Paul R.Pillar December 7, 2016 The direct stakes in whether the Trump administration adheres to the agreement that restricts the Iranian nuclear program are important enough, in terms of nuclear nonproliferation. Also important are …
Dominic Waghorn Diplomatic Editor Follow Dominic Shock, horror, scandal. Britain’s chief diplomat speaks truths about the Middle East. Whatever next? Most of what Boris Johnson said in his latest alleged ‘gaffe’ is not that controversial. …
At least 13 people have been killed in two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, it has been claimed. At least one of the blasts was caused by a car bomb and targeted a riot …
The Syrian government now controls 93 percent of Aleppo, Russian news agencies cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Saturday. “People are leaving through humanitarian corridors in a continuous flow into the part …
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri on Saturday hailed a “special relationship” with Saudi Arabia, denying reports that the two powerful Arab nations had fallen out after Egypt expressed support for the Russian intervention in …
By Greg Jaffe and Greg Miller December 9 at 4:50 PM President-elect Donald Trump is assembling a national security team dominated by retired generals who share a deep distrust of Iran and have characterized …
Germany has urged Israel in unusually strong language to scrap legislation that would legalise Israeli settlement homes built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, saying it would break international law. A …
The Syrian army’s advance in Aleppo slowed on Thursday but a victory was still firmly in sight after President Bashar al-Assad vowed that retaking the city would change the course of the six-year-old war. …
Malaysian ruling party icon Mahathir Mohamad has accused current leader Najib Razak of “destroying” the country by clinging to power despite a corruption scandal, and vowed to campaign vigorously for the opposition in coming …
To loud applause, Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party members on Tuesday that Germany should ban full-face veils “wherever legally possible” and that it would not tolerate any application of Shariah law over German …
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