Iraq’s Shiites Test Iran
Is Tehran’s Leverage Slipping? Over the last few months, Iraq’s Shiite political groups have intensified…
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Nîmes imam: Unless political Islam is condemned, there will be more victims like Fr Hamel
Dr Hocine Drouiche calls on Muslims to “take their share of responsibility” in terrorist attacks.…
U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon at Risk
Despite collusion between the LAF and Hezbollah, the United States may still have an interest…
Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences
The Near East, including the Levant, has been central to human prehistory and history from…
Saudi King’s Son Plotted Effort to Oust His Rival
By BEN HUBBARD, MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITTJULY AMMAN, Jordan — As next in line to be king of Saudi…
Full transcript: Defense Secretary James Mattis’ interview with The Islander
After obtaining his contact information through its accidental exposure by the Washington Post, The MIHS…
Deposed Saudi Prince Is Said to Be Confined to Palace
By BEN HUBBARD, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTIJUNE BEIRUT, Lebanon — The recently deposed crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed…
Trump Is on a Collision Course with Iran
The United States cannot defeat the Islamic State without first reckoning with Iran’s nefarious role…
Gulf crisis: Surrender or dig in for the long haul
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, by breaking off not only diplomatic but…
Two-Faced Qatar Squirms – But They Shouldn’t Be the Only Ones
Watching pan-Arab media as I do, and as I have on a regular basis for…
Could CAS verdict shoot down Kuwaiti suspensions?
On 12 April 2017 CAS lifted the suspension of Kuwait Shooting Federation imposed by the…
Policy differences emerge among Gulf states days after wooing President Trump
Cracks have appeared in a Saudi-led, US-backed anti-terrorist political and military alliance days after US…
Want to defeat the legacy of ISIS? Try rebuilding non-Muslim communities it has destroyed
Muslims and Christian Iraqi civilians carry a wooden cross last month near a monastery in…
Israelis send medicine and other medical aid to Syrian children
The group Just Beyond Our Border raised over NIS 2 million in crowd funding campaigns…
Gulf states offer: improving relations with Israel in return for halting construction in the settlements
The Wall Street Journal reports of a document agreed upon by Saudi and Emirates’ leaders…
Skirmishes over culture strain alliance between Saudi rulers, clerics
Saudi Arabian singer Rashed Al-Majed performs during a concert in Riyadh, March 9, 2017. …
Why didn’t Israel strike in Iran? Ehud Barak explains
In a special interview, the former defense minister reveals what happened to his and Prime…
Iran’s Presidential Election: The Clergy’s Political Irrelevance
As clerics are pushed ever further to the political margins, the regime will need to…
‘There are snakes in the Kirya, vipers in the Knesset and cobras in the cabinet’
In a no-holds-barred interview, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon talks about everything; Netanyahu ‘should resign,…
FIFA official Sheikh Ahmad resigning amid bribery claims
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA Council member Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait is…
Hickey retains position as Olympics Autonomy Tsar despite Rio 2016 arrest
Patrick Hickey remains the listed International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegate member for autonomy despite his…
That Massive Investigation Into Soccer Corruption Is Still Alive And, Well, Kicking
The president of Guam’s Football Association pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of wire…
Ahmad Montazeri: My Father, the 1988 Massacre and the Need for Truth
After Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri was deputy to the revolution’s leader,…
7 Syrians brought to Israel for medical treatment
A man, four women and two children, who were injured by shrapnel during fighting near…
Assad Must Be Held Accountable for All Types of Terror
BY ASHISH KUMAR SEN US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter launched missiles at a Syrian…
U.S. strikes Syrian military airfield in first direct assault on Bashar al-Assad’s government
U.S. launches missile strikes in response to Syrian chemical attack By Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan…
Lover of former Hezbollah commander accuses terror group of his murder
With her identity being concealed, Mustafa Badreddine’s self-confessed former lover claims not only that Hezbollah…
Fighting Justin
Five years ago, Canadian politics changed inside a boxing ring. The then backbencher MP Justin…
Papal diplomacy in Syria has helped Russia and Assad
The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, reads a letter by Pope Francis given to him…
I will even miss my enemies, says retired general Amos Gilad
As head of the Defense Ministry’s Political-Military Affairs Bureau and as a secret emissary to…
Egypt trip gives Francis a chance to stand with suffering Christians
Egyptian Christian Ezzat Yaacoub Ishak, who fled el-Arish in northern Sinai two days ago due…
The Doomsday Clockwork
By Kennette Benedict Since it was set in 1947, the Bulletin has reset the minute…
Burning Questions for Trump on the Middle East: We Still Don’t Know Where His Gut Instincts Are
Short-term benefits aside, America’s partners in the Middle East will all suffer in the end…
Europe and Islam: The Jewish Grand Sanhedrin as example
The decisions of the Grand Sanhedrin, if adopted by today’s Muslim bodies (replacing « Israelites…
Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, ADAM GOLDMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT President Obama in December. Some…
Turning pebbles into pictures of the war in Syria
By Faisal Irshaid BBC News The imagery is all too familiar. A family on…
The Cold War Spy Games Inside Sports
As the world fixates on Russian spying and cyber-attacks in U.S. politics, the field of…
Russia Screwed Up — And Accidentally Bombed the Turkish Army
Moscow needs to own its mistakes On the morning of Feb. 9, 2017, a single…
Bowing to pressure: Iran grants women spectators access to sporting event
Iran, bowing to external pressure, has allowed women spectators to attend a premier international men’s…
Memo to Trump: Iraq Is Too Big to Fail
Actions like the travel ban on Iraqis could have the unintended effect of derailing the…
Syria: 13,000 secretly hanged in Saydnaya military prison – shocking new report
Amnesty’s report lifts the lid on shocking abuses at Saydnaya © Cesare Davolio ‘Cold-blooded killing…
On Roman posters, papal blowback, and parallels with Trump
An anti-Pope Francis poster in central Rome, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. On Saturday, posters appeared…
When towering rivals Rabin and Nasser met for lunch—in Rabin’s own words
A documentary film that premiered in New York last month unveils a chance encounter between…
Saddam Hussein Seriously Feared a U.S. Nuclear Strike During the Gulf War
And the United States encouraged that thinking Even before his regime invaded and annexed the oil-rich…
Making The U.S. State Department Great Again: Why A Trump Refit Could Be Good News
Much of the recent media coverage of the new Trump administration has an air of…
Erik Prince’s Mercenaries Are Bombing Libya
For-profit combat pilots fly Emirati Air Tractors On Jan. 11, 2017, Intelligence Online — a professional journal covering…
Rafsanjani’s Death Could Increase the IRGC’s Succession Role
Unlike in 1989, the Revolutionary Guards and other powerful Iranian institutions will probably play an…
Canada’s Pride: Exclusive interview with Richard McLaren
Its nice to be able to write a story where the Canadian sports officials are…
Former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani dies
Cleric had been a pillar of the Islamic republic since the 1979 revolution ‘Reformists will…