Why didn’t Khamenei condemn bombings in Saudi Arabia?
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been quick at denouncing terrorist attacks targeting Paris, the Boston Marathon, or 9/11. Nevertheless, Khamenei – who, as…
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Blair and Bush’s attempt to reshape the Middle East lit a fire which burns to this day
Not for the first time recently, Britain woke up to find the clocks had gone back. On Wednesday when the Chilcot report was published, it…
Turkey has long fought Daesh: Turkish ambassador to US
Daesh is targeting Turkey due to its position as a front-line state in the fight against the group, argued Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Serdar…
Turkey Changes Tack on Foreign Policy to Win Back Friends
Turkey’s bid for regional greatness began with a vitriolic squabble with Israel in 2009 and, after a series of disasters, ended with a breakdown of…
Is Israel Preparing for War Against Hezbollah?
How does Israel read the Middle East these days? Few details on its national security strategy are explicitly and publicly expressed. But at the annual Herzliya…
ISIS Attacks Should Be Wake-Up Call for Middle Eastern Leaders
Regional states have largely avoided making hard choices on Syria. This weekend saw a series of ISIS attacks across the Muslim world, punctuating the end…
Chilcot report evokes angry war memories in Middle East
Commentators in Middle East media have responded angrily to the findings of the Chilcot inquiry that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was premature and based…
The story of a girl married at 11 tracks the horrors of Yemen’s war
Yemen: Child marriages have long been woven into Yemen’s social fabric, driven largely by poverty, as in many parts of the world. But before the…
Turkey sent a delegation to Egypt to restore broken relations: AKP official
Following Turkish steps to mend broken ties with both Russia and Israel, Ankara will soon send a team to Egypt to discuss ways to ease…
3 key issues at the meeting of Putin and Erdogan
The presidents of Russia and Turkey intend to hold talks in the near future as they attempt to rebuild mutual trust that has been seriously…