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Should the US decertify the Iran nuclear agreement?

by Todd Royal September 27, 2017

Manal Al-Sharif drives her car in Dubai on October 22, 2013. She is among the Saudi women who defied the country's laws in the fight to be allowed to take to the wheel. Photo: AFP / Marwan Naamani

Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Oceania, Syria, World

Freedom of the roads comes after long battle for Saudi women

by Sami Moubayed September 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Buddhist monks and others protest as a Malaysian NGO's aid ship carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims arrives at the port in Yangon on February 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

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Rohingya issue shines spotlight on Malaysia’s refugee policies

by Josh Hong September 26, 2017

The then US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (right) watches as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reacts to a reporter's question at the State Department in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2017. Photo: AFP / Mandel Ngan

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Straws in the wind for a reset in US-Russian relations

by M.K. Bhadrakumar September 22, 2017

An F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transiting the South China Sea. Photo: US Navy/Sean M Castellano/handout via Reuters

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Is China capable of showing restraint as the US has with North Korea?

by Todd Royal September 21, 2017

Protesters rally at Düsseldorf Airport on September 12, 2017, against the German government's decision to deport migrants who have been denied asylum. The sign reads: 'Against deportation'. Photo: Reuters / Wolfgang Rattay

China, European Union, Germany, India, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Does Europe have a death wish?

by Norman A. Bailey September 13, 2017

Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu flashes the V-sign after winning his freedom on 21 April 2004. Vanunu said he was "proud and happy" to have blown the whistle on Israel's nuclear program as he was released at the end of an 18-year prison sentence. The one-time technician at the Dimona nuclear plant in southern Israel was abducted by secret service agents in Italy, then smuggled back to Israel and jailed back in 1986 after leaking details of the plant to Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. Photo: AFP / Yoav Lemmer

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Israeli lesson: Japan, S. Korea will get nukes of their own

by Stephen Bryen September 12, 2017

A girl looks out from a bullet-riddled bus in a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, in Syria, July 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Alaa Al-Faqir

China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Latest talks see US yield to Russia over southern Syria

by Sami Moubayed September 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Former US president Barack Obama delivers a speech in Montreal. Photo: Reuters/Dario Ayala

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Obama will rue the day he made the Iran nuclear deal

by Todd Royal September 1, 2017

Lebanese army soldiers are seen inside a military vehicle in Labwe, at the entrance of the border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Lebanese army launches operation against Islamic State

by Reuters August 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a media conference with Iraqi Defense Minister Arfan al-Hayali and Iraq's Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji (not pictured) in Najaf, Iraq May 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Iraqi Shiite powerbroker gambles with Sunni embrace

by Sami Moubayed August 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Shi'ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters via Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court

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And the winners in the post-Daesh era are …

by Pepe Escobar August 18, 2017February 18, 2020

People walking past the Damascus International Fair in the Syrian capital countryside. The fair is scheduled to open on August 17 until August 26. Photo: AFP/Louai Beshara

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Syrian fair to attract a limited crowd

by Sami Moubayed August 14, 2017February 18, 2020

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Failed states and threats of war pulling world to precipice

by Norman A. Bailey August 12, 2017

Rebel fighters prepare to fire mortar shells toward forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Quneitra province, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on June 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Alaa Al-Faqir

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Oil bonanza in Golan may help grease wheels for BRI

by Christina Lin August 9, 2017August 9, 2017

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The Daily Brief for Monday, 7 August 2017

by Paul Muir August 7, 2017August 7, 2017

Journalists stand inside a former al Nusra position during a Hezbollah tour in Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border, July 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Ali Hashisho

Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Hundreds of jihadis killed in brutal mountain offensive

by Sami Moubayed August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

General John Nicholson, commanding general of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, launched a tirade against Russia’s role and intentions in Afghanistan in a BBC interview.

Afghanistan, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

US continuing sad record on international agreements, treaties

by Christina Lin August 7, 2017

An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. Photo: AFP / ATTA KENARE

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America’s anti-Iranian posturing is dangerous and deluded

by Jeffrey D. Sachs August 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Hezbollah fighters plant Lebanese and Hezbollah flags at Juroud Arsal on the Syria-Lebanon border on July 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Moscow’s Syrian blues are unremitting

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Muslim head scarves vary in size, color and origin. They have also become a controversial issue in some countries. Photo: Getty.

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Global hijabista style

by Carol Mann July 16, 2017February 18, 2020

People walk past a construction site at the Chinese part of the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China, May 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov

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BRI could signal boom for worldwide ‘localization’ services

by Doug Tsuruoka July 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Macron plays host to Russia's Putin at Versailles. Photo: Kremlin handout

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Macron shifts on Syria, rejects ‘Assad must go’, neoconservatism

by Asia Unhedged July 1, 2017February 18, 2020

David Grossman's latest book, A Horse Walks into a Bar, focuses on an aging stand-up comedian who turns his act into a heart-rending confessional.
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Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, World

When the humor died

by David P. Goldman June 28, 2017February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Photo: Reuters / Aaron P. Bernstein

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Turkey

Tillerson urges Qatar, Saudi-led group to ‘lower rhetoric’

by Agence France-Presse June 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani. 3Photo: AFP / Fayez Nureldine

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Turkey

Qatar has 10 days to meet these 13 demands from Saudi Arabia

by Asia Unhedged June 24, 2017February 18, 2020

A still image taken from footage shot on June 18, 2017 and broadcast on Iranian television, purports to show missiles being fired from Iran into eastern Syria. Photo: IRINN via Reuters

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Five takeaways from Iran’s missile strike in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 20, 2017February 18, 2020

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US rocket deployment triggers intense speculation

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 19, 2017June 19, 2017

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The Arab world’s coming challenges

by Tarek Osman June 15, 2017

General Raheel Sharif, will head the IMCTC, a Saudi military initiative by Crown Prince MBS. Photo: Reuters / Mian Khursheed (File)

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Pakistani rethink on Islamic pact points to growing schism

by F.M. Shakil June 5, 2017February 18, 2020

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