Saudi Arabia Responds to Iran Deal: Give Us 600 Patriot Missiles
By Marcus Weisgerber The Kingdom’s request for additional interceptors could be the first of many…
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The Pentagon Hangs Back in Yemen As American-Made Planes Pound Rebels
by JOSEPH TREVITHICK To help the Saudi Arabian-led coalition attack Houthi militias in Yemen, the…
Annual Consumption of Alcohol in Iran: 420 Million Liters!
Firoozeh Matin Merely a week after the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan, a…
Congress Alarmed by Iran Pact’s Secret Understandings
By Eli Lake & Josh Rogin As the White House campaign to persuade Congress about…
Can Yemen’s government rebuild the country – and its own legitimacy?
The Saudi-backed government of President Hadi has a foothold now in Aden. It must provide…
Lebanon requests wireless TOW missiles
Jeremy Binnie, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly An M113 APC of the LAF’s Support…
Sunnis Still Have No Mosque in Tehran
After Two Years, Rouhani Not Fulfilled His Promises to Minorities Kaveh Ghoreishi As President Hassan…
Hezbollah’s Growing Domestic Woes
Favorable poll numbers aside, Hezbollah’s adventure in Syria is raising concerns among the group’s Lebanese…
Nuclear deal: Saudis signal they’ll act before Iran gets the money
The prospect of a big payday for its regional rival, Iran, is spurring Saudi Arabia…
Egypt receives first Rafale fighters
Gareth Jennings, London and Robin Hughes, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Egypt has received…
Inside Hezbollah’s European Plots
The Lebanese terrorist group continues to operate in Europe despite warnings from the EU. Three…
Saudis finally win control of a Yemeni city, but Houthis are far from defeated
After months of frustration the Saudi war in Yemen has won its first victory, gaining…
In new sign of Assad’s troubles, Syria’s Druze turn away from president
By Hugh Naylor BEIRUT — During four years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…
Extremism Concerns Growing in West and Predominantly Muslim Countries
Worries Especially Widespread in Western Europe and U.S. By Jacob Poushter As the Islamic militant…
The Nuclear Deal May Weaken Rouhani
The agreement is a significant achievement for Rouhani, but the hardliners are already moving to…
How Technology Will Help Enforce the Iran Deal…And Cheat On It
The UN’s nuclear monitors have great new sensors, but eavesdropping gear and radioactive residue will…
Obama Makes His Case on Iran Nuclear Deal
Friedman Interviews Obama: The Strengths of the Iran Deal In a conversation with Thomas L.…
Assessing the Joint Arab Defense Force and Operation Decisive Storm: a Turkish perspective
The ongoing operations in Yemen – diplomatically supported by the Erdoğan government – and prospects…
Iranian nuclear deal set to make hardline Revolutionary Guards richer
As Western sanctions began to bite, Iranian government rewarded IRGC with huge contracts in oil…
The Coalition as Air Force for the Kurdish YPG in Syria
The international coalition members conducting airstrikes in Syria include the United States, Bahrain, Canada, Jordan,…
Iran’s Global Image Mostly Negative
Israel, Arab States Share Unfavorable View of Middle East Neighbor By Hani Zainulbhai and Richard…
The payoff for Iran
As the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States enter their final stages, one…
Jordan’s Economy Surprises
Solid economic growth, low inflation, and comfortable international reserves offer a hopeful story line in…
Public Statement on U.S. Policy Toward the Iran Nuclear Negotiations
Endorsed by a Bipartisan Group of American Diplomats, Legislators, Policymakers, and Experts Over the last…
Druze Mount next flashpoint in Syrian conflict: Implications for Israel
Synopsis This month’s killing of 23 Druze clan members by Jabhat Al Nusra jihadists has…
Saudi Arabia and Israel Share a Common Opposition
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…
Syria’s Druze are caught in a maelstrom
Analysts have wondered why Syria’s Druze have not joined the uprising against the regime of…
Anbar First, Mosul Never?
Since regaining Tikrit, the Iraqi government has seemingly listened to Washington’s advice about delaying an…
Why the Saudis just blacklisted two Lebanese militants
The Khobar Towers bombing on June 25, 1996 This week, Saudi Arabia just sanctioned two…
Jean-Pierre Filiu: Daech never stopped progressing
Jean-Pierre Filiu, historian and professor at Science Po (Paris), was asked by the Journal du…
For Al-Baghdadi, Islam is a religion of war, a shrewd message according to Father Samir
The ‘caliph’ urges all Muslims to carry out their ‘hijrah’, emigration, to move from an…
Declassified and released al-Qa’ida document mentions Al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Zaidan
On 8 May 2015 The Intercept published an article based on two documents that it…
AQAP’s infiltration of Yemen’s Sunni tribes reduces effectiveness of precision airstrikes sustains jihadists’ expansion
Saudi-led airstrikes hit a site believed to be a munitions storage facility in Yemen’s capital…
Bashar Assad’s perilous dance with Iran
The latest story from Syria this week, published by The Daily Telegraph, was that Ali…