[escenic_image id="55101601"]“Never do I want to give the impression that I am against Islam. Far from it. Nor do I want to give the impression that…

[escenic_image id="55101479"]“No one should attempt to play around with this nation, to test the patience of Turkey. As precious as Turkey’s…

[escenic_image id="55101571"]In late 1798, on the shores of Alexandria, Napoleon addressed a letter to the people of Egypt justifying his invasion…

[escenic_image id="55111049"]Dariush Borbor is an architect, urban planner and researcher based in Tehran. Educated in the United Kingdom and…

[escenic_image id="55112119"] Far Horizons Frank Gardner £18.99 Hard Cover Reading Gardner’s book on a summer’s afternoon in London transported…

[escenic_image id="55112276"]Five months after the Iraqi parliamentary elections, which produced no clear victor, the formation of an Iraqi…

[escenic_image id="55128232"]As Turkey positions itself as a regional energy hub rather than a mere oil and gas conduit to Europe (as some in…

[escenic_image id="55149639"]A day after the one-year anniversary of the disputed June 12 elections, a series of YouTube clips appeared on the web…

[escenic_image id="55122586"]The last US “combat” troops have now left Iraq and the American role in that country has changed from a military effort…

[escenic_image id="55122464"]Few diplomatic moves carry so much significance as the appointment by Kuwait and Iraq of their new ambassadors to…