Remembering Syria: Iran struggles with potentially explosive environmental crisis

James M Dorsey | Iranian leaders are struggling, three months after anti-government protests swept the Islamic republic, to ensure that environmental issues that helped sparked...

Is Muhommad Bin Salman trying to strike a deal with Assad?

Andrew Korybko | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman recently acknowledged that Syrian President Assad will more than likely remain in office. He said this groundbreaking...

Trump to host UAE Crown Prince, calls for Gulf unity

AFP | The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump would host the United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahayan, but...

Air strikes return to Syria’s Ghouta killing 40 as talks sputter

AFP | Air strikes killed 40 civilians in the last opposition-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Friday and the army launched a ground offensive...

Seven Palestinians killed as new clashes erupt along Gaza border

AFP | Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians as thousands protested and clashes erupted along the Gaza border on Friday, a week after a mass demonstration...

Mohammed bin Salman dazzles international media by lifting restrictions on women

James M Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has dazzled international media and public opinion by lifting some restrictions on women’s rights, holding...

The last rebel-held pocket near Damascus to fall soon: Syrian Army

News Analysis | Evacuations from the rebel-held town of Douma near the Syrian capital were suspended on Thursday, after fighters from Army of Islam refused...

Russia cements relations with Turkey as the development of Nuclear Power Plant kicks off

News Analysis | Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officially inaugurated the development of first-ever nuclear power plant at Akkuyu,...

Saudi prince’s globe-trotting adventure

AFP | Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pursues in France next week his first world tour as heir to the throne of his...

The three weeks that toppled Saddam Hussein

AFP | It took just three weeks for the nearly 24-year regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to be toppled in 2003 after the first...

Israel has ‘right’ to its land: Crown Prince Salman

AFP | The crown prince and de facto leader of Saudi Arabia said Israel has a "right" to a homeland, a notable shift in the...

From oil to solar power: Saudi Arabia plans a shift to renewable energy sources

AFP | Saudi engineers whip up a simulated sandstorm to test a solar panel's durability at a research lab, the heart of the oil-rich kingdom's...
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