that feature one of Washington’s Persian Gulf allies, the United Arab…
Western intelligence sources say son of master terrorist Imad Mughniyah was planning attacks meant to ‘kill soldiers, hit Israeli communities…
Shaffaf Interview with Toufic Gaspard Shaffaf- From a Beirut perspective, how did the Daesh disaster come about? Who is to…
The terrorist network responsible for killing seventeen people in Paris last week is a troubling combination of three generations of…
BEIRUT — Around a kitchen table in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a midlevel Hezbollah commander moved empty coffee cups and a…
In all the discussions about Turkey not being particularly supportive to the coalition fighting the “Islamic State”/ISIS, little has been…
In the 1998 Embassy Bombings Court Case in the U.S. one of the key witnesses was the former al-Qa’ida member…
For centuries, ideologues and politicians in the West have positioned themselves regarding Islam in a defensive way. Christian Europe always…
Although Egypt is an important strategic asset for the United States — granting priority Suez Canal access to American warships…
In America and worldwide, civil and political organizations have emerged to support the Syrian Revolution and the people’s calls for…
The origins of the 7 January attack in Paris against Charlie Hebdo goes back first to al-Qa’ida in the Arabian…
By Erich Follath For years, it was thought that Israel had destroyed Syria’s nuclear weapons capability with its 2007 raid…