The prince’s latest foreign policy initiative is to confer with Islamabad, presumably seeking help with Iran, and potentially including military…
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Saudi Arabia is using soccer and its influence in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to expand its campaign to isolate…
Although the latest Kurdish offensive runs the risk of spurring direct Turkish intervention, it could also help isolate Islamic State…
A tritium device, maybe … or maybe not Robert Beckhusen North Korea claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear —…
By Liam Morgan The Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee has recommended suspended secretary general Jérôme Valcke be banned for…
Unless the Obama administration demonstrates stronger resolve in responding to Iranian aggression, the Saudis and other Gulf monarchies will continue…
The Assad regime in Damascus has depended on Lebanon’s Army of God to shore up its weakened troops. But now…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suffered in the run-up to crucial elections in early 2016 what amounted to at least a…
Effort to limit violence and get president to relinquish power failed By NOUR MALAS and CAROL E. LEE The Obama administration…
Working alongside Russian forces will likely enhance the group’s ongoing shift toward a more offensive-minded strategy, with significant implications for…
By SAM BORDEN Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, two of the most powerful figures in global soccer, were barred from…
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Four years after the United States Treasury and Justice Departments forced the closure…
Notorious terrorist was reportedly deemed a ‘ticking bomb’ by Israel and the West; rejected by Hezbollah, he planned attacks as…
India buys the Triumf, which can kill everything that’s not stealth within 155 miles India is set to buy five…
Foreign Affairs Although Algerians are lukewarm to the prospect of a managed succession, they are even less willing to…
A real national commonwealth demands an authentic national narrative that recognizes the multiplicity of cultural, religious, and social foundations, but…
As various forces converge against the main rebel supply line in northern Syria, Russia’s wooing of the Kurds could make…
By Hussain Al-Qatari | AP December 11 KUWAIT CITY — A Kuwaiti sheikh who is a major powerbroker in the Olympics and…
ARON LUND On November 14, the International Syria Support Group, a gathering of nations meeting in Vienna, decided to work…
Hassan Khomeini has made himself unpopular wuith hardliners by suggesting his grandfather’s revolution was hijacked Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran…
Following the Prisoner’s Sixth Surgery Arash Bahmani The news announcement that Mehdi Karoubi – a leader in the protests against…
Nicholas Linn Egypt’s got plans for Libya — to eradicate the Islamists and set it under the firm, autocratic control…
Of Turkey’s near-dozen neighbors, there is just one that Ankara really fears: Russia. This is rooted in history stretching back…
The Vatican’s nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, center, visits a hospitalized victim of the Nov. 12 twin suicide bombings…
William Armstrong – william.armstrong@hdn.com.tr Turkey’s newly elected government has given signals that it may move to address the grievances of…
A protester in Istanbul holds a sign reading ‘Alevism is my right.’ William Armstrong – william.armstrong@hdn.com.tr ‘Writing Religion: The…
South Africa’s last white president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Frederik Willem de Klerk urges Israelis not to follow the…
Columb Strack – Senior Analyst, Middle East & North Africa at IHS Syrian government forces have made modest territorial gains…
James F. Jeffrey, Matthew Levitt, Fabrice Balanche, and Anna Borshchevskaya As the United States and its allies search for…
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…
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…
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…
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 23, 2015 Wholly preoccupied with the ferocious Palestinian terror campaign washing over their country, Israelis have…
11 people rescued at sea near Greece by Israelis on yacht; upon learning rescuers were Jews from Israel, the refugees…
Persistent reports of royal disquiet about the role of the king’s favored son indicate that a showdown between rival factions…
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…