Israel accuses Syria, Iran of orchestrating Gaza rocket fire
AFP | The Israeli army accused the Syrian government on Saturday of ordering Palestinian militants in Gaza supported by Iran to fire dozens of rockets...
Turkey to host Syria summit with Russian, French, German leaders
AFP | The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany meet in Istanbul on Saturday to try and find a lasting political solution to the...
In Israeli-occupied Golan, Druze struggle over first ever vote
AFP | An election poster at the entrance to Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights offers a rare reminder that the Druze community is...
Displaced to the desert, Syrians struggle to eke out living
AFP | In a desert camp along Syria's border with Jordan, nearly 50,000 displaced people struggle to eke out a living. There are no clinics,...
Qatar may benefit from Khashoggi fallout: analysts
AFP | Global diplomatic fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political stand-off with...
Iran’s Rouhani: Khashoggi murder unthinkable ‘without US backing’
AFP | Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's "heinous murder" would have been unthinkable "without US backing," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. "I don't think...
Is US-Taliban dialogue a possibility?
News Analysis | According to a Wall Street Journal report, a U.S envoy met with the Taliban representatives in Qatar to push forward the stagnant...
Saudi Arabia gets a friend in need, Russia
M K Bhadrakumar | It goes without saying that oil has been central to military power and economic life in modern history. Control of oil...
Lebanon PM backs Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi case
AFP | Lebanon's premier-designate Saad Hariri threw his support behind Saudi Arabia Tuesday as it faces outrage over the murder of Saudi journalist and government...
Khashoggi killing ‘a wake-up call’: Qatar
AFP | The murder of Jamal Khashoggi should act as a wake-up call, Qatar's foreign ministry said Monday in the rival Gulf state's first official...
Will Conflict with Iran help bail MBS out of his troubles? – James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | Embattled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman could prove to be not only a cat with nine lives but also one...
Israel ready for another blockade of Gaza?
News Analysis | Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered an immediate halt to fuel deliveries headed to the besieged Gaza Strip in response to...