In a sign of the deepening friction between the Trump administration and UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) official Francesca Albanese, US Secretary of…

The world’s richest country, Qatar is smaller than the US state of Connecticut, yet this 160km peninsula in the Arabian Gulf punches well above its…

Earlier this month, at a summit in Washington, D.C. attended by five heads of state, US President Donald Trump declared a move “from aid to trade”…

The Middle East is in a state of suspended animation, neither plunged into total war nor buoyed by enduring peace. Within this uneasy equilibrium,…

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s visit to London in June highlights how Bahrain wants to consolidate ties with a post-Brexit UK, while…

The United Nations’ Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has said the country’s central government in Damascus should aim to establish sovereignty…

The escalating sectarian violence in Syria, which led Israel to bomb key government buildings in Damascus, is by far the most serious challenge posed…

Syria’s most significant archaeological sites, which collectively tell the story of the country’s extraordinary history, have been subjected to an…

Israel’s air force has attacked Syrian government troops, tanks, and army headquarters in Damascus and the south after fighting in the southern Druze…