Does the UN’s Syria peace process still have a purpose?
AFP | When your job has been labelled "mission impossible," failure may be the most likely outcome. There is no doubt that the United Nations...
Battling it out at the UN: Potholes overshadow US-Iran confrontation – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | It’s easy to dismiss Iranian denunciations of the United States and its Middle Eastern allies as part of the Islamic republic's...
European and Iranian officials met for one final attempt to save the nuclear deal
News Analysis | Officials from Iran, Britain, China, Germany, Russia, and France- which constitute all the stakeholders of Iran’s nuclear deal met before the United...
Coalition says to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen’s Hodeida
AFP | A Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors between two key rebel strongholds the Red Sea city...
Tehran warns UAE over ‘offensive remarks’ on Ahvaz attack
AFP | Iran on Sunday warned the United Arab Emirates over "offensive remarks" attributed to a UAE "political advisor" on the weekend's deadly attack on...
Turkey opposition daily Cumhuriyet shaken by internal strife
AFP | The Istanbul headquarters of Turkish opposition daily Cumhuriyet hums with the daily excitement of a busy newsroom as reporters work the phones chasing...
How can Iranian regime use yesterday’s terror attack in its favor?
News Analysis | On a day when the annual parade to mark the beginning of Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988 was underway, four gunmen opened fire...
From the pastor crisis to the S-400 showdown, Turkey-US conflict still ongoing
Imran Jan | Turkey and the United States are at loggerheads with each other over the issue of two "religious preachers" from their countries respectively....
Gunmen kill 11 soldiers at Iran army parade, Tehran blames US ally
AFP | Militants shot dead at least 11 people at a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, state media reported, in a rare attack...
Middle Eastern black swans dot China’s Belt and Road – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | If any one part of the world has forced China to throw its long-standing foreign and defense policy principles out the...
Downward spiral in US-Turkey relations
News Analysis | International relations are shaped by national interest. States are perpetually striving to get stronger, either by making common cause with other states...
Russia says no Syria assault as Putin, Erdogan agree Idlib plan
AFP | Moscow said Monday there would be no assault on Syria's Idlib as the leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed to create a demilitarised...