If each nation had its own all-consuming phobia, Russia's would be "no access to the warm seas."
The dictators apparently had too tight a hold on their positions of power, and the repressive systems perfected over decades had everything under control.
By resolution 7436 of 2 November 2011, the Council of the League of Arab States adopted the Arab...
The United States criticized a recently declared Israeli plan to subsidize construction in several West Bank settlements on Tuesday, with a top U.S. official calling the move "unconstructive."
The current situation in Syria remains one of the most important components of the Middle Eastern...
Ali Abdullah Saleh, the nominal president of Yemen, arrived in New York City last week.
The optimism generated by the Arab spring is now giving way to anxieties about where these changes...
What was the Haditha Massacre? On November 19, 2005, US Marines from Kilo Company, Third Battalion,...
But is it any surprise that the Palestinians believe this when the president who told them they deserve a state vetoes..
She indicated the United States was hopeful that Russia, which has been openly supporting Assad...
In a Middle East wracked by coups d'état and civil insurrections, the Republic of Turkey credibly offers itself as a model ...
The Arab Spring uprisings were arguably the most significant events of the last 12 months.
The last time Iran attacked a neighbour was over 200 years ago, so what is the problem with the country going nuclear?
Syrian opposition activists claim that more than 60 people have been killed during the latest outbreak of violence.
The Arab League's mission in Syria is coming in for heavy criticism – and so is Iraq, which brokered...
Between 1967 and 1993, just a few hundred Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza...
On our delegation visit, we met with Anan Quzmar from the Right to Education Campaign at Birzeit University...
Meanwhile, one thing that has not changed is the Brotherhood's hostility toward U.S. policies and interests.
This is not the first report of serious, systematic abuses in Libya. In July, Human Rights Watch accused NATO-backed rebels...
The Arab League observer mission to Syria—sent under an agreement with the Syrian government to withdraw forces from the cities,...
That is not to say that the dangers facing Israel are imagined; Israel must now contend with the consequences of the removal of its biggest ally in the region,...
Given this focus on domestic matters, foreign policy will probably not be a priority for the legislature.
When Egypt's Lower House convened on Jan. 23, Islamists held 360 out of its 498 seats, or 72 percent. This astounding figure, however, reflects less the country's public opinion than it does a ploy by the ruling military leadership to remain in power.
Reports said at least four people were killed during clashes between besieged forces loyal to the ruling National...
The statement overshadowed a League proposal to renew the mission for another month,...
Saudi Arabia will withdraw its observers from Syria because the mission has failed to end 10 months...
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied on Friday to demand that Muslim sharia law inspire legislation...
