‘Kufr’ And The Language Of Hate
Recently, a series of high-profile comments by Western politicians on aspects of Islam have come…
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Think U.S. Nukes in Europe Are Safe? Think Agai
Turkish coup attempt raises alarms about nuclear weapons deployed overseas LYDIA DENNETT After the recent…
How the failed Turkish coup helps Putin
The coup attempted in Turkey this past weekend against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mattered for Russia,…
Italian spy chief paid secret visit to Syria: news reports
The head of Italian intelligence paid a secret visit to Syria earlier this month, a…
The JCPOA and Iran’s Internal Factional Battles
The nuclear deal and the negotiations leading up to it have been a significant source…
HRW: Kuwait New Law a Breakthrough for Domestic Workers
Guarantees Crucial Rights, but Gaps Remain (Beirut) – Kuwaiti legislators’ adoption on June 24, 2015,…
HSBC: A Get out of Jail-Free Pass
HSBC laundered money for criminals and thugs. with HSBC whistleblower Everett Stern. His work helped…
A July 4 remembrance of America’s Catholic Founding Father
Charles Carroll of Maryland was the lone Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence, and…
Parasites In The Lands Of The Infidels
The concepts of exile and refuge are ancient ones existing across many civilizations and cultures.…
The 18,000 Reasons Why the UK Voted for Brexit
London: This was not a referendum about 1973 – the year when Britain entered the…
Even With Confession of Cheating, World’s Doping Watchdog Did Nothing
By REBECCA R. RUIZ, JULIET MACUR and IAN AUSTEN When Darya Pishchalnikova, above, a discus…
Opportunity Or Necessity? The Islamic State’s Cluster Video Strategy
Image from May 2016 ISIS video in support of ISIS Sinai Wilayah The social…
Meet the Pyromaniac Playboy Leading Hezbollah’s Fight in Syria
Mustafa Bedreddine has reportedly been killed by an Israeli warplane near Damascus. ALEX ROWELL To…
The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’sForeign-Policy Guru
How Ben Rhodes rewrote the rules of diplomacy for the digital age. By DAVID SAMUELS Ben Rhodes,…
When Arabs Were Freedom Fighters for Israel
There was a time when ‘Israeli independence’ was the chief focus of the left’s leaders,…
Meet the Small Iraqi Town that Breeds Jihadis
BY PETER SCHWARTZSTEIN / QUARTZ No matter where you turn when covering ISIL’s two years of terror…
Malaysia, freedom of conversion?
One civil court’s ruling has created an important precedent in a country where there is…
Seeing no end to power crisis, Gazans turn to solar power
With the problem of power outages seemingly unsolvable, Palestinians have begun adopting solar technology, with…
How two Red Sea islands shed light on secret relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia
A view of Tiran island from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AFP/Getty…
Protecting Skies: Ballistic Missile Defenses Proliferate In Middle East
Iranian missile tests highlight regional need for upgraded air-defense systems Tests by Iran last month…
Iran Locks Itself Out of the International Financial System While Blaming Washington
Out-of-date Iranian banking practices and rank deception have made international banks leery of risking their…
How Facial Recognition Might Stop the Next Brussels
BY PATRICK TUCKER Keeping terrorists away from crowded spaces requires recognizing them before they get…
Belgian Counterterror Cop Warned of Terrorists on the Loose
In 2015, Alain Grignard said there were radicals the police didn’t know about David Axe…
Turkish soccer pitches tell the story of hardening fault lines
Turkish soccer pitches tell the story of the country’s multiple sharpening fault lines that are…
Russia Seeks to Reassure Israel Over Syria Pullout Plan
Reuters A Russian diplomat sought to reassure Israel on Tuesday that its security would not…
The Mideast’s Precision Guided Arms Race
Patrick Megahan Precision guided munitions (PGMs) encompass a growing range of bombs and missiles designed…
Saudi ‘Raad al-Shamal’ exercise looks smaller than billed
Jeremy Binnie, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly A still from a video released by…
Hezbollah Fatalities in the Syrian War
Analysis of funeral reports and other open-source data offers potentially revealing insights into the militia’s…
Countering Russian and Assad Regime Responses to Safe Zones
For such zones to succeed, they must be backed with militarily enforced no-fly zones and…
Putin’s Patriarch: Does the Kremlin Control the Church?
By George Soroka In The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington memorably bemoaned that, whereas in…
The Battle of Aleppo Is the Center of the Syrian Chessboard
With ample Russian and Iranian help, regime forces have cut the rebels’ main lifeline in…
Russian influence over Hizbullah may reduce chances of escalation with Israel
Yaakov Lappin, Tel Aviv – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly The IDF believes that the Russian…
DEA and European Authorities Uncover Massive Hizballah Drug and Money Laundering Scheme
This investigation is a result of leads developed during the investigation into the Lebanese Canadian…
A Shi’ite genie has escaped the bottle – and is threatening Hezbollah
The leader of the Shi’ite sector in Lebanon, Musa al-Sadr, mysteriously disappeared in Libya in…
Kuwait Olympic COmmittee fails to forestall int’l sports suspension – PAS
KUWAIT, Jan 21 (KUNA) — The Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) has failed to fulfil its…
The Execution of Sheikh al-Nimr: A Saudi Need for Reassessment
The immediate price of such actions may be the further alienation of an important component…
The Elysée supports Ali Bongo
France is trying to catch up on Prime Minister’s Valls blunder on a TV show…
A House Divided: Words of Warning to my Nephew, the Supreme Leader
Said Seraj Mirdamadi has been imprisoned in Iran since May 2014 on charges of threatening…
Jean Ping candidate in Gabon’s presidential elections “to preserve family interests”!
Former foreign minister Jean Ping will officially announce his candidacy for the presidential election of…
The Shah of Iran, the Islamic Revolution and the Mystery of the Missing Imam
Imam Moussa al-Sadr, an Iranian-born cleric, in the 1970s. Mr. Sadr, who lived in…
Saudi King to Abdicate to Son
By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC – Saudi King Salman Al-Saud plans to abdicate his throne…
Aliyah from Western Europe hits all-time high
It would be a great loss- human, cultural, scientific, and religious- for Europe (France in…
Turkey’s New Base in Qatar
Having a permanent military foothold in the Gulf will put Turkey in an elite group…
Saudi Defense Minister Visits Pakistan to Repair Strained Relations
The prince’s latest foreign policy initiative is to confer with Islamabad, presumably seeking help with…
Saudi Arabia uses soccer to isolate Iran
Saudi Arabia is using soccer and its influence in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to…
The Die Is Cast: The Kurds Cross the Euphrates
Although the latest Kurdish offensive runs the risk of spurring direct Turkish intervention, it could…
If North Korea Didn’t Detonate a Hydrogen Bomb, Then What Was It?
A tritium device, maybe … or maybe not Robert Beckhusen North Korea claimed to…
FIFA Ethics Committee Investigatory Chamber recommend nine-year-ban for Valcke
By Liam Morgan The Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee has recommended suspended secretary…
Riyadh’s Message Is to Washington as Well as Tehran
Unless the Obama administration demonstrates stronger resolve in responding to Iranian aggression, the Saudis and…
Hezbollah Fighters Are Fed Up With Fighting Syria’s War
The Assad regime in Damascus has depended on Lebanon’s Army of God to shore up…