At least 70 people were killed in a string of barrel bomb attacks Saturday on the Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the opposition-run Aleppo Media Center.
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John Kerry and Iranian foreign minister in negotiating round before 30 June deadline as April framework pact left big questions unanswered. A month out from a nuclear deal deadline, top US and Iranian diplomats gathered in…
Paul Gigot: This week on “The Journal Editorial Report,” as ISIS sets its sights on Baghdad, the Obama administration shows little sign of changing course. But is blaming the Iraqis a solid strategy? And is Iran stepping in to fill the void? Plus, a now poll suggests Americans are moving to the…
Washington Post says Americans believed to be in capital Sana’a fifth American, Sharif Mobley, is also believed to be held by rebels At least four Americans are being held in Yemen by rebels who toppled the US-backed government, the Washington Post reported late on Friday.
A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up in the parking lot of a Shiite mosque during Friday prayers, killing four people in the second such attack in as many weeks claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister today received His Excellency Lieutenant-General Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa, Secretary General of the Supreme Defence Council…
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister today received His Excellency Lieutenant-General Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa, Secretary General of the Supreme Defence Council, and…
I’ve recently discussed two trends in military technology. The week before lasts’ post on the 1990s non-revolution in military affairs argued that low-tech adversaries simply make themselves scarce when faced with a technologically superior foe. Before that I discussed the impact on the…
For Arabs – and for Britons who lost their loved ones in his shambolic war in Iraq – Blair’s appointment was an insult. Tony Blair’s time as Middle East envoy representing the US, Russia, the UN and the EU has finally come to an end.
Whenever I am asked what topic of research I focus on, the response is usually the same. “You know that will never happen, right?” The long aspired to and elusive goal of establishing a weapons of mass destruction free zone in the Middle East is generally seen as unrealistic, a naïve vision that…