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Mohammad bin Salman arrives in Downing Street, London, to meet Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, on March 7, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Simon Dawson

Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Saudi nuclear blackmail should be nipped in the bud

by MK Bhadrakumar March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Worldwide Threats' on Feb. 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

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Pompeo’s rise ups odds of Middle East war

by Gregory Aftandilian March 18, 2018February 18, 2020

The cases are mounting against Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Creative Comments via Flickr.

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Netanyahu masters politics but can he best the legal system?

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

UN soldiers look out on a post at Mount Avital, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Israeli-Syrian border on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

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Israel repeats past mistakes as it creates buffer zone in Syria

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touches a persimmon presented to him by Israeli youth movement members at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on February 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Gali Tibbon

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Netanyahu’s Faustian dilemma

by Shalom Lipner February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

United Nations flag. Photo: iStock

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Indonesia eyes United Nations Security Council seat

by Alek K Kurniawan February 28, 2018March 1, 2018

MobilExxon is among the groups wanting to drill in the eastern Mediterranean in areas near Cyprus. With talk of pipelines being built to Europe, regional powers also want to clarify the status of seabed areas around the island. Photo: iStock

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Showdown over drilling vessel off Cyprus could spur more talks

by Jonathan Gorvett February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Tehran protest December 2017. Photo: Flickr Commons

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Iran protests: a ‘gray zone’ of opportunity

by Andrew Brennan February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهوصورة: Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

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Election talk mounts as Netanyahu cuts increasingly lonely figure

by Asia Times staff February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Smoke rises from Syria's Afrin region, pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border, on January 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Osman Orsal

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Afrin marks the point of collapse for American influence in Syria

by David P. Goldman February 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanon's Energy Minister, Cesar Abi Khalil (second right), exchanges contracts with Stephane Michel, Total's head of exploration and production in the Middle East and North Africa during a signing ceremony in Beirut on February 9. Photo: AFP/Anwar Amro

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Lebanon willing to use force to resolve oil row with Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

USA and Syrian flag in grunge and vintage style. Photo: iStock

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Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018

Technological advancements have simultaneously broken down global borders and caused new areas of conflict. Image: iStock/Getty Images

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, World

The power of dialogue in a disrupted world

by Klaus Schwab February 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on the allegations in Jerusalem on Feb. 13, 2018. Photo: Israeli Pool/via Reuters

Australia, Israel, Middle East, Oceania

Israel PM Netanyahu could face corruption charges

by Asia Times staff February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

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Police urge graft charges against Netanyahu; process may take months

by Asia Times staff February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin via Reuters

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US keen on Russia distancing itself from Iran’s Syrian ambitions

by David P. Goldman February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Diplomatic handshake between leaders from India and Saudi Arabia with flag-painted hands. Image: iStock

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India-Saudi Arabia relations on promising path

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan February 13, 2018

A Patriot missile launcher near the Israeli city of Eila. Photo: AFP/Jack Guez

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Iran’s stealth drone was shot down in a new way

by Stephen Bryen February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Israeli security personnel inspects fragments of a Syrian anti-aircraft missile found in Alonei Abba, about two miles from where the remains of a crashed F-16 Israeli war plane were found in the village of Alonei Abba, in Israel, on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

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Plane’s downing sends message to Iran as well as Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli security forces walk next to the remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane near the Israeli village of Harduf, Israel on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Herzie Shapira

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Downing of fighter jet damages Israel’s strategic position

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli F-16s perform an exhibition exercise during an Independence Day show on April 06, 2014, in Netanya, Israel. Photo: iStock

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Air strikes in Sinai underscore Israel’s tightening alliance with Arab states

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 5, 2018

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya delivers a speech on December 7, 2017. Photo: AFP / Said Khatib

Egypt, European Union, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, World

US calling Hamas leader a ‘terrorist’ – does it actually help him?

by Sami Moubayed February 5, 2018February 18, 2020

The Indian Army has Russian-made T-90 tanks. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

A lesson for Kim Jong-un: tank warfare is changing fast

by Stephen Bryen February 2, 2018

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Photo: Flickr Commons

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Palestinian refugees: Trump reignites lingering debate

by Alexander Casella February 2, 2018

Steven Spielberg poses on the red carpet before the European premiere of the The Post, in London, on January 10, 2018. Photo: AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas

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Attempt to ban Spielberg film raises liberals’ fears in Lebanon

by Sami Moubayed January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Buildings are seen under construction in the Israeli settlement of Beitar Ilit, in the occupied West Bank. File photo: Reuters / Baz Ratner

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There will be no one-state solution in Israel-Palestine

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim January 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970). Photo: AFP

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Nasser at 100: how to remember the ‘godfather’ of Arab Nationalism?

by Sami Moubayed January 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump, near an Israeli flag at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun

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The history and politics behind Trump’s Jerusalem decision

by Nicos Panayiotides January 12, 2018

US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP

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Don’t expect Trump to send in the cavalry if MBS has to circle wagons

by Pepe Escobar January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

View of Suez Canal. Photo: Soeren Stache / dpa-Zentralbild

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, World

Israeli plan to revive Gulf rail link prompts concern in Egypt

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2018February 18, 2020