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US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House on March 20 in Washington DC. Photo: AFP/ Mandel Ngan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

An ‘Arab NATO’ and America’s militarized Mideast policy

by Christina Lin August 3, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping, right, and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, center, arrive for the 8th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AFP/ Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

China’s silky charming of Arabia

by Pepe Escobar July 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Syrian government tanks and soldiers take positions in the town of Western Ghariyah, about 15km east of the southern embattled city of Daraa. Photo: AFP/ SANA handout released on June 30, 2018.

AT Finance, China, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Eagle-meets-Bear and the Syria tug-of-war

by Pepe Escobar July 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines

Two Filipino maids found dead in Lebanon and Saudi

by Asia Times staff June 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Anthony Bourdain filming CNN's Parts Unknown in Berlin, Germany, on January 5, 2018. Photo: Courtesy David Scott Holloway/CNN.

Cyprus, France, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, World

Anthony Bourdain remembered: Mysterious ‘Mr Wolf’ speaks out

by Dave Makichuk June 13, 2018August 8, 2020

The flag of Russia painted on a cracked and peeling wall.

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

The Russian Gordian Knot begins to unravel

by Norman A. Bailey June 4, 2018June 4, 2018

Lebanon. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines, Syria

Murder suspects will not be extradited to Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A man gestures as he drives a car with the picture of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on it, on election day in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon on Sunday. Photo: Reuters/Aziz Taher

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Hezbollah in shock election win, gets control of Lebanese parliament

by Sami Moubayed May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh. This photograph was released by the Saudi Royal Court on November 11, 2017. Photo: Handout via Reuters

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia aims to sway Lebanon elections

by Sami Moubayed April 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian Sukhoi Su-25 ground-attack planes at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: AFP

China, France, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia’s military offer stalls in Lebanon, for now

by Sami Moubayed April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Silhouette of military soldiers on money background.War, military and danger concept. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Greater Bay Area, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Partition of Syria: US and Israel eye Golan Heights oil

by Christina Lin April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Around 190 Filipino workers from Kuwait arrive at the airport in Manila on Feb 23 following President Duterte's call for workers to be evacuated after a Filipina was found dead in a freezer. Photo: Reuters/ Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines, Syria

Lebanese boss could face death term for killing Filipina maid

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

The defeat of ISIS. Photo: Flickr Commons

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

ISIS caliphate consigned to the dustbin of history

by Nicos Panayiotides March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

A file shot from Sept 2010 showing Lebanese women walking along the Beirut Corniche late in the afternoon. Photo: iStock

Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

111 women running in May election but Lebanon cool on female politicians

by Sami Moubayed March 12, 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

Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Israel repeats past mistakes as it creates buffer zone in Syria

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

The Duterte government has banned Filipinos from working in Kuwait because of the gross abuse workers such as Demafelis have endured. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines, Syria

Maid was ‘unconscious before being stuffed into freezer’

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

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

AT Finance, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Showdown over drilling vessel off Cyprus could spur more talks

by Jonathan Gorvett February 27, 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

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

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

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018

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

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

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

by David P. Goldman February 14, 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

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Downing of fighter jet damages Israel’s strategic position

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

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

AT Finance, Egypt, European Union, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Singapore, World

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

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Vietnam, World

Attempt to ban Spielberg film raises liberals’ fears in Lebanon

by Sami Moubayed January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Jerusalem's Old City and the Dome of the Rock. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Syria

Why Trump’s statement has not led to violence in Jerusalem

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim December 19, 2017

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Seismic upheavals in the Middle East

by Norman A. Bailey December 6, 2017

Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, killing more than 300, on November 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Soliman

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

How can the Arab world sidestep the pull of the abyss?

by Nabil Fahmy December 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Saad al-Hariri arrives in downtown Beirut to attend a military parade marking the 74th anniversary of Lebanon's independence on November 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir

Bahrain, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

‘Truce’: Syria, the Saudis and Hariri’s resignation U-turn

by Sami Moubayed November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Saudi men chat in front of a poster of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the "MiSK Global Forum" held under the slogan "Meeting the Challenge of Change" in Riyadh, on November 15, 2017. Photo: AFP / Fayez Nureldine

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Mohammad bin Salman and the new balance of power

by Spengler November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

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

French connection to Saudi de-escalation in Lebanon

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 19, 2017February 18, 2020

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

Russia, Turkey, Iran meeting to discuss Syria strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 17, 2017February 18, 2020