Destroying Lebanon for a great sinecure
In late 1994, I interviewed Michel Aoun at his borrowed residence at La Haute-Maison just…
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Another Buddha destroyed, and the world answers with silence
Another Buddha destroyed, and the world answers with silence The world watched in horror when…
Treasury Designates Individuals Furthering Syrian
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four individuals affiliated with the Syrian regime’s…
Saudi King Tries to Grow Modern Ideas in Desert
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 25 — On a marshy peninsula 50 miles from this Red…
Trail of an ‘Enemy Combatant’: From Desert to U.S. Heartland
By Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 20, 2007; A01 PEORIA, Ill. –…
Running Guns to Gaza: A Living in the Desert
RAFAH, Egypt, June 17 — The Hamas military takeover of Gaza last week was partly…
Left, Right, and Wrong: Desperately searching for a libertarian foreign policy
In his 2007 essay What’s Left?, Nick Cohen wonders how it is that many on…
Destruction and deceit in North Lebanon
There are few pleasures these days as Lebanon descends into the kind of violence that…
Despite early hope: like father, like son
The first time I met Anwar al-Bunni, in June 2005, one of Syria’s numerous state-owned…
Despite early hope: like father, like son
The first time I met Anwar al-Bunni, in June 2005, one of Syria’s numerous state-owned…
Cricket crusades
THE STILL BORN WORLD CUP HOW DID ICC GET IT ALL WRONG AS THE SUMS…
Learning from Bangladesh
Poverty is not a shame. The shame is to deny its existence and to do…
Iran accuses Kuwait of exploiting disputed offshore field
(Kuwait oil ministry’s map showing the Arash/Durra oil and gas field near the tip of…
Female students top military university graduates
İkra Kuyumcu, 23, graduated with honors from the air force academy, Ebru Eroğlu, 24, from…
Israel’s Hunt for the Elusive Leader of Hamas
Yahya Sinwar’s ability to evade capture or death has denied Israel a military success…
Hit Me Please, Harder, Harder!
I must admit, the waiting game of the last three weeks has somewhat frayed my…
The Pros and Cons of Salvaging (or Ditching) UNIFIL
Brief Analysis Given the current lack of viable security alternatives on the Israel-Lebanon border, Washington…
The Resistible Rise Of Saddam Haftar
Given hot wars raging in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Sudan, the news…
Lebanon Is Two States for One People – and Both of Them Are Waiting for Hezbollah
Progress at the cease-fire talks in Doha will determine the timetable of a…
Ceremony of Beatification of the Great Estephan El Douaihy (1630-1704)
Splendid televised ceremony in Lebanon last night, at the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate in…
Bomb Smuggled Into Tehran Guesthouse Months Ago Killed Hamas Leader
An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known…
The ‘Response Equation’ Between Israel and Hezbollah Is Stretched to Its Limits, but Isn’t Torn Yet
The deadly attack in Majdal Shams isn’t a turning point that justifies an all-out…
On the killing field in Majdal Shams: A great but quiet grief
Two electric bikes, six electric scooters and one ATV, all scorched and burned. That is…
Bishops around the world blast Last Supper parody at Paris Olympics
(Drag queens perform during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics, on July 26,…
Israel’s Next War
The Mounting Pressure to Fight Hezbollah in Lebanon—and Why That Is So Dangerous By Amos Harel…
Inside a Lebanese village where war with Israel has already arrived
Long stretches of Odaisseh and a neighbouring village have been virtually abandoned and reduced to…
New president, same Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian couldn’t change Iranian foreign policy even if he wanted to. Iran’s new…
Iran’s ‘Ring of Fire’ Has a Problem and Its Name Is the Houthis
The Houthis’ recent threat to attack Saudi Arabia risks Iran’s entire regional strategy, and makes…
The Futility of a Lebanon War
As tensions have risen in the border area between Lebanon and Israel, many observers are…
Quwwat al-Fajr and Hezbollah: Unlikely Allies Against Israel
By Suohaib Jawhar As Hezbollah and Shia militia continue their fight against Israel at Lebanon’s…
Iran’s Gorbatchev!: Ahmadinejad Says Open to Talks with Trump, Questions Khamenei’s Foreign Policy
Niloufar Goudarzi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the controversial former Iranian president, has criticized the Supreme…
Climate Vulnerability in Libya: Building Resilience Through Local Empowerment
Libya’s climate-vulnerable regions of Jabal Nafusa, Fezzan, and Jabal Akhdar underscore the important role played…
A Kuwaiti Reset
The new emir’s suspension of parliament, followed by the appointment of a prime minister…
After returning from Gaza, Kurdish physician says Hamas leaders take shelter at hospitals
https://youtu.be/MSnTvjgzM8E?t=471 ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A Kurdish physician who spent weeks treating…
Turkey in the Middle Eastern ‘swamp’
(First published on METransparent on Jul 2, 2015) (An Ottoman heliograph section in…
I Carried Out The Strike That Killed Soleimani. America Doesn’t Understand The Lesson Of His Death
Inside the decision to assassinate Iran’s ruthless general Any assessment of the middle…
Banned from Lebanon for Israel ties, artist sings Arabic cover of Eden Golan’s ‘Hurricane’
Carine Bassili, devout Christian living in US, hopes her music will build bridges between her…
Raisi’s Death a Tipping Point for Iran But won’t change Tehran’s domestic or foreign policy
By Ravi Agrawal, the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Iran has suddenly…
Second Biden Term Involves More Military Pressure on Iran, Says R. Satloff
If Joe Biden is reelected as US President in November, there is a “heightened…
Kuwait in Suspended Animation
The emir has just put parliament and the constitution on the backburner, but for what…
An Israel-Lebanon Agreement May Not Be Worth the Costs
The lesson from past deals involving Hezbollah is clear: the group will try to…
Humanizing, Not Sanitizing, Saddam
In an interview, author Steve Coll discusses his latest book on the quarter-century minuet…
Sami Michael: “A Prince and a Revolutionary”
The first Sami Michael book I read was “A Storm among the Palm Trees,” as…
Moment of Truth on Ukraine and Israel
Both countries urgently need U.S. aid to defend themselves against brazen adversaries that…
Ayn Al-Asad Number Two – Iran Pre-Coordinated Its Attack Against Israel With The U.S. So That No One Will Be Hurt And War With Israel Will Be Avoided
To understand what happened last night during Iran’s direct attack on Israel, one…
Yemen’s Arab Spring Left Its Air Force In Disarray
Yemen’s air force is barely functioning, despite heavy U.S. investment (The regime of Saleh was…
Climate change has slowed Earth’s rotation — and could affect how we keep time
The effect of melting polar ice could delay the need for a ‘leap second’ by…
Sami Michael, Iraqi-born and award-winning Israeli author and activist, dies at 97
Michael was known for his focus on oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews…
Will Kuwait’s Next Parliament Be Its Last?
The Gulf kingdom has been a rare democratic experiment. But gridlock and the Emir’s mounting…