In a significant shift of tone, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman took a harder stance on Israel at the extraordinary conference of Muslim and…
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Ahmad Alamolhoda, the firebrand Friday imam of Mashhad, marked the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 hostage crisis by boasting that Iran pioneered global anti-American sentiment, referencing…
(An Anopheles-arabiensis mosquito, a known vector for the transmission of malaria, obtains a blood meal through its labrum.) In case you missed it, last week…
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that “Iran is the country…
Monika Borgmann I wish I could tell you…#LokmanSlim Lokman Slim was assassinated by Hezbollah
The Gulf states were right about the Houthi threat and the West was wrong, so another large-scale confrontation is inevitable. On September 21, 2014, Houthi fighters in Yemen—formally…
Barak Ravid Syrians inspect the damage at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes on the outskirts of Masyaf in Syria’s central Hama province on Sept. 9,…
(Kuwait oil ministry’s map showing the Arash/Durra oil and gas field near the tip of the Persian Gulf.) * In a new twist…
Yahya Sinwar’s ability to evade capture or death has denied Israel a military success in a war that began after he planned the Oct. 7…
I must admit, the waiting game of the last three weeks has somewhat frayed my nerves, almost to the point of me wishing an attack would…
Given hot wars raging in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Sudan, the news attracted little attention except among those who specialize in following obscure…
An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was what killed him, according to a…
Two electric bikes, six electric scooters and one ATV, all scorched and burned. That is all that remains – a small fleet of vehicles that was…
(Drag queens perform during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics, on July 26, 2024. (Credit: @OlympicsParis/X, The Olympic Games/X.)* BOSTON – After the opening…
Masoud Pezeshkian couldn’t change Iranian foreign policy even if he wanted to. Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, a former minister of health, is not, as…
The Houthis’ recent threat to attack Saudi Arabia risks Iran’s entire regional strategy, and makes a military alliance between Riyadh and Washington much more urgent. It…
‘Is Assad even part of the resistance front and the united front?’ Arab pundits wonder. How is it possible that while Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis…
Niloufar Goudarzi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the controversial former Iranian president, has criticized the Supreme Leader’s foreign policy, expressing willingness to engage in economic relations with…
Humans Don’t Fight Over Territory And Food. They Fight Over Imaginary Stories in their minds. If I look at the present terrible conflct tearing apart…
Libya’s climate-vulnerable regions of Jabal Nafusa, Fezzan, and Jabal Akhdar underscore the important role played by civil society and municipalities in protecting marginalized communities. A…
The new emir’s suspension of parliament, followed by the appointment of a prime minister and crown prince, suggests a different direction for the oil-rich Gulf…
https://youtu.be/MSnTvjgzM8E?t=471 ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A Kurdish physician who spent weeks treating the wounded in two different hospitals in the war-battered Gaza said…
Inside the decision to assassinate Iran’s ruthless general Any assessment of the middle east’s future must contend with an unpleasant fact: Iran remains committed to…
By Ravi Agrawal, the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Iran has suddenly been thrust into an election season nobody wanted after its president,…
If Joe Biden is reelected as US President in November, there is a “heightened possibility of considerable military pressure on Iran,” warned Washington Institute executive…
The emir has just put parliament and the constitution on the backburner, but for what purpose? Kuwait has long been characterized by vigorous domestic political…
By Nirmala Carvalho MUMBAI, India – Catholics belonging to the Syro-Malabar rite in Arabia will be under the jurisdiction of their own Eastern Rite, Pope Francis announced…
In an interview, author Steve Coll discusses his latest book on the quarter-century minuet between the United States and the late Iraqi leader. Steve…
The first Sami Michael book I read was “A Storm among the Palm Trees,” as part of a master’s thesis at CUNY in New York on…
Both countries urgently need U.S. aid to defend themselves against brazen adversaries that seek their annihilation. Iran launched an unprecedented attack against Israel…
To understand what happened last night during Iran’s direct attack on Israel, one has to go back four years to the killing by the…
The effect of melting polar ice could delay the need for a ‘leap second’ by three years. By Elizabeth Gibney Climate change is starting to…
Michael was known for his focus on oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries in the state’s formative years AP —…
The Gulf kingdom has been a rare democratic experiment. But gridlock and the Emir’s mounting impatience with Kuwaiti politics may be on the cusp of bringing…
The American initiative to build a temporary port off the coast of the Gaza Strip is no less than a miracle. It carries far more…
Are there “Arabs” among the Israeli hostages kidnapped by “Hamas” on October 7, 2023? That is the claim of an Arab-Israeli reader of Middle East Transparent…
The Case for Early Elections After more than four months of war in Gaza, two starkly different but equally accurate portraits of Israel have emerged. On…
(This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 28, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising over Khartoum) * …
A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel. By Jeffrey Gettleman, Anat Schwartz and Adam Sella…
Jerusalem is ultimately a city of eternal strangers. The connection to the city is not a connection to place, but rather a connection to time. Here,…
As Tehran moves toward consolidating its regional power, will it agree to ultimately disarm its Arab allies? Can it afford not to? Reports in…
These Gulf powerhouses could partner with the US to carry out a sweeping reconstruction in the Strip and transform the region Four months after Hamas’s…
Most forces could likely be withdrawn or moved to the Kurdistan Region without harming U.S. interests—in fact, Washington might have more leverage in Baghdad without a…
BY NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret:…
When he left Syria, after the 1911 uprising , my late friend, the talented writer and screenwriter “Hakam al-Baba,” told me that people in Damascus, for…
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The United Nations’ top court on Friday ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in Gaza, but the panel…
The PLO is prepared to concede the ‘historic rights’ over all of Palestine, including the right of return of refugees. Hamas, on the other hand, insists…
Since its founding, Nazareth Illit’s name has been tied to that of the Arab city. Now it is being reborn with the name Nof Hagalil, which…
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