The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires. Instead, ...

The recent unannounced visit of former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, and his meeting with Houthi leaders, has raised numerous questions and speculations in the ...

Almost a century ago, on October 15, 1927, the forerunner of BP struck oil at Kirkuk in northern Iraq. An uncontrollable fountain of oil, 95,000 barrels per day, shot into the air for 10 days, ...

Yesterday, in Jeddah, Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers Murhaf Abu Qusra and Michel Menassa signed a promising agreement to end lingering border issues between Lebanon and Syria. In truth, neither ...

More African countries are rallying around to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with eastern and southern African countries seeking to broker peace.They have now expanded their ...

The US embassy in Syria issued a stark warning to American citizens, citing an "increased possibility" of attacks during the ...

Nikolas Farantouris, a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Security and Defense who visited Damascus on March ...

That new threat is Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). It lurks on the social media sites we visit, and in the various ways we obtain ...

Beware attempts to blur the line between valid criticism of political Islamism and anti-Muslim discrimination.

“Obviously Sharaa doesn’t control the foreign jihadis and does not call all the shots,” said Marwan Muasher, vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “What is clear is that ...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. If the first few weeks of his rule are ...

The extremist Islamic State group is resurging in parts of the world, adapting its tactics and expanding its reach despite ...