While President Trump delivered a rebuke to voices calling for immediate negotiations with Iran, labeling such moves premature, Iranian officials…
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The possibility for a Hezbollah-Israel war has grown immensely after two Israeli drones exploded in Lebanon’s southern suburbs – Hezbollah’s…
A Wonderful Birthday Gift Walid Jumblatt was born to Kemal Jumblatt and Mai Shkeeb Arslan on August 7, 1949, in the Chouf…
On the morning ofAugust 3,Patrick Crusiusuploaded a 2,300-word manifesto to 8chan, an online forum popular with white nationalists. Within seconds…
Recep Tayyip Erdoganis the most baffling politician to emerge in the 96-year history ofTurkey. He is polarizing and popular, autocratic and…
In the spring of 2011, watching the groundswell of dissent that eventually came to be known as the Arab Spring. Iranhad experienced a similar moment…
The Middle East has the highest concentration of international military installations in the world. There are at least 41 known facilities in the…
Gibraltar has released an Iranian oil tanker detained over a month ago, prompting American officials to issue a stern warning to Greece and others…
Turkish news outlets have recently reported that Turkey is in the midst of establishing a new military base in Qatar, which is allegedly set to begin…
August 17
Orthodox nuns look on as they take part in a religious procession during the celebration of the 1031st anniversary of the Christianisation of Kievan Rus in Kiev. (Getty)
Lebanese beachgoers watch as small turtles crawl on the sandy beach of al-Mansouri near Lebanon's southern city of Tyre. (Getty)
Clouds reflect in the water of lake Walchensee near the village Walchensee in the Alp mountains, southern Germany, on August 5, 2019. (Getty)
Vehicles, turned into light streams by the long shutter speed, go on roads ahead of the Eid al-Adha, on August 09, 2019 in Syrias northwestern Idlib province. Eid al-Adha, also called as Feast of the Sacrifice, the second of two religious holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide each year. People in Idlib continued preparations for the feast despite often being hit by attacks of Assad Regime and Russia. (Getty)
Riot police officers detain a protester during an unauthorised rally demanding independent and opposition candidates be allowed to run for office in local election in September, at Moscow's Trubnaya Square on July 27, 2019. (Getty)
Syrian Kurds in traditional clothing dance the "Dabke" in a street festival in the city of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on July 27, 2019. (Getty)
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