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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…
Jeremy Binnie, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly An M113 APC of the LAF’s Support Brigade fires a TOW II…
After Two Years, Rouhani Not Fulfilled His Promises to Minorities Kaveh Ghoreishi As President Hassan Rouhani enters his second year…
Favorable poll numbers aside, Hezbollah’s adventure in Syria is raising concerns among the group’s Lebanese Shiite constituency. The nuclear agreement…
The prospect of a big payday for its regional rival, Iran, is spurring Saudi Arabia to a quicker plan of…
Gareth Jennings, London and Robin Hughes, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Egypt has received its first three Rafale fighters…
The Lebanese terrorist group continues to operate in Europe despite warnings from the EU. Three years ago this month, Hezbollah…
After months of frustration the Saudi war in Yemen has won its first victory, gaining control of most of the…
By Hugh Naylor BEIRUT — During four years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could count on the country’s…
People: Next Agreement Is On Civil Rights by Fereshteh Ghazi In their celebration of the Vienna nuclear agreement reached between…
Worries Especially Widespread in Western Europe and U.S. By Jacob Poushter As the Islamic militant group ISIS continues to entrench…
Knowing when Iran has violated the agreement is one thing; ensuring that there is a price for every transgression, no…
The agreement is a significant achievement for Rouhani, but the hardliners are already moving to ensure that it does not…
The UN’s nuclear monitors have great new sensors, but eavesdropping gear and radioactive residue will make their job harder than…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…