An Abraham Accords-centric approach tailors the Cold War-era “containment” strategy that George F. Kennan formulated to the Middle East, with Iran standing in for the Soviet Union.

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Under President Vladimir Putin, Moscow has attempted to expand its influence in the region – with mixed results.

Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers ...

In his later years, Ioseb Jughashvili, or Joseph Stalin, the self-styled “Man of Steel,” was a physical wreck. Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, rendered lame his left hand. Rheumatoid ...

Since the end of the conflict and Armenian occupation of Garabagh, the first ever bilateral meeting between Azerbaijani ...

The development follows after the 94-year-old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad and holds the title ...

Though endlessly critical of his predecessor, President Trump has adopted a Ukraine strategy similar to that of former ...

Last-minute efforts to halt the scheduled execution of an Indian nurse in Yemen on July 16 are underway, under the leadership of a Sufi scholar there, at the behest of influential Sunni Muslim leader ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Monday to lead a new government ...