Hezbollah may accept a new government, but would be as pleased if the country’s social…

Although continued pressure on the country’s political elites is necessary, the U.S. government needs to…

Tunis, 2018 — Yours truly, third from left, and Husham al-Hashim, who was gunned down…

BY ISABEL DEBRE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE – In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister…

Hamas may not have realized it when firing its first salvo against Jerusalem, but the…

After its history was manipulated, shrine rarely attracted Islamic attention Reporting on Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa…

Disinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic, measures taken to contain it and vaccine roll-out campaigns continues…

The main body of the following article was published by Middle East Transparent on April‪…

The foreign minister had much to say about the IRGC branch’s political interference at home…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as…

Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely…

I have tracked U.S.-Turkey ties since 2002. In the past, when a new president was…

Iran International TV has gotten hold of an audio recording in which Iran’s Foreign Minister…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:Muhammad Hejazi, deputy head of the Iranian Quds Force, is reported to have died…

Natasha Turak@NATASHATURAK KEY POINTS “I assert that there has been no sincere and clear position…

A Shared Nuclear Policy Is Better for All   Sign in and save to read…

Washington’s conspicuous silence over the nuclear sabotage at Natanz no doubt stems from the fact…

In an interview, Frederic Hof recalls how Bashar al-Assad undercut the party’s position on the…

Whoever winds up spearheading the reconstruction effort, Washington should stay on top of them to…

On March 15, 2021, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting with the…

Moscow has intensified its military deployments in sensitive areas and continued its counterproductive diplomatic track,…

Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.…

Police line up outside the headquarters of the central bank during an anti-government demonstration in…

For Moscow, Lebanon, a strategic country on the Mediterranean, is an important extension of Putin’s…

Israel has carried out dozens of attacks against Iranian ships throughout the Middle East, a…

When serving as Assistant Secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs in early 2020, I…

Is Hezbollah undermining its resistance by failing to address Lebanon’s many crises, as the late…

 The former assistant secretary of state in charge of the Middle East portfolio…

The Vatican’s outreach to Iraq is laudable in its goal of decreasing religious violence, but…

The story of two Syrian exiles – Anwar R, 58, and Anwar al-Bunni, 61 (pictured) –…

In seeking to salvage the JCPOA, Biden should not assume cooperation from Moscow, but instead…

In an interview, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff recalls the movie he shot in Lebanon at…

Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah will go on trial in Switzerland this month in…

By ceding control of its borders and airspace to various foreign actors, the regime has…

Jews and Muslims make peace, but this endangered minority lacks a regional voice. The…

Lebanese activist and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim. (Twitter) The death of Shia anti-Hezbollah activist Lokman Slim was…

This op-ed was written by WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps member Andrea Mifano, was orginally published…

Rioting has rocked Lebanon’s second city of Tripoli for four straight nights, with protesters torching…

Gazeta.ru’s military correspondent Mikhail Khodarenok responds to an analysis by Panagiotis Nastos in the Greek…

Much of the world reacted to Biden’s inauguration with a sigh of relief. In the…

As the Biden administration enters office, several assumptions about the Middle East will have to…

Defense minister tells Asharq al-Awsat newspaper Jerusalem is a ‘spacious city full of sites sacred…

Anwar al-Bunni: ‘I never lost my belief in a better Syria. I am sure we…

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI is seen at Essaouira’s ‘House of Memory’ in January 2020 in…

(a poster raised in Beirut center: « they pretended we were many peoples, it turns…

A reliable new public opinion poll conducted in Lebanon, completed just three weeks ago, offers…

The late Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden famously said, “When people see a strong…

When the “October 17th” (2019) Revolution erupted in Lebanon, it included all (religious) communities and…

A Biden administration may bring crisis-ridden Lebanon a reprieve, even if some things will remain…

Shaffaf invites its readers to view Duki Dror’s documentary at ARTE channel, on November 17,…