The Former Queen Of Iran Dismisses Khamenei’s Accusation Of Inciting Protests
In an exclusive interview with Radio Farda, the former queen of Iran, Farah Pahlavi has…
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Above 100 banks, shops plundered in recent unrest: report
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – According to the made estimations by an Iranian security organization,…
As Protests Spread In Iran, Clashes Reported With Security Forces
Large protests rocked major Iranian cities Friday and continued Saturday, with clashes reported between protesters…
Maybe Netanyahu Is Just Sick of It All
In a new election Netanyahu would be fighting for his life. He would go for…
Protests in Lebanon Are Entering Their Sixth Day. See How the Extraordinary Revolt Is Unfolding
BEIRUT High, cement blast walls surrounding the United Nations offices in central Beirut are covered…
A red carpet roll-out in Riyadh for a Russian leader
Putin never goes on state visits unless major things are happening. This week has…
Plugging the Saudi Air Defense Gap
The kingdom already has much of the equipment needed to intercept Iranian air attacks, but…
Iran’s Push for ‘Regime Change’ in Saudi Arabia and Washington
Emboldened by their success in attacking Gulf and U.S. interests with relative impunity, Iranian leaders…
Bolton unloads on Trump’s foreign policy behind closed doors
By DANIEL LIPPMAN John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s fired national security adviser, harshly criticized Trump’s foreign…
The U.S.-Taliban Negotiations: A Deadly Qatari Trap
What is happening in Afghanistan is already beyond grief. The United States is negotiating with…
‘Bibi-sitting’ and Drones Out of Azerbaijan: Report Reveals How Close Israel Came to Striking Iran
Israel is currently considering a unilateral strike on Iran and was monitored by the U.S.…
Senior Israeli security source confirms strikes on Syria, other targets in recent days
Unnamed official says Israel’s focus is now on preventing Iranian precision missiles reaching Lebanon and…
Statements by Secretary Pompeo and Assistant Secretary Billingslea on Jammal Trust sanctioning
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE STATEMENT BY SECRETARY POMPEO August 29, 2019 Sanctioning of Jammal Trust…
The Defiance of Pakistani Atheists
In a country where atheism is a capital offense, nonbelievers are still finding quiet ways…
Report: Beirut strike will delay Hezbollah missile program by at least a year
Two crates reportedly belonging to Hezbollah containing critical technical machinery that were destroyed in a…
Why Should an Israeli Arab Vote?
As a crude generalization, one could say that democracy rests on three things: government by…
Fake Cigarette Ring Exposes Jordan’s Corruption Woes
A high-profile trial against businessmen, a former minister, and two dozen accomplices shines a spotlight…
How Israel Can Deter Iran
if Iran’s proxies forced Israel into an all-out war, for any reason, Israel (should) respond…
Online Tools Of Tyranny And Tools Of Revolution
I recently attended two events connected to the role of social media in our daily…
’Sometimes we fixed more games than we could bet’
In an exclusive interview with Play the Game, a former match-fixer tells how effectively criminal…
Hezbollah’s Lebanese Allies Can Be Contained
The group’s local partners balked when U.S. officials warned them to back off a recent…
Remembering Alex Alexiev, 1941-2019
Alexander Rayko Alexiev was named for his father, the famous painter, caricaturist, and satirist Rayko…
The Israelification of Israeli Arabs
Contrary to prevailing conceptions, it turns out that the Arab public yearns to participate in…
Sex as the Coin of Corruption
Its not about sex. You might think that it was all about sex if you…
Why Iran Supertanker Took A Much Longer Route To Reach Syria?
File photo – The Suez canal, which is the short way for Iran to send…
“Phoenicia”, between historical reality and political exploitation
One hundred years after the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which set the terms for…
Russia has unexpected message for Iran on Syria
Opinion: The fight over control of strategic assets in Syria has gone up a notch…
Conservatives want Catholic bishops to denounce pope as heretic
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have urged bishops…
The Stunning Revenge of Sudan’s Former ‘Janjaweed’
The fall of the nearly 30-year regime of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir was almost entirely…
Bye Bye Bashir
Just by getting rid of a dictator, Sudan’s protestors (as well as Algeria’s) have ended…
After Bashir’s Fall, What’s Next for Sudan?
To forge a better future, the country must break the vicious cycle of military rule…
Good night, Blue and White
The most the Arabs can aspire to is to provide indirect help in forging a…
US targets inner circle of Hezbollah ally classed as ‘Iran’s man’ in Lebanon
Exclusive: Parliament speaker Nabih Berri’s links with Iran are focus of White House ire …
Iran’s Allies Feel the Pain of American Sanctions
A mural for the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran was installed in…
Translators aim to bring Richard Dawkins’s books on atheism and evolution to a Muslim audience
In the introduction to his 2006 book “The God Delusion,” author Richard Dawkins boldly declares his…
Israeli musician with Iraqi roots finds fans from Tel Aviv to Baghdad
Dudu Tassa’s new album, El-Hajar, (Exile) is winning over listeners in Iraq, where his grandfather…
Americans Crave Group Sex
And other findings from the largest domestic study of sexual desire ever conducted Most Americans…
Russian Expert Shumilin: ‘Iran Is No Longer The Ally Of Russia’
Tehran’s harsh policy in the Syrian conflict is increasingly at variance with the interests of…
Split between Ukrainian, Russian churches shows political importance of Orthodox Christianity
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stands with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (center) and Metropolitan…
The Words of the Deep Source Match-Fixers
Last spring, I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a number of documents…
IDF chief reveals Israel’s ‘silent’ war on Iran
In departing interviews, Gadi Eisenkot says IAF struck thousands of targets in Syria, determined to…
F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia
By Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos WASHINGTON — In the days after President Trump fired James B.…
Iran MP In Unprecedented Speech Calls For Major Change In Foreign Policy
A member of Iran’s parliament says the country’s foreign policy has “a lot of unneeded…
Where did all the Jews from the Arab world go?
The establishment of the State of Israel triggered the end of centuries of Jewish life…
Zombie Organizations: Interpol, WADA and now FIFA
As the New Year dawns across the sports integrity world, there are a number of…
Iranian Target Near Damascus ‘Completely Destroyed by Israeli Strike,’ Satellite Images Reveal
An Israeli security official confirmed to AP that Israel carried out the overnight airstrike in…
Jamal Khashoggi’s final months as an exile in the long shadow of Saudi Arabia
By Souad Mekhennet and Greg Miller Jamal Khashoggi had been in the United States for only…
Veysel Donbaz, interpreter of dead languages
The Sumerologist Veysel Donbaz speaks languages almost no one speaks today: Sumerian, Hittite, and two dialects of Akkadian, which are…
The Death of ICSS’s Credibility
Its over. It cannot possibly stagger on with any belief. The credibility of that awful…
Book ‘to open Pandora’s Box’ on spying in Turkey: Author
Espionage and intelligence have rather been taboo issues few writers have dared to tackle, says…