How a potential permanent UNSC member approached the crisis in Syria. By Kabir Taneja After four years of neglect, Syria…
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Lebanese media outlet quotes diplomats claiming Hezbollah will only act defensively in Syria after fight for Al-Zabadani ends. Roi Kais …
Russian media outlet interviews group of soldiers who refused to be deployed to Syria, describing secretive preparations and their fears:…
By Steve Hindy When I was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press in 1980, I covered an Arab…
Al Qa’ida’s External Operations Unit is back in play with the release of five leading terrorists by Iran In the…
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and ERIC SCHMITT President Hassan Rouhani, by a picture of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The…
Some intelligence agencies warn the five men may travel to Syria and make use of its chaotic landscape to plot…
Russia’s military buildup on a Syrian airbase south of Latakia combined with the escalating hemorrhage of Syrian humanity confronts President…
Russia and Iran have changed the stakes in Syria, and the United States should act accordingly. Refugees streaming into Europe,…
The IDF is preparing for the next confrontation with Hezbollah, which was dangerously close to breaking out in the winter,…
By Jake Flanagin Quartz There are now nearly 1.5 million displaced people in Yemen, though their plight is no less…
Israeli security sources claim Quds Force sending hundreds of elite troops in unprecedented cooperation with Russia to save embattled Syrian…
The Iraqi government’s fight against ISIS is less important than how it deals with the impending economic crisis and the…
Although the reported intervention in Syria may spread Russia’s armed forces too thin, the Kremlin seems poised to grow even…
Small but mighty, the Yak-130 trainer doubles as an effective multi-role fighter by Thomas Newdick In the world of Russian…
by Cortney Harding Ayham Homsi is a hard guy to get ahold of. Sure, living on an inverted schedule…
It’s hard to imagine, but this attractive young woman was one of the boldest Mossad agents to ever serve the…
PKK allowed in area but not Kurdish Iranian opposition parties SULAYMANIHAY – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has tightened…
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — Russia has sent a military advance team to Syria and is…
By W.J. Hennigan and Brian Bennett contact the reporters U.S. intelligence has captured evidence of a significant escalation of Russia’s…
Analysis Aug. 25 The Saudi-led offensive against rebels in Yemen has lost its initial momentum. After breaking out of Aden…
A closer look at how an Iranian-linked Hezbollah chief bombed the Khobar Towers and walked free — until last month.…
Student Basij Provides a Telephone Number to Report the Cleanup Nazanin Kamdar The publication of photos showing individuals removing the…
Russia has begun its military intervention in Syria, deploying an aerial contingent to a permanent Syrian base, in order to…
Ahmet Hakan – ISTANBUL Özer Sencar, owner of polling company MetroPoll, explains to daily Hürriyet readers why the Justice and…
In new book, former defense minister says he, Netanyahu and Lieberman sought to strike Tehran’s nuclear facilities between 2010-2012, but…
Existing mechanisms for interdicting Iran’s arms shipments to its proxies have already been proven insufficient, so any concerted effort to…
Synopsis The political geography of oil and minorities in Saudi Arabia and Iran highlights a fault line in the Sunni-Shiite…
Daniel R. DePetris For Saudi Arabia, the conservative Gulf kingdom whose number one priority in the region is to keep…
As the AP Exclusive has proven to be “controversial”, METransparent suggests that its readers should , also, read “The AP’s…
by John Mecklin John Mecklin is the editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Previously, Mecklin was editor-in-chief of…
Kurdish militia fighters are using Android tablets and free Google mapping tools to track battle lines and coordinate close air…
An act of terrorism by the Iranian regime to bomb Komala party of Iranian Kurdistan’s headquarters near Sulaymaniyah was thwarted.…
The UAE and Saudi Arabia have made an impressive contribution to recapturing Aden from Houthi-Saleh forces, building a base for…
Lauren Sukin* In March, while world leaders were scrambling to salvage the Iranian nuclear negotiations in Lausanne, Saudi Arabia signed…
Jeremy Binnie – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly The impasse in Yemen’s conflict appears to have been broken by the deployment…
and improves prospects for investment in energy, telecoms, construction Jamie Ingram – IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review Key Points Iran’s vocal…
Synopsis The Saudi military intervention in Yemen against Houthi rebels has repercussions in the kingdom amid cracks appearing in the…
“Tell People We Triumphed Over the Enemy” Shirin Karimi While Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, was cleaning up the…
Ali Alfoneh In addition to Qods Force supervision of Shiite fighters from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries, the IRGC is…
Sources claim Iran did not declare all its nuclear sites Shaffaf Exclusive In contrast with optimistic predictions that followed the…
by Nick Gillard,Dominic Williams Editor’s note: The above graphic provides a general overview of timelines for de-listing across various sanctions…
Amrullah Saleh, the former head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), discusses Mullah Omar’s death. By Sanjay Kumar With…
By Clive Irving It took less than 90 days for the U.S. to turn a theoretical weapon into fearsome reality.…
PESHAWAR: In a late-night development on Thursday, some important members of the Afghan Taliban movement’s highest-ranking Rahbari Shura (Leadership Council)…
By Marcus Weisgerber The Kingdom’s request for additional interceptors could be the first of many new Mideast arms purchases aimed…
by JOSEPH TREVITHICK To help the Saudi Arabian-led coalition attack Houthi militias in Yemen, the Pentagon is sharing intelligence information…
Firoozeh Matin Merely a week after the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan, a senior official at Iran’s ministry…
By Eli Lake & Josh Rogin As the White House campaign to persuade Congress about the wisdom of its Iran…
The Saudi-backed government of President Hadi has a foothold now in Aden. It must provide Yemen’s urgent needs and restore…