Has Efforts to End GCC Crisis been Suspended?

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar's foreign minister, has said that efforts to resolve a years-long Gulf diplomatic crisis were not successful and...

Israel’s Lavi, India’s Tejas & Pakistan’s Project Azm: 4th & 5th Gen Fighter Programs

Pakistan Air Force was forged in the inferno of 1965 and 1971 while battling against a much larger and better-equipped force, India Air Force....

Iraqi women protest against the government, defying powerful cleric

Hundreds of Iraqi women of all ages flooded central Baghdad Thursday alongside male anti-government protesters, defying an order by powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr to...

Israel to acquire more drones to counter Iranian threat

Israel is to buy and develop drones on a "massive" scale to increase its military edge over its enemies -- Iran and its allies...

Israel awaits ‘pragmatic’ Abbas heir, but may be disappointed

Israel has pitched the controversial US Middle East peace plan as an offer for a future, "pragmatic" Palestinian leader, saying it was always going...

MPCL ready to tread international waters

Recently, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) launched the second competitive bid round for new licensing of the oil & gas exploration, development, and...

Turkey’s battles on multiple fronts in risky regional power struggle

The optics seem evident: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at odds with just about everybody. Mr. Erdogan is on opposite sides of Russia in...

Palestinian leader urged UNSC to reject Trump’s peace plan

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to reject President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, saying it would splinter...

Middle East: Love and weddings in the Shadow of War

"Love, we have no aim but to be defeated in your wars," wrote the Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish. Despite the armed conflicts devastating the...

Lacking support, Palestinians withdraw request for UN vote

The Palestinians have abandoned their request for a vote at the UN Security Council Tuesday on rejecting the US Mideast plan, over a lack...

EU’s frustrating Diplomacy: Top EU diplomat briefs US on Iran trip

Top EU diplomat, Josep Borrell, High Representative of 27 Member European Union, on Friday briefed US leaders on a trip to Iran aimed at...

550 Anti-government protesters killed in Iraq

Nearly 550 Iraqis have been killed in protest-related violence since unprecedented anti-government demonstrations erupted in the capital and southern cities in October, the Iraqi...