Peres in his own words: ‘You could be dead while you’re alive, and you could also live after your death’
In the months before Shimon Peres’s passing, journalist Amira Lam held a series of meetings…
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What Happens If Russia Loses in Syria?
Putin’s war could be unraveling. BY DOMINIC TIERNEY Last September, Russia deployed dozens of…
Secrets behind Israel’s historic withdrawal from Lebanon
by Ronen Bergman In May 2000, Israeli PM Barak made a brave decision that surprised the…
Negotiating the Whirlwind: Can Secretary of State John Kerry break through in Syria?
John Kerry, the sixty-eighth Secretary of State of the United States, was born to a…
The UK Muslim Brotherhood Review: Main Findings
Muslim Brotherhood review: statement by the Prime Minister First published: 17 December 2015 Statement by David…
Greetings for Mehdi Karoubi from Rouhani
Following the Prisoner’s Sixth Surgery Arash Bahmani The news announcement that Mehdi Karoubi – a…
Emirates Secretly Sends Colombian Mercenaries to Yemen Fight
By EMILY B. HAGER and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates has secretly…
Syria, Yemen, Libya — one factor unites these failed states, and it isn’t religion
By Jack Goldstone As world leaders gather in Paris this week to address climate change,…
‘Rambo’ appeal, not the mosque, lures Brussels youths to IS
Jamal Habbachich, who heads a council of 22 Molenbeek mosques, poses for a picture at…
Impact of the Syria conflict in the town of Salamiyah
Executive Summary This report deals with the present situation in the Ismaili majority town of…
Authorities missed many ‘red flags’ before Paris shootings
PARIS | BY JOHN IRISH, ROBERT-JAN BARTUNEK AND ORHAN COSKUN There were multiple chances to…
France’s miserable intelligence failure
Analysis: The French government and its secret services got a wakeup call in January, but…
Latakia Is Assad’s Achilles Heel
In light of its large Sunni population, the coastal city and its environs are not…
The ISIS Caliphate and the Churches
The destruction by the entity known as the Islamic State (ISIS) in August 2015, of…
Iran Deal: Military Escalation in M.E. and Reign of Terror in Teheran
Sources claim Iran did not declare all its nuclear sites Shaffaf Exclusive In contrast with…
Laurent Fabius: “We should not have to choose between a dictator and terrorists”
Laurent Fabius, at Elysee Palace, 25 of June 2015. © Charles Platiau / Reuters Interview…
Kuwait Pavillion in the Milan Expo: Energy for Life
From outside the pavilion looks like the white sails of a lost sailing ship: it…
Turkey in the Middle Eastern ‘swamp’
An Ottoman heliograph section in the Charge at Huj in 1917, during the Sinai and…
The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050
Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the…
The Last of the Arab Jews
Shaffaf reproduces the following article of The Wall Street Journal as a tribute to the…
Jane’s: Initial Saudi air strikes lacked intensity
Jeremy Binnie, London and Sean O’Connor, Indianapolis – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Airbus Defence and…
Ethnic tensions spill onto Iranian soccer pitches
Iranian Azeri Soccer Fans Burn the Iranian Flag Against a backdrop of the violent…