How we lost the peace in Syria
The German top diplomat explained that the West has made a number of mistakes and failures in the country and the Arab Spring “demonstrators and democrats” have…
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Obama: US plans to increase refugee admissions to more than 100,000 next year
The White House unveiled plans to increase refugee admissions to 110,000 next year amid a fraught US debate over the appropriate numbers to take in….
USA: IS chemical threat destroyed in Iraq
A well placed source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior informed on Wednesday that a significant chemical threat to Iraqi civilians were eliminated by American warplanes by bombing a…
Kerry and Lavrov’s Syrian Diplomacy Shows the Value of Détente
In Geneva on Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, announced a plan to impose a cease-fire in…
Fire breaks out at petrochemical plant in southern Iran
A fire broke out on Wednesday at Iran’s Mobin Petrochemical refinery complex in southern port of Assaluyeh, leaving four people injured, state media reported, the latest in a…
Solving the conflicts in the Middle East
In Lebanon today, all the symptoms of the Middle East′s current turmoil are visible. Newly arrived refugees from Syria and Iraq are joining Palestinian refugees…
Syria truce largely holds as aid preparations begin
A new ceasefire in Syria brought a full day with no combat deaths in the war between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents, a monitoring…
Oil prices down as Opec fans oversupply fears
Oil prices resumed their downward spiral Tuesday after Opec sparked fresh worries about an oversupply crisis with a forecast that global output will increase next…
Iran Denies Harassing US Navy Vessels in Persian Gulf
Last week, Pentagon officials claimed that the USS Firebolt was intercepted by Iranian attack craft while operating in international waters in the Persian Gulf. According to the US Navy,…
Syria rebels accept ceasefire, with reservations
Rebel factions in Syria have said they were prepared to honour the ceasefire agreement due to take effect on Monday evening, despite deep reservations about…