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Many historians agree that the first sultana of the Mamluk state in Egypt was Shajar al-Durr, who ruled after the death of her husband, Sultan as…

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Syria today is no longer the country the Middle East had grown accustomed to over the previous decades. A country that was once a troublesome…

US public opinion is turning ever more sharply against Israel, a country that for decades has enjoyed a special place in American society and…

Xi Jinping sat quietly, looking both severe and indifferent as he turned his gaze away from his predecessor, Hu Jintao, who was arguing with security…

The Lebanese front offers a striking illustration of Israel’s lack of a coherent long-term strategy. The continuation of hostilities under…

Almir Bašović is among the leading literary theorists and playwrights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a professor of comparative literature at the…

Soldiers of the “Black Jack” brigade ritually furled and packed their unit’s colours in Fort Hood, Texas, in early May, as the tank unit’s 4,000…