Israel vows to block Palestinian bid to become full UN member

AFP | Israel has vowed to work with the United States to block a bid by the Palestinians for full membership in the United Nations,...

Russia & Israel: New rivals in Middle East? – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | It is over a month since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced that he was going to Moscow to meet...

Saudi king orders government reshuffle after Khashoggi fallout

AFP | Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered a sweeping government reshuffle Thursday, replacing key security and political figures including the foreign minister, as the kingdom...

Efforts to return Syria’s Assad to Arab fold amount to hollow victory for autocrats – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Two developments, the pending return of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to the Arab fold and protests in Sudan, Jordan, and Tunisia,...

Turkey’s ‘Big Sister Nimet’ lottery selling hope for 90 years

AFP | Each year in the run-up to the New Year draw, thousands of people flock to the most famous lottery stand in Istanbul, drawn...

Syrian air defences shoot down Israeli missiles: state media

AFP | Syrian air defences shot down Israeli missiles near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, local state media reported, while Israel said it was protecting...

Destruction of tunnels from Lebanon ‘nearly done’: Netanyahu

AFP | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the Israeli army's operation to locate and destroy cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon was...

Doubts over Turkey ability to ‘eradicate’ IS after US pull-out

AFP | A withdrawal of American ground forces in Syria will give Turkey freer rein to target Washington's Kurdish partners in the fight against jihadists...

The abrupt withdrawal of the U.S troops from Syria

News Analysis | The U.S President Donald Trump in yet another surprising move tweeted the abrupt ending of the U.S mission in Syria and announced...

US pullout from Syria: Has Turkey prevailed?

AFP | Months after hitting rock bottom, relations between the United States and Turkey have quickly improved with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from...

Tales of displaced Yemenis: two camps, same tragedy

AFP | For many families in Yemen, the war has not only stripped them of their livelihoods, homes and belongings but something far more valuable:...

US defense chief quits as Trump pulls from Syria, Afghanistan

AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump who ordered a...
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